MORE JLOV.EES PLATTED THAI EVER BEFORE: Regardless of 
the extenisve plantings of vegetable'seeds and plants 
the past few years in an effort to lower living costs, 
the sales of flower seeds, bulbs and plants have in¬ 
creased proportionately faster. This added interest in 
flover growing fills a niche in the development of 
civic pride which is altogether characteristic of the 
finer traits of our people. 
WHICH VARIETIES SHALL I PLAIT? This question usually 
arises in cases where only a small amount of space is 
available for flowers or the amount to be expended is 
limited. For the benefit of our customers we attempt to 
describe each individual variety exactly as it per¬ 
forms for us. If it has faults these should be men¬ 
tioned as well as its virtues. And here we might state 
that any commercial grower who fails to follow this 
method of description is not keeping faith with those 
who depend upon him to test the many varieties which orig¬ 
inate from time to time. The statement which we have 
oiten made we again emphasize; UELESS YOU HAVE AMPLE 
1/IE ATS WITH WHICH TO EXPERIMENT , piEP CLOSE TO THE STANDARD 
TIME--TRIED VARIETIES. Do not forget that any worthyhile 
variety will continue in commerce until it becomes low 
priced. Many originations that were heralded as "World 
Beaters" only a few years ago have fallen by the way and 
are now unheard of. Each season we discard varieties 
which are replaced by others which through several seasons 
of testing have proven their superiority. 
In gladiolus, for instance, we demand a strong flower 
stock, spike of good length and one that heat does not 
cook; with large florets and several open at one time 
and with substance to withstand a burning sun and wind. 
The ideal glad should be disease resistant, a good 
propagator, and last well as a cut flower. It seems that 
we have almost reached perfection in such glads as Minuet 
Betty ITuthall, Picardy, Marmora, Golden Dream, Mammoth 
Wh.i le , Albatros and a few others. However, such old timers 
as Mrs. Prank Pendleton, Giant Lymph, Mrs. Leon Douglas, 
Dr Bennett and many others are still favorites. 
In dahlias we still hold to such standard time— trieiL var “ 
ieties as Jane Cowl , Jersey's Beauty, Mrs. I .D.VerV/arner, 
Jean Kerr, Maude Adams and others, since nothing better 
