IMPORTATIONS 
Many of the most beautiful gladiolus in our gardens today have 
come from countries other than our own. They include many of our 
best blues and a very complete range of other colors in exhibition, 
commercial and other types. To touch but briefly on some of the 
more popular we call attention to Albatross, Commander Koehl, Aida 
and many others by Pfitzer of Holland; Mair of Scotland gives us 
Berty Snow, Gloriosa, King George and others; then the always 
popular French varieties by Lemoine: Mme. Monnet Sully, Mme. 
Geo. Bonlay, Rouget de Lisle and others which all carry the chic 
appearance. From Australia comes Marmora, Mrs. S. A. Errey, 
Emile Aubrun and several newer ones, which when better known, 
will become in their turn very popular. This originator is Australia’s 
leading producer although there are several others that have pro¬ 
duced excellent new varieties and certainly are worthy of our grow¬ 
ing. New Zealand too has contributed recently with Miss New Zeal¬ 
and, which promises to become very popular as our largest gladiolus. 
Following we give a list of originators and their country. In 
parenthesis the name, or its abbreviation, will appear immediately 
after the variety name throughout the catalog: 
(PF) Wm. Pfitzer, Holland 
(Velthuys) Holland 
(Zeestraton) Holland 
(Alkemade) Holland 
(Guellmans) Holland 
(Lemoine) France 
(Mair) Scotland 
(Julyan) New Zealand 
(Doney) New Zealand 
(Errey) Australia 
(Fallu) Australia 
(Symons) Australia 
(Phillips) Australia 
(Gilrey) Australia 
(Crow) Canada 
(Groff) Canada 
(Palmer) Canada 
BULB PERFORMANCE 
For the maximum performance or exhibition spikes— 
Large (over l%") bulbs are much to be preferred; 
Medium (% to 1%") bulbs are of blooming size but usually not as 
large and requiring more time to bloom; 
Small (% to }i") bulbs will at times bloom late in the season and 
are noticeably smaller in size; 
Bublets cannot be depended upon, either to bloom or for germination, 
many fail to grow under the very best of conditions. 
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