Hello, Glad Fans and Growers! 
It is a pleasure to bring you this list. It isn’t the largest, 
the best illustrated or the most extensive. But, for quality 
of varieties listed, whether for the home gardener, hybrid- 
izer or showman, we don’t believe anyone has a better list. 
In it, you will find specialized lists for the hybridizer and 
for the miniature grower with some very fine ones unob- 
tainable elsewhere. 
Our DRIVEN SNOW was introduced as the first in- 
bred, primarily as an aid to the hybridizer in achieving 
better results as well as an extremely beautiful and healthy 
miniature. In 1954, it demonstrated again what it can do 
on the show table and became the dominating winner in 
the extremely strong white miniature class. This was in 
spite of the fact that only a very small stock has reached 
the public and it has not been listed yet by any of the 
biggest catalogers. 
At the great Central International Show of 1954 in 
Rochester, DRIVEN SNOW repeated as small size cham- 
pion in two divisions, the 1-spike open and the 3-spike 
recent introductions after winning the small 1-spike recent 
introduction championship there in 1953. 
DRIVEN SNOW, GLISTENING, LOVELY MARY, 
ANGEL OF MERCY, and TANGELO of my introduc- 
tions have been right at the head of the show tables 
wherever shown the past three or four years, winning 
many championships and firsts. We are quite sure that 
MOONLIGHT, HEART OF FLAME, and SCARLET 
MANTLE, being introduced this year, will do equally 
well at the shows. So will LITTLE DARLING, SILVER 
BELLS and others of our recent varieties as soon as enough 
stock is out. 
You can buy anything in our miniature list with the 
confidence that it is an outstanding variety that will grow 
well. Remember, we were growing, showing and hybrid- 
izing miniatures nearly 20 years ago. Then, practically all 
the other present glad catalogers were too busy with the 
large glad craze, that followed the introduction of Picardy, 
to be bothered with them. Forced by the pressure of public 
demand, most of them have again listed the small ones only 
the last two or three years. 
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TERMS: Cash. Postage extra on orders under $3.00. All 
stock Michigan State inspected in the field and storage. 
Guaranteed true to name. Generous extras of new varieties 
will be included. 
Introducing the best all-weather marker 
for glads yet (page 8) 
Save with the Economy Collections on page 7 
Because of drought and unseasonable weather at digging 
time in both Holland and the United States, the supply of 
high grade bulbs is scarce and selling rapidly. Hence... 
PROMPT ORDERS ARE URGED! 
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