BODDINGTONS ^A^UXtl^ BULBS 123 



BODDINGTON'S QUALITY GLADIOLI 



As a cut-flower the Gladiolus is more accommodating to circumstances than are most others. If required at an earlier date than that on 

 which the flowers would naturally open, they may be cut and the stems inserted in water, and placed in a warm temperature, to which 

 response is speedily manifest ; or, if too early, they may be retarded, and will keep fresh for several days in a cool room or cellar. For 

 conveying distances, they are unsurpassable for the length of time they will remain without moisture in a close-fitting box uninjured, and 

 when placed in water on arrival at their destination, they quickly revive, and the unopened blooms commence to expand nearly as well as 

 though they had roots and corm beneath them. 



Grand Novelty Gladioli, Including Peace and War 



PEACE. Flowers are large, of good 

 form, correctly placed on a heavy, 

 straight spike. Color beautiful white 

 with a pale lilac feathering on the in- 

 ferior petals. 25 cts. each, $2 per doz., 

 $15 per 100. 



WAR. A fitting companion in color to 

 Peace. Deep blood-red shaded to crim- 

 son-black. Si .50 each, $15 per doz. 



AFTERGLOW. Flowers large; sal- 

 mon-fawn, with violet center. 75 cts. 

 each, I7.50 per doz. 



BLUE JAY. (True.) This variety has 

 generally been confused with Baron 

 Hulot, but it is much superior. Beau- 

 tiful blue flowers on tall and vigorous- 

 growing spike. "The true blue va- 

 riety." $1 each, $10 per doz. 



DAWN. (Tracy's.) TJie most beauti- 

 ful shell-pink Gladiolus over offered. 

 A long, graceful spike of magnificently 

 formed flowers, all open at one time. 

 The keeping qualities of this variety 

 are excellent, while its color and tex- 

 ture make it indispensable as a cut- 

 flower and for bedding. 20 cts. each, 

 $2 per doz., S15 per 100. 



EVOLUTION. Delicate rose, shaded 

 darker. 40 cts. each, $4 per doz. 



INDEPENDENCE. A brilliant rose- 

 pink, with richly marked throat. A 

 long spike of wax-like flowers. One of 

 the best for cut-flowers and for mass- 

 ing, because of its color and the lasting 

 quality of the bloom. 10 cts. each, $1 

 per doz., $7.50 per 100. 



KUNDERDI "GLORY," The grand 

 orchid-flowered Gladiolus. This 

 type is distinctively new. Broad-ex- 

 panded, wide-open flowers, paired by 

 twos, face all in the same direction, and 

 are carried on .straight, stout stalks 

 never less than 3^^ feet in height. 

 From four to eight flowers are open at 

 one time; each petal is exquisitely ruf- 

 fled and fluted at the edges, such as is 

 only noticeable in orchids. The color 

 is delicate cream-pink with a neat, at- 

 tractive crimson stripe in the center of 

 each lower petal. The shade of pink is 

 unknown in any other Gladiolus. 

 15 cts. each, Si. 25 per doz., S8 per 100. 



MRS. FRANK PENDLETON, JR. 

 The demand isso great for this sterling 

 noveltv, being the third season offered, 

 that we are unable to make any reduc- 

 tion in price. Order early to procure 

 Mrs. Frank Pendleton, Jr. Awarded 

 First-Class Certificate of Merit by the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society of 

 Boston and by the American Gladiolus 

 Society at Baltimore, 1911. This new 

 variety is the result of crossing the best 

 of the largest-flowered type and is now 

 a type of its own. Its color is the most 

 exquisite salmon-pink with a very con- 



Grand Novelty Gladiolus, Peace 



spicuous blood-red blotch in the throat 

 on the lower petals. 50 cts each, $5 

 per doz. 



NIAGARA. In type the variety re- 

 sembles America, but the flowers ap- 

 .pear to be somewhat larger, measuring 

 \Vz inches across. In color they are a 

 delightful cream-shade with the two 

 lower inside petals or segments blend- 

 ing to canary-yellow. The throat is 

 splashed with carmine, and the lower 

 ends of the outside petals are also 

 flushed with carmine. The stamens 

 are purple and the stigmas pale car- 

 mine, this little addition in the coloring 

 relieving the creamy effect of the pet- 

 als. The flower-spike is very erect and 

 stout, and is wrapped with broad, dark 

 green foliage. The variety is evidently 

 destined to lead in the cream colored 

 varieties. 75 cts. each, $7.50 per doz. 



PANAMA. A new seedling of Amer- 

 ica, which it resembles in every way 

 except that it is a much deeper pink. 

 A grand variety which evokes words 

 of praise wherever exhibited. Awarded 

 First-Class Certificate by Newport 

 Horticultural Society, September 16, 

 191 1. Spike very long, with flowers 

 large and well arranged. $1 each, Sio 

 per doz. 



REINE BLANCHE. Very strong 



• grower, one bulb often producing two 

 or three flower -stems; long spike; 

 flowers of medium size. With the ex- 

 ception of a very small purple streak 

 at the bottom of the throat, the flower 

 is of perfect white, turning to fleshy 

 white toward the end of the flowering 

 stage. It is decidedly one of the best 

 white Gladioli. 25 cts. each, S2.50 per 

 doz., $20 per 100. 



ROCHESTER WHITE. The value 

 of this novelty is its color — the purest 

 white ever offered. The flowers, which 

 are correctl}^ placed, are large and well 

 shaped ; the filaments also are pure 

 white. The very fact that the anthers 

 and pollen of this variety are white, 

 places it in a class by itself. The 

 spikes, well supported and large, aver- 

 age 3 feet in height. Quite early. 

 Si each, Sio per doz. 



VIVID. Rich, velvety purple ; flowers 

 round and well placed; spike erect 

 and of good constitution. 50 cts. each, 

 S5 per doz. 



The Book of Gladiolus 



The first authoritative book on this bulb 

 ever printed in America, or possibly in the 

 world. Issued April i, 1911, and written by 

 Matthew Crawford and Dr. W. Vaa Fleet. A 

 120-page book, bound in cloth and fully illus- 

 trated. Many chapters cover all sides of 

 growing, propagating, storing, etc. A neces- 

 sity for both amateur and grower. Mce, 

 postpaid, S1.25. 



Collection, one each of the above 14 varieties for S7.60; three collections, three of each, for $20. postpaid 



