Extract from California Floriculturist. 



"The new shades, such as blues and purples, shown in Gladiolus by- 

 Messrs. Groff and Cowee, created a great sensation at the Pan-American. 



Some of these Gladioli were grown at Singleton Court in Los Angeles 

 during the past summer, and all who saw them were free to admit that 

 for range and rarity of color, they were the finest ever seen in California." 



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All of my Gladiolus disappointed me the past season, as the hot wave 

 struck them at the end of June. They hajd just pushed out their flower 

 spikes, and were all so badly scorched by the hot sun, that none showed up 

 well. Several of yours came out later, and under the adverse condition 

 must say they were fine indeed. I will want more bulbs next spring, so 

 please mail me your catalogue as soon as it is published. 



Illinois. HENRY C. ECKERT. 



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On the Blues and Lights I cannot report, as they were in bloom while 

 I was at the Pan-American. The Reds planted ten days earlier, gave me 

 some fine colors, the equal of anything that has come to me from the Con- 

 tinental lists. 



Vermont. D. C. HICKS. 



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GROFF'S NEW HYBRID GLADIOLI IN NEW ZEALAND. 



"In the opinion of experts on the matter of hybridizing the Gladiolus, 

 Mr. Groff, of Simcoe, Canada, stands foremost in the world at this work." 



VVAIKATO ARGUS, New Zealand. 



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"Sunset Magazine," San Francisco, June, J 902. 



"Mr. Groff is the leading American specialist in the Gladiolus." 

 PROF. WICKSON, University of California, on Luther Burbank. 



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Regarding stock purchased from you, to say that I was pleased is 

 stating it mildly. The colors were so varied that they would have been 

 interesting had they no beauty of color. I hardly know what to say of 

 them in detail as many of each color class are worthy of a description for 

 each spike. I picked pollen from the White Lady, and pollenized to florets 

 on a spike of one of yours, the largest Gladiolus I ever saw. This spike 

 grew four and one-half feet high, and flowers were correspondingly large. 



California. ERNEST BRAUNTON, Editor. 



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