Gladiolus Grower 
BOULDER•COLORADO 
August 30, 1935. 
Mrs• Elizabeth Briggs, 
Briggs Floral Company, 
Encinitas, California. 
Dear Glad Friend 
Congratulationsl Your RED PHIPPS won another first prize 
at the N.E.G.S. show in Boston August 17th, 
A Glad must have "that something" to win at a Boston show. 
Competition is keen. Judges are "hard biled.” I*ve been there. 
Have judged there. Have inside information, Mr. Stephen B. 
Jacobs was the winner, with three spikes of Red Phipps. 
If all the blue ribbons won by Red Phipps were laid end to 
end- those won at many of the major shows, such as Century of 
Progress, A.G.S. at La Porte, Ind., the Michigan state show, and 
again at Chicago last year— If all these ribbons were laid end 
to end— let 1 s see, where was I? Oh, yes, I was going to say 
that Red Phipps and blue ribbons made a dandy color scheme. 
I wish you could see my plantings of Red Phipps from 
small bulbs, right now. I had only small bulbs left to plant. 
All medium and large bulbs sold out last spring. 
This planting is on the highway to the Rocky Mountain 
National Park. Red Phipps is such a dazzling red that I*m 
afraid it may stop some car so suddenly that tourists will fly 
through the windshield. 
Last night our local Kiwanis club threw a party. Invit¬ 
ed the ladies. I cut a lot of Red Phipps for decorating the din¬ 
ing hall where the Kiwanians made merry. And was Red Phipps a 
riotl The effect was so glowing red that I feared someone look¬ 
ing through the window might think a conflagration had started 
and call out the fire department. 
While the rest of the gang sang a lot of those silly 
songs I kept checking up on Red Phipps to see if I could find any 
spikes with less than 6 blooms open. Saw plenty with 7 or 8 open, 
but few less than 6. And all spikes from small bulbs. What adds 
to the charm of Red Phipps is unopened buds showing bright red 
also. Of course the ladies got the Glads when the party broke up. 
Denver florists as well as shippers of Glads to many 
towns within 1000 miles, are strong for Red Phipps. "It*s got 
what it takes” to please the florists and their customers. 
You, a hybridizer and introducer of outstanding varieties, 
deserve special praise for originating two of the most beautiful 
and useful Glads now in commerce,- RED PHIPPS and MISS GREELEY. 
Your Miss Greeley virtually gives us W. H. Phipps " out of season " 
two or three weeks ahead of Phipps schedule, meaning prolonged 
joy for the Glad fan, and more profit for the commercial cut- 
flower grower. 
Cordially, 
J. D. 
