Mauch 10, 1921. 



The Florists' Review 



19 



LILYWHITE 



The Most Valuable Gladiolus Ever Sold in America 



PURE AS THE LILY! WHITE AS THE SNOW! 

 The long desired spotless white Gladiolus that will bloom 

 well without special care, vigorous in growth and ex- 

 tremely early (flowering a full week ahead of all other 

 white varieties in our gardens). LILYWHITE is an 

 ideal forcing variety and sure blooming sort. With a 

 stronger constitution than any other pure white Gladiolus, 

 absolutely healthy, and a profuse yielder of bulblets, 

 Lilywhite stands in a class by itself. The blossoms arc 

 of lovely form, placed nicely on straight tall spikes, and 

 are of good size and perfect Milk White color, large bulbs 

 opening from six to eight flowers at once. Before the 

 stock of this grand variety was purchased by me it was 

 subjected to two seasons' exhaustive tests on light, me- 

 dium and heavy soils. 



Successive plantings were made up to the 4th of July 

 and in all cases results were most gratifying. 



Bulblets planted in a dry state germinated as freely as 

 those soaked in lukewarm water. 



Flower spikes were uniformly straight, and held their 

 shape and color through a spell of dry, hot weather with 

 burning southerly breeze, that wilted and streaked other 

 varieties badly. 



Read the following unsolicited testimon- 

 ials selected from the many received from 

 those who have grown trial lots or in- 

 spected Lilywhite growing in the field, 

 also from up-to-date florists who find the 

 blooms popular. 



George Wolfrum, Sunnyside Floral Gardens, Berlin, N. Y. — 

 "Lilywhite is very handsome; it is a fine gladiolus in every way." 



E. M. Sanford, (iladiolus Grower, Madison, N. J.- — ^"Lilywhito 

 is certainly a wonderful flower. The bulblets look as if every 

 one had sprouted." 



J. K. Alexander, "The Dahlia King," the largest grower of 

 dahlias in the world. — "Lilywhite is the best florists' white; it is 

 simply great." 



Homer F. Chase, Gladiolus .Specialist, Wilton, N. H.— "Lily- 

 white looks wonderfully healthy in growth and the bulblets all 

 seem to have germinated." 



Huflf, the Florist, Inc., .Sanford, Me.- 

 is a fine florist variety." 



'Lilywhite suits me. It 



J. O. Elwell, Florist, Kennebuiik, Me. — "The Lilywhite blooms 

 are elegant. Send more of that kind." 



A. E. Kunderd, the originator of Lilywhite and of many other 

 world-famous gladioli, the new race of ruffled sorts, Mrs. Frank 

 Pendleton, Myrtle, Glory, etc., says: "Lilywhite is, perhaps, the 

 best florists' variety I ever sent out. An even better forcer than 

 Myrtle." 



Up-to-date florists will obtain a 

 start in this magnificent gladio-^ 

 lus, which, as Mr. Kunderd says, 

 will be grown by the millions as 

 soon as its possibilities become 

 generally known. 



We then purchased the main stock from Mr. Kunderd, 

 paying the largest sum for a single variety of Gladiolus 

 ever sold in America — viz., $3,000.00 for two barrels of 

 stock, all sizes and bulblets — considering Lilywhite the 

 finest florists' variety we had seen in twelve years' expe- 

 rience as a Gladiolus specialist. 



A well known nurseryman writes of his trial lot: "Lily- 

 white is blooming and I feel like throwing out my other 

 whites." 



Awarded First Prize, New York Horticultural Society, 

 1918; First Class Certificate of Merit, Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society, 1917, and First Prize for best white at 

 the big Boston show last August, 1920. 



Extract Florists' Review, Aug. i6, 1917 — "A. E. Kunderd showed 

 the fine white Gladiolus Lilywhite, grown by H. E. Meader, which 

 received an award of merit." 



Horticulture, Aug. 18, 1917 — "Lilywhite made a very favorable 

 impression, a very good spike and flower showing much commercial 

 promise." 



Boston Transcript - "Lilywhite is probably the clearest variety of 

 its kind ever shown." 



Growers of experience say that Lilywhite will eventu- 

 ally take its place as the standard white Gladiolus. It has 

 no rival. 



LILYWHITE 



SELECT, TRUE TO NAME BULBS 



Prices to the trade as follows: 



First size, lyi inch and up $25.00 per 100 bulbs Fourth size, H to 1 inch $ 12.50 per 100 bulbs 



Second size, 1% to 1^ inch 20.00 per 100 bulbs Fifth size, J^ to 3.^ inch 10.00 per 100 bulbs 



Third size, 1 to 1J4 inch 15.00 per 100 bulbs Sixth size, J4 to ^ inch 7.50 per 100 bulbs 



Bulblets, per 1,000 $8.00 



As the amount of stock for sale this year is somewhat limited, early orders are advisable. 10% allowed for cash with order. 



Gladiolus 

 Specialist 



H. E. MEADER^ Dover, New Hampshire 



