COLONIAL GARDE? 
For 1934 
BRIGHTSIDE (Prestgard) Richest canary yellow blending to bittersweet orange at the tips. Pale 
apricot in the upper throat; absolutely no lines or markings on the lower petals to detract from its purity 
of color. General effect from a distance: golden-orange. Brightside has the same extraordinary substance of 
petals that Solveig and King Arthur possess. Florets are about four inches in diameter and from four to eight 
are open at one time (picture shows minimum number usually open in field). Florets are heavily ruffled. 
A massed bouquet of Brightside gives a totally new conception of what richness of color may be achieved in the gladiolus. 
There is too, a mischievous, sprightly air about the style of this flower that gives it a very endearing per¬ 
sonality. We are much in love with Brightside ourselves, and recommend it very highly. This glad has an 
excellent chance of becoming the leading commercial orange. 
And now a pleasant surprise for the glad fan. If we had introduced Brightside two years ago, when we 
could have done so, it would have been priced at $10.00 per bulb and have been well worth it on the basis 
of customary introductory prices. However, we held Brightside for two years and now have a large stock 
of it. We are therefore able to introduce it at a ridiculously low figure. We are pleased to try this plan 
out as an experiment, hoping that it will enable the fanciers to treat themselves to a generous start with 
this beautiful new glad. Our future price policy on introductions will depend in part on the response to 
this offer. Only large bulbs for sale. No planting stock or bulblets for sale to either amateurs or growers. 
Large, each: $ .35 Five for $1.00 $2.00 per dozen 
GOLDEN POPPY (Prestgard) We wish every glad fan had access to Ridgway’s color standard to 
see the exact shade of this flower. Among the scores of yellows shown in that volume, blending from light 
to dark, the topmost one, standing next to the oranges is called Cadmium Yellow. This is the exact color 
of Golden Poppy. It is the very shade that people have been talking about for years as the ideal depth and 
richness of color to be achieved in a yellow glad. We’d do some real raving about Golden Poppy if it would 
only open seven or eight florets as Brightside will, but we regret to state that three or four are the usual 
number. This does not detract greatly from its value as a cut flower, however, and we consider it one of 
the half-dozen finest cut flower varieties that we grow (the others: Lotus, Sweetheart, Picardy, Margaret 
Fulton, Brightside). Compared to the well-known Orange Queen, Golden Poppy is just a trifle lighter, but 
clearer and richer and has no sign of any throat marking. We reproduce a picture of Golden Poppy alongside 
a picture of La Paloma (both glads grown and photographed under identical conditions) to show the re¬ 
markable fact that this new yellow glad photographs even darker than an orange. A bouquet of Golden Poppy 
held in the sunlight has a fiery brilliance like shining gold. 
Both Brightside and Golden Poppy are primulinus grandiflorus varieties, both vigorous and tall grow¬ 
ers, both very early bloomers. Brightside never crooks, Golden Poppy but rarely. Prices of Golden Poppy 
(large bulbs only): 
Large, each: $ .35 Five for $1.00 $2.00 per dozen 
For 1933 
DR. C. HOEG (Hoeg): Velvety maroon with a fine edge of silver around each petal, like that part of 
the wings of some giant butterflies where there are no pigmented scales and only the silvery membrane 
shows. Dr. C. Hoeg is surpassed by Moorish King when the latter is at its best, but under ordinary condi¬ 
tions Dr. Hoeg is superior. Substance is very rich and glossy. Prices this year: 
Large, each: $5.00 Medium, $3-50 Small, $2.00 Blbts., $1.00 
SWEETHEART (Prestgard): (Three spikes pictured on the cover of this folder). The perfect name 
for the darling of the glad world. We cannot recommend this adorable little flower too strongly. Sweet¬ 
heart opens from three to five four-inch florets at one time. It is not really small but rather the ideal size 
for decorative work. The color is immaculate, SNOWY white, not cold but rich on account of the heavy 
