DEPENDABLE GLADS 
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paris green. The bugs eat the sweet poison. The formula for this is two tablespoons 
of paris! green, two pounds of brown sugar, and three gallons of water. 
THE SEASON’S BEST 25 
Albatros, Betty Nuthall. Chas. Dickens, Commander Koehl, Dream of Beauty, 
Dr. F. E. Bennett, Geraldine Farrar, Golden Dream, Jane Addams, Mammoth White, 
Marmora, Marocco, Minuet, Mother Machree, Mrs. F. C. Peters, Mrs. P. W. Sisson, 
Mr. W. H. Phipps, Paul Pfitzer, Pelegrina, Picardy, Red Lory, Red Phipps, Ruffled 
Gold, Salbach’s Orchid, and Veilchenblau. (Not including my own originations). 
QUALITIES OF THE IDEAL 
Color is the first consideration. It is in a category by itself. All these qualities 
of plant and flower exist for the sole purpose of furnishing the proper setting for the 
color beauty. They are the means to an end, which is the presenting of the color 
beauty to the best advantage. 
The three big things a modern Glad must have are color beauty, many open, 
and lasting ability. All other qualities are centered around these three essential 
points. Very few Glads measure up to all of the following ideals. 
(1) Prolific and easy growing. 
(2) Healthy, heavy foliage. 
(3) Responds to intensive culture. 
(4) Not affected seriously by conditions of drouth. 
(5) Will not wilt nor burn in the summer heat. 
(6) Stems do not crook. 
(7) Tall stretchy spike reaching up out of well bunched foliage. 
(8) Florets well opened and of fine form. 
(9) Stiff, sturdy and wiry, but graceful, stem. 
(10) Florets regularly faced and spaced on the spike. 
(11) Bulb does not divide into more than one or two spikes. 
(12) Five to eight florets open, and as many more showing color. 
(13) Plenty of size and correct proportions in petal, flower, and spike. 
(14) At least twenty buds to the spike. 
(15) Blooms out when cut clear to the tip without loss in size and color. 
(16) Plenty of substance to withstand the necessary handling. 
(17) Does not fade nor streak nor fleck. 
(18) The wilted blooms do not detract. 
(19) Colors uniform, vivid and clear. 
(20) Colors bright under artificial light. 
(21) Possesses that indefinable something called charm. 
“I am enclosing three small orders, two of them trial orders. I received my trial 
order on your stock last year, and was more than pleased. They could not be beat 
for bloom or quality. I had visitors look at your Glads in my garden, and they never 
saw anything like them. I think they were the best for bloom and height, and were 
the talk of the town.” 
Dec. 20, 1934 C. E. Maxwell, Mass. 
(I have hundreds of similar letters on file. Iowa bulbs do make good.) 
