Brightside 
PRESTGARD, 1934 
“Gee, that’s a snappy number! 
What do you call it?” 
A N ARTIST friend in Maryland reports this 
ejaculation on the part of a Baltimore 
florist when he first saw Brightside. You, 
too, will be surprised at the richness of color and 
sprightliness of form of this delightful new 
gladiolus. We are mighty proud of Brightside 
and believe it has a great future. Although only 
one year old, it is already among the first seventy- 
five in popularity. In color Brightside is the rich¬ 
est canary yellow flushed pure apricot in the 
upper throat and with tips of bittersweet orange. 
The petals, which are as heavy as Solveig’s, will 
not droop in the hottest weather. Neither will 
you ever find a crooked spike of this variety. 
Brightside regularly grows four feet tall, with 
florets four to five inches across and from four to 
eight open at one time. For prices see regular list. 
“A bouquet of Brightside far outshines any other orange 
gladiolus. Its brilliancy and clear color give it a charm I 
find myself constantly admiring. Sparkling bright in color 
and of fine substance, it is the jewel of all the oranges —• a 
genuinely pleasing all-around glad — for garden or for 
home.” 
Robert Schreiner, Minnesota. 
“Your two new gladiolus, Brightside and Golden Poppy , 
were real delights and I cannot commend you too highly 
for your good judgment in selecting these. I had Palmer’s 
Jonquil in bloom at the same time as Golden Poppy and 
found their colors to be almost identical. If there was any 
advantage in color it was in favor of Golden Poppy whereas 
Jonquil had the better of it as to shape and habit of growth. 
Brightside with its gaily colored and attractively informal 
florets of unusual shape found instant favor among all 
those who visited my garden while it was in bloom.” 
Fredrick W. Cassebeer, New York. 
“Brightside is one of the prettiest glads and does so well 
in our climate.” 
Elizabeth Hefta, No. Dak. 
“It ( Brightside ) is one of the prettiest glads I have 
ever seen.” 
M. J. McCabe, Florist, Washington, D. C. 
BRIGHTSIDE 
MADRIGAL 
Varieties to be Introduced 
Next Year 
MADRIGAL. This beautiful exhibition variety 
has florets five and one-half inches in diameter 
and up to twelve open at one time. The color 
is a light salmon pink; substance of petals is 
extra heavy. Spike is long and stretchy and 
always straight (five buds have been cut off in 
the picture). Another giant glad which should 
prove a winner on the show table. 
ROSE PICARDY. What would you give to 
have a glad practically identical with Picardy 
in size and form and vigor but rose-pink in 
color? This dream is fulfilled in Rose Picardy, 
a cross of Picardy and Red Lory, which opens 
up eight six-inch florets at one time and grows 
6S-70 inches high. We displayed this seedling 
at the Iowa Show last summer, where it rated 
just one point behind Heritage. It would other¬ 
wise have won the two gold medals which 
Heritage took. Scarcity of stock compels us to 
withhold Rose Picardy from introduction for 
another year. 
LAVINIA. At the Century of Progress we dis¬ 
played a rich pure pink seedling of Solveig- 
like substance which a prominent A.G.S. official 
said he considered the equal of Heritage. This 
very beautiful new variety, since named Lavinia, 
is also pictured in the new yearbook of the New 
England Gladiolus Society. Scarcity of stock 
induces us to withhold Lavinia also until 1936. 
(Please do not ask to purchase stock of any 
of the above until next year.) 
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