Naeara 
PRESTGARD, 1935 
HE Colonial Gardens is introduc¬ 
ing six new seedlings this year: Mr. 
Ristow’s Heritage, and five very 
beautiful originations of Mr. Prestgard: 
Gunvor, Mrs. E. R. McManus, Oneota, 
Naeara, and Baby Decorah. 
Naeara is not a large glad but is 
outstanding for its winsome personality 
and extreme delicacy of coloring. It is 
of the palest pink blending to a soft 
cream throat. It has a ruffling all its 
own. Deep in the throat, where the 
petals are attached to the stem, you 
will find a distinctly marked six-pointed 
star in each floret — a feature we have 
seen in no other variety. Naeara is a 
fancier’s flower that stands near the 
top for beauty. 
Price for 1935: $5.00 each for large bulbs. 
No other sizes sold. Stock very limited. 
Oneota 
PRESTGARD, 1935. (Not pictured). 
I N Oneota we have a rich scarlet-red 
with unusually round, clear-cut flor¬ 
ets. Substance is unusually opaque 
and velvety. The throat is marked a 
deep crimson. This glad possesses an unusual 
amount of style, but is not ruffled. Florets are 
five inches in diameter and five are open at one 
time. Exceptional beauty rather than great size 
warrants our introduction of this variety. 
At the Iowa State Show last summer three 
spikes of Oneota won first in open competition 
in the scarlet class. 
Price for 1935: $1.00 each for large bulbs. 
No other sizes sold. 
('the wild “Baby’s Breath” pictured with Baby Decorah 
(Page 11) is Flowering Spurge, Euphorbia Corollata , a wild 
flower native over the eastern half of North America. It 
is a cousin of the well-known Snow-on-the-Mountain (also 
wild in the Black Hills and other sections) and stays “in 
bloom” so long (five or six weeks in July and August) 
because the flowers, as with Snow-on-the-Mountain, are 
not composed of real petals. Flowering Spurge is the ideal 
mixer to use in vasing glads. It may be transplanted from 
the wild state to your garden at any time of the year but 
preferably in spring.) 
GUNVOR, 1933 NAEARA 
Mrs. E. R. McManus 
PRESTGARD, 1935. (Not pictured). 
W E CAN give you a fair idea of this variety 
very quickly by saying that it is a gladiolus 
with the heavy substance of Solveig and 
the exact La France pink color of Coryphee. It is 
not quite as large as Solveig, however, nor so 
heavily ruffled, but is an easier grower. Mrs. 
McManus is very outstanding for beauty, being 
a rival of Coryphee at its best. This glad, like 
Solveig and Gunvor, is named after a daughter of 
Mr. Prestgard. Our stock of Mrs. E. R. McManus 
is very limited. 
Price for 1935: $5.00 each for large bulbs. 
No other sizes sold. 
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