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A beautiful gladiolus is a joy indeed but unfortunately there are far too many 
mediocre varieties and poorly-grown blooms in the gardens of flower growers and in 
the flower marts. If a great many of our least worthy varieties were discarded and 
only those having particular merit of beauty, form and color were retained, a great 
impetus to gladiolus growing would result. We feel that every bulb grower who of¬ 
fers these least worthy varieties to the public is doing more harm than good to the 
future of gladiolus growing. 
During the 1934 season we limited our plantings to 75 varieties, of which nearly 
half were new, highly advertised introductions. Out of the lot of 35 new kinds, we 
consider only three improvements over some of our older varieties, and are, there¬ 
fore, listing them. Our list of varieties is shorter than we have ever offered but all 
the kinds listed are outstanding in their particular color class. We have retained no 
weak performers, freakish, blotched nondescripts or moderately pretty kinds. Ex¬ 
cept for the three varieties—Apricot Glow, Giant Nymph and Golden Dream—we 
consider all these varieties real aristocrats. We have retained Apricot Glow because 
of its excellent performance and daintiness of color and form. There are several 
prettier pinks than Giant Nymph, but no moderate-priced pink outranks it in per¬ 
formance and size. Golden Dream is not the last word in yellow, but it is the best 
commercial yellow. 
Large bulbs are relatively higher in price this season since the drought of last 
summer decreased the yield of large bulbs in the principal gladiolus sections of the 
country. We had plenty of rain and our stock is of good size, clean, bright and vig¬ 
orous. We exercise the greatest care to keep varieties entirely true to name. 
19 3 5 PRICE LIST 
Variety Description 
APRICOT GLOW—Rich apricot pink; early; 
very prolific . 
BAGDAD—Smoky old rose; large flowered; tall 
grower, new . 
BETTY NUTHALL—Salmon pink of unusual 
merit; medium late. 
DEBONAIR—Clear, soft pink; tall, straight 
grower; new Palmer seedling. 
GIANT NYMPH—Best commercial pink; large 
flowered; tall . 
LINDE ST A—Soft salmon rose; very fine; new 
Palmer seedling. 
PICARDY—Clear shrimp pink; excellent in color 
form and performance. 
GOLDEN DREAM—Best commercial yellow; 
fairly late . 
MARMORA—Smoky slate gray, with purplish 
blotch . 
MINUET—Soft, clear pinkish lavender; one of 
best ever produced . 
MAMMOTH WHITE—Pure white; large. 
PFITZER’S TRIUMPH—Bright orange salmon 
red, large open florets . 
VEILCHENBLAU—Large, dark bluish violet; 
better performer than most of the blues. 
W. H. PHIPPS—Large, showy pink; many florets; 
open on tall, strong spike; late . 
EXHIBITION MIXTURE—Contains many early 
prims; also excellent, large, flowering kinds; 
not labeled, but excellent value. 
100 bulbs at three times the 25 rate. 
Per 
Large 
5 
.15 
25 
.50 
1 
.15 
10 
1.50 
2 
.10 
25 
.75 
1 
.40 
10 
3.25 
5 
.15 
25 
.50 
1 
.50 
10 
4.00 
2 
.15 
25 
1.25 
5 
.15 
25 
.50 
2 
.10 
25 
.75 
2 
.15 
25 
1.00 
2 
.15 
25 
1.00 
2 
.10 
25 
.75 
2 
.10 
25 
.75 
2 
.10 
25 
.75 
25 
.35 
100 
1.00 
Medium 
Small 
.10 
.05 
.30 
.20 
.10 
.05 
.75 
.50 
.08 
.06 
.50 
.35 
.25 
.12 
2.00 
1.25 
.10 
.05 
.30 
.20 
.35 
.25 
3.25 
2.25 
.10 
.08 
1.00 
.75 
.10 
.05 
.30 
.20 
.08 
.06 
.50 
.35 
.10 
.08 
.75 
.50 
.10 
.08 
.75 
.50 
.08 
.06 
.50 
.35 
.08 
.06 
.50 
.35 
.08 
.06 
.50 
.35 
.20 
.15 
.50 
.35 
SPECIAL LABELED COLLECTION FOR HOME GARDENS—100 bulbs from 
varieties listed including Picardy, Minuet and Bagdad, medium to large size, liberal 
extra count, $2.50. This collection will give a garden full of the finest gladiolus blooms 
that can be produced. 
SPECIAL PICARDY COLLECTION—10 large, 25 medium, 40 small bulbs, $2.00. 
GLADIOLUS SEED—Offering a limited quantity of carefully selected seed from 
such good parent stock as Apricot Glow, Marmora, Picardy and others. Packet, 25c. 
We have other varieties not listed and bulblets of many kinds. If interested write 
for prices. 
Please send cash with order. Delivery charges prepaid to any point in the 
United States or Canada. Cannot handle mail orders for less than $1.00. 
D. M. JAMES, Camp Hill, Penna. 
