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Grown by A. R. PONTIUS 
592 East Main Street ♦ Lock Box 808 
HARBOR SPRINGS, MICHIGAN 
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Bulbs 
Perennial 
Bulbs here offered have been grown on 
sandy soil which is conductive to the pro¬ 
duction of plump, clean bulbs. Together 
with rotating our plantings each year 
and the use of proven scientific aids you 
can be assured of the best results in 
planting our Northern grown bulbs. The 
following varieties are sold in the larger 
sizes only, 1 y 4 inches in diameter and up. 
GLADIOLUS 
AFLAME. A very large flame rose. A 
color that predominates. Each, 10c; 
doz., 75c; 100, $5.00. 
ALBANIA. A good, medium sized white. 
Each, 5c; doz., 50c; 100, $2.50. 
ALBATROS. A large, tall lily-like white. 
One of the best. Each, 10c; doz., 75c. 
AIDA. Rich dark violet-blue. Exhibition 
type, good propagator and very early. 
Each, 10c; doz., 75c. 
APRICOT GLOW. Fine, tall, early apri¬ 
cot. One of the parents of the wonder¬ 
ful “PICARDY.” Each, 5c; doz., 50c; 
100, $2.50. 
AYE MARIA. Large, light blue flowers 
well placed on a good spike. Very good. 
Each, 10c; doz., 75c. 
BERTY SNOW. New lavender from 
Scotland. Fine in every way. Each, 
10c; doz., 75c. 
BETTY NUTHALL. Late, excellent, or¬ 
ange-salmon. Long spike. Each, 10c; 
doz., 75c; 100, $5.00. 
CANBERRA. The finest large yellow yet 
produced. Very vigorous and healthy. 
Each, 10c; doz., 75c. 
CARMEN SYLVA. Best commercial 
white, tall and fine. Each, 5c; doz., 50c; 
100, $2.50. 
CARNIVAL. Oddity. Flowers striped 
pink and brown. Each, 10c; doz., 75c. 
CAROLUS CLUSIUS. Light clear pink 
of the exhibition variety. Each, 10c; 
doz., 75c. 
CATHERINE COLEMAN. Very tall ex¬ 
hibition variety. Large flowers of coral- 
pink. Each, 10c; doz., 75c. 
CHARLES DICKENS. A good, tall red- 
purple. Each, 10c; doz., 75c; 100, $5.00. 
COMMANDER KOEHL. A vivid crimson 
Excellent placement and spike. Prob¬ 
ably the best in its class. Each, 10c; 
doz., 75c. 
DOROTHY McKIBBIN. One of the best 
early, ruffled apple blossom pinks. 
Each, 5c; doz., 50c; 100, $2.50. 
DR. F. E. BENNETT. Here is a bright 
Peach-red that has never been beaten. 
Each, 10c; doz., 75c; 100, $3.50. 
EARLY SUNRISE. Very early water- 
melon-red. Excellent. Each, 5c; doz., 
50c; 100, $2.50. 
ELIZABETH TABOR. Early light pink. 
Red blotch. Each, 5c; doz., 50c. 
EMILE AUBURN. Coppery-bronze over¬ 
laid with slate. This variety ought to 
be in every glad garden. Each, 10c; 
doz., 75c; 100, $3.50. 
FANNY CROSBY. A beautiful cream- 
white with many open. Each, 15c; doz., 
$1.50. 
FERN KYLE. Creamy-white with large 
ruffled flowers. It’s good. Each, 5c; 
doz., 50c; 100, $2.50. 
GIANT NYMPH. A beautiful light pink. 
In flower, plant and spike it is truly a 
giant. Each, 5c; doz., 50c; 100, $2.50. 
GLORIANA. A beautiful, glowing, sal¬ 
mon-apricot. Each, 5c; doz., 50c; 100, 
$2.50. 
GOLDEN DREAM. Without doubt the 
best late commercial yellow. Very tall. 
Large bulbs will produce 3 spikes each. 
Each, 10c; doz., 75c; 100, $3.50. 
GOLD EAGLE. Best early yellow. Many 
bulblets will bloom the first year. 
Each, 5c; doz., 50c; 100, $2.50. 
GOLDEN MEASURE. A lighter yellow 
with a com stalk spike. Fine. Each, 
10c; doz., 75c; 100, $3.50. 
JANE ADDAMS. I believe this is the 
prettiest of the mid-season lavender- 
pinks. Large flowers that will open to 
the tip. Ea<m, 10c; doz., 75c; 100, $5.00. 
JENNY LIND. This one is hard to beat. 
A light salmon-cream. Ours is the true 
long spike variety. Each, 10c; doz., 
75c; 100, $3.50. 
JUBILEE. Mammoth lavender-pink. Out¬ 
standing and different. Each, 15c; doz., 
$1.25. 
KRIMHILDE. A charming lavender-pink. 
It is a good companion to Jane Ad- 
dams. Very early; many open and 
never crooks. It surpasses many older 
varieties. Each, 10c; doz., 75c; 100, 
$3.50. ' 
LA PALOMA. This comes as near to true 
orange as any glad yet put on the mar¬ 
ket. Makes tall spike and a producer of 
large bulblets. Very good. Each, 10c; 
doz., 75c; 100, $3.50. 
LAVENDER BRIDE. A very tall, large 
smoky-lavender. Different and inter¬ 
esting. Each, 10c; doz., 75c; 100, $3.50. 
LOUIS HEMON. Here is the clown glad. 
You will want a few of these to help 
put the fun in the glad business. Each, 
10c; doz., 75c. 
LONGFELLOW. Beautiful La France- 
pink flowers on a tall wiry spike. Each, 
10c; doz., 75c; 100, $3.50. 
LOTUS. An exquisite creamy-pink glad 
with large well placed florets. Differ¬ 
ent. Each, 25c; doz., $2.50. 
LOUVAIN. Is a pleasing shell-pink and 
light-rose. Large flowers of unusual 
substance. We have seen no new ones 
of this color that are its equal. Its the 
earliest of the large exhibition varie¬ 
ties. Each, 10c; doz., 75c; 100, $3.50. 
MAID OF ORLEANS. A lovely, large 
milky white. Tall, straight spike open¬ 
ing up 6 to 8 beautiful florets. A new 
satisfactory white. Each, 20c; doz., 
$ 2 . 00 . 
MAMMOTH WHITE. As the name im¬ 
plies. It is perhaps the largest white 
ever produced. 6-7 inches across the 
florets. Great exhibition variety. One 
of our (best sellers as a cut-flower. 
Each, 10c; doz., 75c. 
MARGARET FULTON. Dark, clear cor¬ 
al-pink. One of the better new intro¬ 
ductions. Each, 25c; doz., $2.50. 
MARMORA. Lavender-gray flowers of 
large size with many open. Considered 
the best smoky. Exhibition type. Each, 
10c; doz., 75c. 
MARNIA. Still the best commercial or¬ 
ange. Each, 5c; doz., 50c; 100, $2.25. 
MARY FREY. Excellent early lavender. 
Each, 10c; doz., 75c. 
MAROCCO. Very dark maroon. Buds al¬ 
most black. A novelty. Each, 10c; 
doz., 75c. 
MILDRED LOUISE. A wonderfully pret¬ 
ty strawberry pink and apricot. If 
you like Picardy you will like this one. 
However, it has individuality. Each, 
35c; doz., $3.50. 
