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



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GLADIOLI 



(Sword Lily) 



GLADIOLI are among the most popular of all garden flowers. Each year the size, color, and beauty of these wonderful flowers 

 are being improved upon. They are very easy to grow and will do well in almost any soil under any condition. If planted in 

 the richest place of your garden and given plenty of sun and moisture they will, however, repay you witn extra-large and gorgeous 

 colors. 

 To obtain a continuation of blooms during tne greatest part of tne season, it is advisable to plant at intervals of ten days, from the 

 last week in April until the middle of June. 



Some varieties will bloom in seventy-five to eighty days from the date of planting, but most sorts require eighty-five to ninety days. 

 Plant the bulbs about 5 or 6 inches deep and from 3 to 4 inches apart. 



In October, when the foliage has turned yellow, dig the bulbs, cut the stems off within an inch of the bulbs, and dry them thoroughly. 

 Then remove the old roots and store the bulbs in a cool, dry place where frost cannot reach them. 



Their easy culture appeals to all, and the freedom from disease and insect pests is another great asset. They associate so well with 

 all garden flowers, but above all are the decorative possibilities both as a cut flower subject and also in the garden. The collection we 

 here offer is unsurpassed and will be a source of great delight to all who plant them. The flowers last a long time when cut. Do not 

 be stingy in planting Gladioli, but plant by the dozen,. or even by the hundred. Varieties marked with an asterisk (*) are particularly 

 fine for forcing. 



The collection we offer embraces the introductions of such noted hybridizers as Betscher, Childs, Diener, Kunderd and others. It 

 includes the best of the new ruffled varieties as well as the best of the new Primulinus group. 



ADELINA PATT1— Very large flower. 

 Dark violet..._ 



ADELINE KENT (Ruffled)— Delicate light 

 rose-pink; straw colored throat with ruby 

 dashes; petals are heavily ruffled from 

 edges into the center. Exquisite orchid- 

 like coloring 



ALICE TIPLADY — A grand, large vigor- 

 ous saffron colored Primulinus. Extra 

 fine. Strong grower. Defects none so 

 far 



ALTON U917.) (Kunderd)— A wonderfully 

 ruffled variety of finest orange color. A 

 magnificent new Gladiolus... .... 



*AM ERICA — Too much cannot be said of 

 this beautiful dainty pink, tinted lavender. 



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AMERICAN BEAUTY "DIENERS"— 



Brilliant American Beauty color, with 

 creamy yellow throat; one spike opening 

 a large number of flowers at one time 

 forms an immense bouquet of beauty; 

 flowers 6 to 7 inches im diameter; spikes 

 4 to 5 feet high 



AMETHYST — A remarkably strong, open 

 flower of a deep amethyst cok^r, slightly 

 suffused rose. Beautiful for bedding, as 

 it holds its bloom well, with nearly all 

 flowers open at one time 



ANNA EBERIUS — A little different in color 

 from anything on the market. Dark 

 velvety Niel rose, throat deeper shade 



ANNE THOMPSON— Pale sulphur yellow; 

 flowers 5 inches in diameter, spikes 5 to 6 

 feet high. A first class yellow. 



ANNIE WIGMAN (Hofman)— Light yel- 

 low with pronounced dark crimson blotch; 

 superb— 



APOLLO — Color a deep Begonia-rose, al- 

 most scarlet, with delicate white mark- 

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ARIZONA ROSE— A very large flower of 

 finest rose-pink color. Almost a self 

 col or. Very fine 



ATTRACTION — One of the most pleasing 

 of the throated varieties. Deep rose with 

 white throat. 



*AUGUSTA — Opens delicate pink, chang- 

 ing to pure wnite. If cut just as the first 

 bud begins to open and kept inside it 

 opens pure white with blue anthers 



AUTUMN QUEEN— Color cream yellow, 

 upper petals suffused with peach blossom 

 pink; lower petals striped carmine-red. 

 When planted late opens full and wide in 

 late autumn * 



BARON JOSEF HU LOT— One of the finest 

 deep violet-purple, very dark on petal 

 tips; light on upper petals in throat, lower 

 petal a rich pansy-violet with fleck of 

 primrose-yellow on midvein, anthers 

 lilac „ '. 



BERNICE— Light yellow, buff and pink 

 marks 



*BERTREX, the Beautiful — Lustrous 

 white with pencil stripes of lilac in throat. 



BEST VIOLET— Tall straight stem and 

 spike. Rich violet color with minute 

 golden lines through lower petals. 



BLACK HAWK — Cardinal-red, nearly 

 black center. Qne of Kunderd's best 

 seedlings 



BLUE JAY— Beautiful pale Ageratum- 

 blue, overlaid darker with white blotch 

 and having a red stripe on tongue of 

 lower petals 



BLUE VISTA — Clear glistening white 

 with distinct Iris blue markings m throat 



BRENCHLEYENSIS— The mother of all 

 Gladioli. Roseate-orange, outer edge of 

 petal penciled purplish-brown, throat 

 touched with canary-yellow and lines of 

 o ld carmine-red; anthers li'ac 



BUTTERFLY (Ruffled.) (Primulinus)— A 

 delicate salmon-pink, nicely ruffled 



BYRON L. SMITH (1917.)— One of the 

 very best. Most refined lavender pink 

 on white ground. Exceedingly fine as a 

 cut flower. Color equal to a very choice 

 cattleya orchid 



CANARY BIRD — Fine canary-yellow. 

 Early; one of the best 



CAPTAIN ASHER CARTER BAKER— 

 Rich, velvety fed with darker center; 

 flowers 5 inches in diameter, spikes 4 to 

 5 feet high 



CAROLINE FREAR BURKE— Pure white 

 with ruby throat; flowers 7 inches in di- 

 ameter, spikes 5 to 6 feet high 



CATHERINA— Wonderful grayish light 

 blue, lower petals a deeper blue with 

 brownish-red spot -. 



CHATEAU THIERY— Dark orange-rose 

 with yellow spots _■ 



*CH I CAGO WH ITE— Pure white with nar- 

 row lines, crimson-carmine on midribs of 

 three lower petals Surrounded by a little 

 amber ^ 



CLARICE — Rich rose-pink, flaked and suf- 

 fused with deeper tint. Large, well- 

 opened flowers on strong spike. • 



COLUMBIA — Light orange-scarlet freely 

 blotched and penciled with blush-purple. 

 Throat freely mottled 



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