Excerpt from 1928 Descriptive List: Gladiolus and Delphiniums Quality OF bulbs. I think it is generally considered that northern grown bulbs are the best. The cool climate gives them a vigor that southern grown bulbs do not have as a rule. While I do not claim that we grow better bulbs than anyone else I have often found that new varieties that I buy do better the second season from the bulbs I grow here than they did from the original bulbs I have many letters from cust omers who say my bulbs have given very fine results. I always disinfect my bulbs before planting and plant on new land every year, which is necessary if the health and vigor of the bulbs is maintained. My bulbs this year are the finest and cleanest I have ever grown. Guarantee. Every bulb is guaranteed to be true to name and healthy. We are all human and so subject to mistakes and occasionally a bulb gets by that is not right. But in that case don't tell your neighbors but tell me and I will adjust the matter to your entire satisfaction. In fact, I guarantee satisfaction. I am not only trying to sell bulbs but also to make steady customers. My enemies (and I probably have some) won t buy of me anyway The only people to whom I can sell the second order are my friends, so I am going to try to make you a friend if you will give me a chance. The growers as a whole are a fine bunch of fellows and try to do the right thing. But there are some who are not so careful as they should be. It is no small job to grow several hundred varieties and keep them all absolutely true to name and to send out only good healthy bulbs. It requires eternal vigilance and personal supervision to have every thing satisfactory to the customer. But this is what I try to do, in fact, guarantee to give satisfaction. My bulbs this year are the finest I ever had. Order early. There is everything to gain and nothing to lose by ordering early. If you wait there is the possibility and in some varieties the strong probability of their being sold out long before spring. Some varieties are always sold out early and we can t tell beforehand just which ones they are going to be. Sometimes a grower will think a certain variety is especially good and will pick up all he can find. Or else the public will want a variety in quantity before there is stock enough to go around Then if you wait till spring as many do, we are always rushed with orders at that time and can t give the individual attention to them that we can if we have the orders earlier in the season. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.