Gladioli in Mass Planting 
PINK 
DEBONAIR. La France pink, with cream throat. (90 days.) 
DUNA. A beautiful clear soft pinky buff. (85 days.) 
MARGARET FULTON. Clear rich soft rose pink of a 
beautiful distinct shade. 6 to 8 perfectly placed medium 
sized blooms open. One of the finest cut flower varieties. 
(70 days.) 
PEGGY LOU. Pure pink with light rosy cast. Long flower 
head. One of the 1942 Flower Show champions. (95 days.) 
PHYLLIS McQUISTON. 
(100 days.) 
PICARDY. Rich apricot, pink blooms. (85 days.) 
ROSA VAN LIMA. Large beautiful light pink, pencilled 
throat. (75 days.) 
SONATINE. Light pink often flaked with darker pink. 
(90 days.) 
RED 
BEACON. Bright salmon red, cream blotch. (80 days.) 
COMMANDER KOEHL. Large massive clear blood red. Tall 
straight spike. Considered by many the best medium red. 
(85 days.) 
DREAM OF BEAUTY. Purest rose red. (80 days.) 
EXCELLENCE. Large bright scarlet, early. (75 days.) 
FLAMING SWORD. Deep red, ready. (70 days.) 
MORACCO. Glistening dark red, almost black. (90 days.) 
RED PHIPPS. Bright red, free blooming, good commercial 
variety. Many flowers open at one time. (85 days.) 
VAGABOND PRINCE. Bronze red, orange blotch. (75 days.) 
WHITE 
MAID OF ORLEANS. Beautiful milky white with cream 
throat. Tall straight plant with up to 8 large well placed 
blooms open. (80 days.) 
SHIRLEY TEMPLE. Huge ruffled cream. (75 days.) 
YELLOW 
GATE OF HEAVEN. Very rich pure yellow, beautifully 
ruffed and of good substance. Early. (75 days.) 
PRIMROSE PRINCESS. Fine light primrose yellow, straight 
spike. (90 days.) 
Large pure pink, lighter throat. 
GLADIOLI 
Plant Manns’ Gladioli Bulbs. They are strictly 1% inches 
or more in diameter, sound, true to name, and can be abso- 
lutely depended upon to produce large, beautiful well-formed 
blooms. 
Cultural Suggestions: Set bulbs 4 inches deep and 6 
inches apart, either in rows or massed in beds, borders or 
among shrubbery. Successive plantings from April to July 
will bloom from July until frost. They will thrive in any 
good garden soil, but a sunny location is best. Cultivate 
frequently and water freely while blooms are forming. 
BLUE 
PELEGRINA. Large dark blue. 6 or more perfectly placed 
blooms open with most of the remaining buds showing color. 
One of the best dark blue varieties. (75 days.) 
LAVENDER 
MINUET. A beautiful clear light lavender. 
finest gladiolus in this color. (80 days.) 
OLD ROSE 
BAGDAD. Smoky old rose somewhat toward the edge and 
Considered the 
GLADIOLUS MIXTURES 
MANNS’ SPECIAL VARIETY MIXTURE: 
25 Bulbs (mixed) 1 of each listed $1.95. 
100 Bulbs (mixed) 4 of each listed $7.25. 
100 Bulbs, in multiples of 10, your selection at 100 rates. 
Superior Seeds 
lighter in throat. (90 days.) 
ORANGE 
BIT O’ HEAVEN. Fine commercial light orange. Tall, 
straight spike. (90 days.) 
PURPLE 
CHARLES DICKENS. Beautiful purple violet. A very good 
grower with large flowers on tall spikes. (75 days.) 
PRICES Per 
Variety Each Doz. 100 
Bardad! 2-5. .:2. ..$0.09 $0.90 $6.50 
Beacon! ss #22 2. 12) 1-205 ~8'00 
Bit O’ Heaven ..... : + : 10 1.00 7.00 
Charles Dickens .. : she SO ia 0 
Commander Koehl : acids 230° 9:00 
Debora eee - 5 10 1.00 7.00 
Dream of Beauty.......... : : ll et 10 7-50 
Dunagec seer -09 -90 6.50 
mxcellence) 2-025 ae 10 1.00 7.00 
Flaming Sword .. E -09 90 §©6.00 
Gate of Heaven ...__.. AZ 1.20 8:00 
Maid of Orleans. . 11 E1LOe 7-50 
Margaret Fulton . SLO 200s 57-00 
Minuet: : =... - 12 1.20 8.00 
Moracco ..... ns 12 1.20 # 8.00 
Pelgrina . : LES T1050 
Peggy Lou ..... : 12 1.20 8.00 
Phyllis McQuiston 10 1.00 7.00 
Picardy J. +32 12 1.20 850 
Primrose Princess 10 = #=1.00 7.00 
Red Phipps ... 12 120 £8.00 
Rosa Van Lima . A2 120 8.60 
Shirley Temple 12 1.20 8.00 
Sonatine ...... selene tet O00 7.50 
Vagabond Prince iy E10 7750 
MANNS’ SUPERIOR RAINBOW MIXTURE: Made up of 
varieties which because of their commercial value and 
reliable flowering qualities are being produced in such 
large quantities that low prices are made possible. 
75c per doz.; $4.85 per 100 
J. MANNS & CO., Baltimore, Md. 57 
