COLONIAL GARDENS’ INTRODUCTIONS 
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 
waxy substance, blending to a very vivid pale pink at the edges. An exquisite frilling adds the final touch 
of charm to this very winsome flower. TO BRING THIS SPLENDID GLAD TO THE FOREFRONT OF 
ATTENTION IN THE GLAD WORLD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, WE SHALL GIVE A FREE BULB 
OF SWEETHEART AWAY THIS SPRING WITH EVERY ORDER SENT IN FROM THIS FOLDER. 
These gratis bulbs will vary in size somewhat in proportion to the size of your order. 1934 prices for Sweet- 
heart: 
Large, each: $2.30 Medium, $1.23 Small, $ .75 Blbts., $ .23 
For 1932 
SOLVEIG (Prestgard): Up to seven six-inch blooms open at one time. Heavily ruffled white of excep¬ 
tional substance with small cerise throat marking. At its best Solveig totally eclipses any other white that 
we know, but it does not do equally well in all climates. In a year or two its price will be down to a 
point where every one can grow it. 1934 prices: 
Large, each: $20_Medium, $13_Small, $10_Blbts.. $1.00 
MARGARET FULTON* (Ogrodnichek): This glorious salmon glad approaches Picardy in beauty 
and surpasses it in performance. We predict that in two years Picardy will be in first place in the national 
symposium and Margaret Fulton among the first ten. 1934 prices: 
Large, each: $ .35 Medium, $ .25 Blbts., 25 for $ .60 100 for $2.00 
MILDRED LOUISE* (Wentworth): Another salmon that with Picardy and Margaret Fulton com¬ 
prises the great triumvirate in the salmon class. I rate these three glads as follows as to beauty and per¬ 
formance : 
Beauty: 1. Picardy 
2. Mildred Louise 
3- Margaret Fulton 
Performance: 1. Margaret Fulton 
2. Picardy 
3. Mildred Louise 
All are wonderfully beautiful, however, and first class performers. Prices for 1934: 
Large, each: $ .45 Medium, $ .35 Small, $ .23 Blbts., 10 for $1.60 
We believe that the above seven glads introduced by the Colonial Gardens in the past three years 
represent as high a standard of excellence as has been set by any other introducer. We promise our cus¬ 
tomers to maintain or even improve this standard in the future. 
* Introduced by us in conjunction with the originator. 
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 
NO. 1 —Colonial Gardens’ Introductions Special: 
One blooming size bulb (varying from No. 1 to No. 4) of each of the seven varieties we have introduced 
in the last three years, excepting Solveig, of which we will send a large selected bulblet. This offer includes 
the following varieties: 
BRIGHTSIDE DR. C. HOEG SOLVEIG 
GOLDEN POPPY SWEETHEART MARGARET FULTON 
MILDRED LOUISE 
Guaranteed to be at least a $7.00 value for. $3.50 
No. 1-A — The same with either Sweetheart or Solveig omitted (state which) for $2.50 
