Blue Ribbon 
1935 Prize Winning 
GLADIOLUS 
Hedgewood Gardens Exceptional Quality ‘GLADS’ 
your favorites. Keep us in mind. Come often. 
You will feel our welcome. 
Growing Better ‘Glads’ has been our specialty and our winnings at the shows 
together with those of our customers, leads us to believe that we know how to grow 
PRIZE-winning bulbs for our trade. Every transaction is handled personally which 
assures our customers the highest quality bulbs, true to name and free of disease and 
thrips. We welcome comparison of price and quality and assure you that if you are 
not entirely satisfied with either bulbs or bloom, we will deem it a favor to be 
allowed to adjust the transaction satisfactorily. 
Our ‘GLAD’ bulbs are exceptionally fine this year, which fact we attribute to the 
early drought last May warning us to be on guard, which we certainly were, by 
mulching, irrigating (you would like our water bill) etc., so that they had much 
better care than in a normal season, hence the best bulbs harvested, young, high 
crowned, full of pep and ready to GO. 
‘GLADS’ are probably one of the easiest flowers to grow in your garden and are 
not particular as to soil. There are two things that ‘GLADS’ do demand, sunshine 
and water. Plant them in the open as much as possible, water freely once a week 
(when necessary) until spike shows, then every few days being sure that soil is wet 
down at least 6 inches. Keep well cultivated, feed occasionally, a well balanced fer¬ 
tilizer. (We use a 4-12-4) any extra effort you may expend will be justly rewarded 
with just that much better bloom. 
Complete instructions are sent with each order. ‘GLADS’ cut when first few 
florets open will last over a week in water. Change the water daily and with a sharp 
knife cut about a quarter inch off the stem on a slant. 
Prices as quoted are prepaid on orders amounting to $2.00 or over. Please make 
minimum items at least 20? (i. e.) Bulbs priced $1.00 per Dozen 3 for 25?; 75? per dozen 
4 for 25?; 60? per dozen 4 for 20?; 50? per dozen 5 for 20?; 25 bulbs sold at hundred 
price. Multiply dozen rate by 7 to get price per hundred for large bulbs. Where we 
have sufficient stock on hand we will supply medium size bulbs at about one-half with 
small bulbs at one-fourth the price of large bulbs. Orders filled in rotation as received, 
shipped at proper planting time unless otherwise requested. All orders acknowledged 
immediately. Our ‘GLADS’ are inspected by State Department of Agriculture, Certi¬ 
ficate No. 1453. 
Our many old customers do not need to be told of our generosity in count. 
We appreciate names of your friends who may become our customers. We will 
more than satisfy them and for every such name you send us with your order we will 
reward you with some of our choice bulbs. 
We hope tnat you enjoy attending the shows as much as we do. It is good to 
meet other ‘GLAD’’ fanciers, to hear folks exclaim over the gorgeous spikes and al¬ 
ways learn something for the other fellow. In order to stimulate more interest in 
exhibiting at shows and fairs, we offer to each prize-winner, bulbs (our choice of 
the newer varieties) equal in value to all prizes won on ‘GLADS’ grown from our 
SELECT bulbs. Purchase your bulbs now, send to the associations for their schedules, 
enter all possible classes and we will match your winnings with our Better bulbs. 
Every ‘GLAD’ enthusiast should become a member of some society. We are 
members of the American, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Mahoning and New England Gladiolus 
Societies. The New England is celebrating its 15th year and in-commemoration has 
issued a special DeLuxe book ‘THE GLADIOLUS’ containing 272 pages with many 
varieties illustrated. We found a mint of useful information in it. The book sells 
for $1.75 but comes w T ith each 1935 new membership at ONE DOLLAR. 
Our Ohio Society which is affiliated with the American, holds a ‘GLAD’ show 
in August, second to none in Quality. Membership admits you to enter the shows 
and includes a year’s subscription to the ‘Gladiolus Review’ the official monthly pub¬ 
lication, containing many timely articles of useful information. Annual dues are $2.00. 
Send us your membership to either or both and we will give you as a premium, bulbs 
superior in quality to those purchased, to the value of One Dollar for each new mem¬ 
bership. LET’S GO. 
