BILL’S GLAD FARMS, CANANDAIGUA, N. Y. 
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Opalescent 
OPALESCENT —Wonderful spikes of 
very large, pale rose lavender. A pure 
self color, with soft, lilac throat lines. 
A vigorous grower, with excellent foliage 
and strong, straight bloom stalks. 
Flowers well placed, with broad petals 
of good substance. As sparkling and 
pure as the water of the Adirondack 
Mountain stream for which it was named. 
One of the best in our list for cutting 
and shipping. Gives excellent results as 
a variety for greenhouse forcing. Rated 
9 7 per cent as a commercial flower by 
Gersdorff. OPALESCENT received Spe¬ 
cial Award of Merit by the American 
Gladiolus Society in 1924. 5c each. 
See botton page 30 for prices 
on three or more of a kind. 
PRIORITY —Tall, straight and strong. 
Large, open flowers. Color is Venetian 
pink, shaded darker toward the tips. 
Faint central lines and feather of deep 
rose pink. 10c each. 
QUAKER MAII) —Soft lavender pink 
with delicate feathery throat markings. 
Tall and strong with many flowers open 
at a time. Late flowering. 10c each. 
REVUE —Very tall and straight. The 
center of the flower is pure Martius 
yellow, daintily flushed with Eosine pink 
on the tips of the petals. 10c each. 
RICHMOND —Large flowers of Spectrum 
red, with cream zone and feather of 
blackish red. Very striking. 15c each. 
ROllINHOOD —Immense, massive blooms 
of LaFrance pink, tipped and flaked with 
scarlet. Strong and vigorous grower. 
Early bloomer. 15c each. 
ROBUSTO —Soft peach red, flaked with 
scarlet. Have measured spikes 28 inches 
from first flower to tip of buds. 10c 
each. 
ROMANCE —Large, orange salmon rose, 
red and yellow throat. Wine blue 
bordered petals. 5c each. 
ROMANTIC — Center is coral pink, 
shading outward through old rose to 
Daphne red at the tips. Light yellow 
medial lines. 10c each. 
ROSALIND —A massive, ruffled variety 
of rich analine red, with deeper throat. 
35c each. 
ROSE ASH —Old rose, overlaid and 
blended with pink, blue and red, giving 
the color of ashes of roses. 10c each. 
ROSE OF SHARON —Pure rose color, 
with large, white center blotch. Re¬ 
sembles an Althea flower in form and 
color. 35c each. 
ROTA —Eosine pink with white center. 
5c each. 
ROTARY PINK —Bright, Eosine pink, 
throat feathered rose doree, with dainty 
white medial lines. Opens 4 to 6 large 
blooms at a time. 15c each. 
“ROTARY” WHITE —Pure white, tall, 
strong grower. Several open at once, 
slightly frilled. Buds pale greenish 
tint. 35c each. 
RUBELLA —A deep, velvet. Amaranth 
purple. Wonderfully rich shade. Nice, 
straight spikes, with well placed florets. 
10c each. 
SALOME- —Orange buff, with buff yellow 
throat. The color is so entrancing that 
it is simply irresistible. 10c each. 
SCARLET PRINCEPS —Massive, large 
bright scarlet. 5c each. 
SOHWABEN —The most popular stand¬ 
ard yellow. 5c each. 
