THE GLADIOLUS 



Some of the choicest varieties are sold at a high 

 price. One reason for this is-^the finest varieties 

 are slow to increase, and it takes a long time to 

 get much of a stock together. This is why they 

 are so rare, and so expensive. But many of 

 them are well worth all that is asked for them. 



You may have a mixed collection of a thousand 

 plants and fail to find a worthless variety among 

 them. Indeed, some of the very finest flowers 

 I have ever had have been grown from collec- 

 tions that cost so little that one hardly expected 

 to find anything but the commonest flowers 

 among them. 



