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THE GLADIOLUS FANCIER’S 
SMOKY 
BAGDAD 98 ***—ft Exh. Smoky, old rose, 
darker to edge, throat lighter with a bit 
of cream, 5-6 ft. tall, straight spikes. 
Florets 6-7 inches. 5-7 open, loosely 
spaced, making immense flowerheads. 
1st, Wash. ’34, also for largest flower in 
show. C.G.S. '34. Our 1st, Ohio-Mah. 
’34. L.15(100,10.00) M.08(100,6.00) S.04 
(100,3.00) Bits (100,.40) 
DOROTHY DOW 102 **— fttt Exh. Color 
is a smooth mixture of old rose and orange 
with a gray overtone. Florets about size 
and shape as Picardy, stem a bit shorter 
but several more open with long flower- 
heads. New and very scarce. Good pro¬ 
pagator. With a color which we believe 
is a great improvement on Emile Aubrun, 
with larger florets and much longer 
flowerheads, we look to this variety to 
pick up the blue ribbons wherever shown. 
LI.50 Ml.00 S.50 Bits .20 
EMILE AUBRUN 93 **— ft Exh. Coppery 
orange bronze. Champion bloom No. 
Dak., ’32. Number 15 in A.G.S. Sym¬ 
posium. A.G.S. '33. N.E.G.S. ’33. L.06 
(100,4.00) 
JANET 91 *—ft Dec. Smoky gray to peach 
pink. Unusually warm, attractive color 
with more commercial value than most 
smokies. Now that decorative smokies 
will not have to competa with the Exh., 
we are going to begin hearing about a 
lot of Dec. smokies worth blue ribbons. 
L.10(100,6.00) M.06(100,3.50) Bits (100, 
.25) 
MARMORA 98 **—fftt Exh. Long spike 
of lavender, gray, pale purple blotch. The 
best Australian introduction. Number 3 
in A.G.S. Symposium. (Led only by 
Picardy and Minuet). Voted best smoky, 
A.G.S. and C.G.S. Most open and largest 
floret. A.G.S. ’32. A.G.S. ’34. L.06 
(100,4.00) M.03(100,2.00) Bits (100,.20) 
MOTHER MACHREE 100 **— fftt Exh. 
Salmon Orange. Silver gray. Sunset 
colors of high lustre and sheen. Con¬ 
sistent producer of long, straight, stun¬ 
ning spikes. Number 7 in A.G.S. and 5 in 
N.E.G.S. symposiums. Our lsts Ohio 
and Mah. ’32. Our Champion bloom of 
the show. Ohio ’32. Ohio ’33. C.G.S. 
’33. Wash. ’34. N.E.G.S. ’34. Calgary 
’34. Three lsts, A.G.S. ’34. L. 10(100, 
6.00) M.05(100,3.00) Bits (100,.20) 
OUR SELECTION 98 *—fflt Exh. Salmon 
red, flaked slate, cerise blotch on cream. 
A flowerhead even longer than Mother 
Machree but stem not so long. Florets 
evenly placed in double row, 10-16 open. 
A very trustworthy performer. Champion 
spike Winnipeg, ’31. Most open (18) 
No. Dak. ’32. N.E.G.S. '32. Champion 
bloom Ballarat, ’32. L.06(100,4.00) M.03 
(100,2.50) S(100,1.25) Bits (100,.15) 
By action of the Board of Governors, ratified by motion 
tn open annual meeting by the members of the American 
Gladiolus Society, we received the first Gold Medal ever 
awarded by the A.G.S. “for outstanding and signal services 
rendered in its behalf.” ( August, 1931). 
Youngstown, Ohio, 
Sept. 25th, 1932. 
Dear Mr. Evans: 
On behalf of the Mahoning Gladiolus Society I wish 
to extend you Us vote of thanks for exhibiting at our 
show. The member of entries, the variety and quality 
of your glads contributed much to the success of our 
show or, no doubt, would have greatly helped any othei 
show in the country. This vote of thanks was taken at 
our September meeting. 
L. S. Dustman, Sec'y. 
August 17 th, 1934 
Dear Mr. Evans: 
I am writing to tell you how very much pleased Mrs. 
W. and 1 are, with the showing our gladiolus have made 
this year. They were glorious last year, but nothing 
in comparison to what they are this summer. 
It might interest you to know that everyone who has 
seen them has pronounced them the finest they have ever 
seen and they have been shown to people who know 
flowers. They were all appalled at the size and loveliness 
of our gladiolus and all of them asked where we got them, 
how we grew them and so on. 
IV. H. W„ Cleveland. 
