SWEET ’N LOVELY (Spencer ’50) 441 (EM). Light pink with a scarlet 
throat dart. Opens 5 medium-large, slightly waved florets on quite good 
spikes. Has a mild but sweet rose-type fragrance. 
L .25, M .20. 
YELLOW ROSE (Spencer ’52) 413 (EM). One of the largest as well as 
one of the most fragrant, Yellow Rose is definitely one of the very best of 
this type. Really a lovely flower, with its large, nicely ruffled, 6-open 
florets on a tall, slender spike, It has a pleasing rose fragrance that is 
easily detected by most people. 
L $1.50, M $1.00, S .50. 
“We really feel like cheats getting CARMEN CORLISS for only 27 cents postage. That 
is the ONE we really wanted but didn’t expect to get for several years, Getting a package 
from you is just like Christmas over again.” 
—C. K. M., Oregon 
“I have never been more pleased with a shipment of glads. Your generosity is over- 
whelming.”’ Taco 
5 108 es a 
“Received the wonderful gladiolus bulbs this morning; such lovely bulbs and I was 
simply thrilled with the overcount and extras, none of which were duplicates of the many 
varieties 1 have.’’ 
—Mrs. C. B., Oregon 
“Enclosed is the 27 cents postage. You must have been a mind-reader when you sent 
RUFFLED EBONY for postage refund; I had wanted it but thought I couldn’t afford it 
this year.”’ 
—Mrs. J. A. R., Oregon 
“Thank you for your generosity, extras, and clean healthy bulbs. You are now at the 
top of my list.’’ 
—M. O., New Jersey 
“Words cannot express our appreciation for the many wonderful extras you sent us; 
and of course the bulbs are as nice as any we’ve ever seen.”’ 
—A. W. P., New York 
“Have told several growers that if they want to get a start of a new variety to get 
them from Roberts—I never got a bum bulb or bulblet that didn’t germinate well, or a 
mixture from him in my life.’’ 
—W. D., Washington 
“The way you fill an order seems unbelievable. Many cataloguers bait you on with your 
first order, but after that very few overcount and nothing extra. You seem to be more 
generous with every repeated order, during the past seven years I have ordered from you.” 
—A. C. S., Ohio 
“COLUMBIA sure did extra well. I ordered 50 bulblets, but with the extras you sent I 
raised 65 nice bulbs and hundreds of bulblets. Had nice spikes from the small bulbs. They 
bloomed during the hottest spell of the summer, 102 in the shade. Not one flower of COL- 
UMBIA showed any signs of wilting until they had been open six days. Most all other 
varieties hung like rags.’’ 
—E, V. S., Indiana 
“You were not only most liberal, but the extras were just the right varieties to please 
me, Often I get extras of varieties that I do not care for, but never from you. Perhaps 
you are a part-time mind reader? Enclosed is the 34 cents postage; many thanks for the 
postage-refund bulb of DELIGHT.”’ 
—P. H. F., Washington 
“‘As usual, your extras were nice young bulbs of valuable varieties.’ 
—W. R. S., New York 
“LARGO opened this morning, and the whole family agrees that it is the most beau- 
tiful glad we have seen, period! You must be an artist at heart, because practically all of 
your introductions are among the supreme beauties of the glad world. We thank you very 
much for creating LARGO.”’’ 
—O. B. V., Nebraska 
“WHITE CLOUD is the best in my garden, and I have several whites. More White 
Cloud is at the top of my want list for 1955.’’ 
—W. M., Michigan 
“WELCOME is fine for early. It bloomed in 62 days; way ahead of Friendship, Seven- 
teen florets with seven open at once.’’ 
—A. S., Pennsylvania 
“WELCOME was truly outstanding. Such a ribbon of bloom for an early glad! It 
bloomed several days ahead of Snow Princess and Red Cherry, always my first two before. 
WHITE CLOUD is positively the most beautiful white glad in existence.”’ 
—W. E., Georgia 
“I have boosted KING COTTON and DELIGHT to my friends. WELCOME was O.K. 
too, but the other two were super for me last year.”’ 
—I, L. P., California 
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