One Good Early Pink Glad—Miss Greeley 
Beautiful Greeley, Colorado, has a live Chamber of Commerce and Garden Club. Cooperat¬ 
ing, they sought a new, unnamed Gladiolus of real merit to be npmed for their mtv, 
Naturally, they turned to me to find such a Glad. And, 
naturally, I turned to the Briggs Floral Company in Cali¬ 
fornia. I knew Mrs. Briggs could fill this order if anyone 
could. Luck was with me. The Briggs folks made me a prop¬ 
osition, based on my buying the entire stock. This was too 
much for the Greeley flower lovers to take over. So I took a 
“Long” chance, bought the stock, sold the Greeley Garden 
Club what they needed, and planted the rest. 
Miss Greeley has already become internationally famous. 
So much like one of its parents, W. H. Phipps, but so early 
that it is usually done blooming before Phipps begins. In 
fact, Miss Greeley bulbs nearly ready to dig before Phipps 
done blooming. 
What makes Miss Greeley especially valuable is that 
florists accept it as Phipps, and are tickled the color of Miss 
Greeley to get it several weeks before Phipps shows color. 
Mr. P. J. Pentecost, “The Phipps King” of Indiana, is en¬ 
thusiastic about both Miss Greeley and Red Phipps. Can’t 
get enough of these to supply his cut flower trade in large 
cities. (I’m indebted to friend Pentecost for this illustration 
of Miss Greeley.) 
Another Indiana Glad fan says Miss Greeley bloomed in 
69 days for him, and spikes were fine, while from way out 
the other direction in Oregon comes this report from Everett 
Earle Stanard, well known writer on garden subjects: 
“Miss Greeley as good as last season. From large bulbs 
the spikes are immense and lovely as well. I exhibited sev¬ 
eral mammoth spikes at Albany, Oregon, and they excited 
universal admiration. Bulbs planted in March began to 
bloom early June. Some in full bloom June 8. (How’s that for early?) And the spikes were 
4 feet 3 inches tall, with 10 big florets open at once. Yum, yum!” 
There is only a moderate supply of Miss Greeley in the world yet. Last fall I told you I 
might have to withdraw part or all of my stock after January 1st. That’s just what I did. 
This season I’m reserving the No. 6 bulbs and bulblets for my own planting. 
Miss Greeley 
Red Phipps—A Winner 
A Phipps seedling, originated by Mrs. Eliza¬ 
beth Briggs. Much earlier than Phipps. 
The blossoms have that charming sheen 
found in the original Mr. W. H. Phipps Glad. 
Spikes long, straight and strong, but no ex¬ 
cess baggage. Flower heads run more uniform 
than Phipps. Few, if any, stubby spikes. 
Placement of florets splendid. Facing equal¬ 
ly good. Florets set close to spike. No loppy, 
floppy habits. Ideally built spike and buds for 
packing and shipping. 
Color, a pleasing, glowing bright red. Maybe 
according to Ridgeway this does not describe 
it, but the effect is RED that IS red. 
Size of florets good but not gigantic. Size 
varies a good bit according to locality, season, 
culture, but usually satisfactory. 
Plenty blossoms open, but not so many at a 
time as Phipps. 
Red Phipps wins many prizes at leading 
shows. At the Century of Progress show in 
Horticultural Hall, under the auspices of the 
Illinois Gladiolus Society, 1933, Red Phipps 
won first place in the three spike class, first 
in single spike class, and the three spikes 
were awarded the Century of Progress medal 
as the best three spikes at the show. 
Still more. At the combined Show of the 
American Gladiolus Society, the Indiana Glad¬ 
iolus Society and the Michigan Show at La 
Porte, Indiana, 1933, Red Phipps received first 
place in the three spike class and first in the 
single spike, recent introductions. 
At the Ohio State Show at Akron, 1933, Red 
Phipps again won first in the red three spike 
class. 
As I write this catalogue for the printer, re¬ 
ports are coming in with still more honors 
for RED PHIPPS at the Glad shows. At 
Chicago, 1934, show Red Phipps again won 
first in its class. 
See other pages for prices Red Phipps Bulbs. 
(Bulblets withdrawn for increasing stock.) 
