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ELLA V. BAINES, THE WOMAN FLORIST, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO 



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GLADIOLI-Continued 



CLEAR EYE— New, tall, early, robust. 

 Strong grower. Long spikes. Broad, 

 dark green foliage; rich, deep scarlet with 

 a white center; broad flower of fine form. 



Certified Haarlem and London 



COLUMBIA — Light orange-scarlet freely 

 blotched and penciled with blush-purple. 

 Throat freely mottled _ 



CONSPICUOUS (Blue Bird)— Light blue, 

 striped with a yellow blotch bordered with 

 darker blue; resembles a butterfly 



COSTA RICA— Clear delicate lilac with 

 old rose center; large extra fine spike; 

 flowers 6 to 7 inches in diameter, spikes 

 5 to 6 feet high 



CRACKER JACK— Dark red, of a rich 

 velvety texture; blotch of maroon on a 

 yellow ground 



♦CRIMSON _ GLOW— Glorious, bri liant. 

 satiny "Crimson Glow," a color that is 

 fetching and pleasing to all _ 



CRYSTAL WHITE— Tall spike, large 

 bloom, many open at a time and is all its 

 name implies. Very beautiful 



*DAISY RAND — Ivory-white, heavily 

 splashed with pink, giving appearance of 

 solid pink flower 



DAVID STARR JORDAN — Immense 

 flame colored, with lighter speckled 

 throat; flowers very open, like immense 

 Amaryllis, with fine wiry uprigut stems; 

 flowers 6 to 7 inches in diameter, spikes 

 4 to 5 feet high . 



*DAWN (Groff) — Pale salmon-carmine 

 with light and dark shadings. Blotch 

 of velvety pjoppy-red in throat. A 

 large flower of Orchid type. 



*DAWN _ (Tracy) — The most beautiful 

 coral-pink Gladiolus e%*er offered. 



DELICE — A choice, early Variety. Clear 

 dainty pink, self-colored 



DIENER'S WHITE— Milk white with just 

 a faint tinge of pink in throat; flowers 6 

 inches in diameter, spikes 5 to 6 feet 

 high__ _ _ — 



DISTINCTION Claret, dark throat 



streaked with yellow _ _... 



DOMINION (Synonym Red Emperor) 

 —A pure deep scarlet or blood-red; im- 

 mense flower of great substance, well 



placed upon a tall spike... 



DOROTHY McKIBBEN (Ruffled)— 

 The new ruffled pink, a pure apple-blos- 

 som tint, extraordinarily early. Ele- 

 gantly ruffled___ 



^R. FREDERICK J. V. SKIFF — 

 Clear, flesj-pink, light ruby center; some- 

 times slightly striped with rose-pink; 

 strong, vigorous growth; abundant foli- 

 age; one bulb ,will very often bring up 

 to 130 perfect flowers 6 inches in di- 

 ameter, spikes 5 to 6 feet high 



DR. LINCOLN COTHRAN — Salmon- 

 pink, blue striped, yellow throat; fine 

 form and bloom; flowers 5 inches in 

 diameter, spikes 4 to 5 feet high 



D. J. WHITNEY Salmon-flesh, with 



two striped and spotted yellow and red 

 under-petals; opens in a full cluster 'at the 

 apex of the stem, giving the appearance of 

 a Canna; flowers 5i inches in diameter, 

 spikes 4 to 5 feet high. Earliest of all; 

 good for forcing.__ 



EARLI ANA — An extra Seedling of America. 



Color soft lavender-pink, tinted flesh-pink 



EAR LY P I N K — Large early salmon-pink. 



*ELECTRA — Very large brilliant scarlet of 

 a bright and pleasing brick-red with small 

 light blotch 



ELIZABETH GERBERDING (Ruffled) 

 — Shell-pink, with speckled center of 

 ruby and yellow; heavily ruffled; spikes 

 large and full 



ELKHART — Violet purple, deeper throat 

 blotch. An extraordinary rich color 

 Unusually choice and fine 



ELSE ROSE — Cattleya pink, a blending 

 of rose-pink, shading out to white, with 

 creamy- yellow throat; orchid flowering; 

 extra fine; flowers 5 incnes in diameter, 

 spikes 3 to 4 feet high 



EMILE ASHE (Ruffled) — Creamy snow- 

 white, small cerise blotches in lower 

 petals heavily ruffled 



EMPRESS OF INDIA— The darkest of 

 all. Very dark rich mahogany-red. 



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*EUROPA — White as the driven snow 

 Perfect form, with many pure white 

 blooms open at once 



*EVELYN KIRTLAND— The flowers are 

 a beautiful shade of rosy-pink,' darker at 

 the edges, fading to shell-pink at the 

 center, with brilliant scarlet blotches on 

 lower petals. Entire flower showing 

 glistening, sparkling lustre 



FAIRFAX— Solid magenta; lip of throat 

 light yellow with a deep magenta blotch 

 flowers 6 inches in diameter, spikes 5 to 6 

 feet high 



FLORA — Beautiful, deep golden- yellow, 

 large pure flowers _ 



FRANK J. SYMMES (Ruffled)— Salmon- 

 rose pink with red center, ruffled edges... 



FRED WIGMAN — Bright red with a 

 strong yellow throat 



GENEVIEVE BOTH IN Deep pink, 



thickly overlaid with steel blue; pink 

 and rubied center; very odd; flowers of 

 large size 



GIANT FAWN — Very large, deep .fawn 

 yellow, faintly blush-pink bordered. 

 Beautiful red line in throat. An extra 



large yellow... 



GIANT WHITE— An extra large white of 

 great size and substance. Pure white 

 with elegant slight markings on lower 

 petals 



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GLADYS PLATH— Orcnid flowering; lilac 

 and red velvet blotches; flowers 6 inches in 

 diameter, beautiful variety 



GLORY (Ruffled)— The opening buds are 

 of a soft creamy tint, edged with pink, 

 but as the flowers expand the ground 

 color changes to rich ivory-white suffused 

 with pale lavender, which is deeper etlthe 

 edges. The lower petals are buffishj^vith 

 pale crimson stripe through the center; 

 the throat is penciled with buff and crim- 

 son i.......... ', :-~ 



*GLORY OF HOLLAND— A new white 

 with slight tiriting of blush-pink and 

 anthers of delicate lavender..".......... '.. 



GLORY OF KENNEMERLAND — The 

 greatest attraction at the Michigan State 

 Fair. Beautiful roee- with yellow blotch, 

 large flower broadly- expanded. An ex- 

 tremely showy variety.;.....:... - 



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