but the most recent is Red Giant; this received an award in the mammoth class 
(created for Miss New Zealand and Takina) at Ballarat. The color is more 
cerise than red, darker in the throat and a few darker flecks, with a white center 
line in the petals. It is a very strong grower, and the flower heads run about 30 
inches. 
From George Swenson, also of Ballarat, has come Gertrude Swenson, a 
beautiful clear mauve with white blotch, will open 14 medium sized flowers at 
once on a spike which holds its width well as it goes up, has won many awards 
as a champion bloom in Australian shows. St. Albans, cream overlaid with pink, 
is another from this originator that looks as if it would go places in the Glad 
world. H. A. Brown originated Edith Robson, a peach pink with a crimson 
blotch, that will open a dozen easily. 
From Miss Douglass have come several nice “blues”, the best of which is 
Blue Delight, about the shade of Pelegrina, and it makes a nice spike of medium 
height. Gilrey Gardens have sent over the decorative peach colored Blonde, the 
cream buff Bentleigh, which is one of the finest of its color; the milky white 
Milkmaid, and the creamy lavender pink Zephia —all of which are excellent 
varieties. 
A few other Australian hybridizers have sent over one or two to the United 
States that have made their mark. Among these hybridizers is Ball, who 
originated Our Selection, the outstanding Any Other Color show variety, and 
Snowden, the tall growing white, with slight markings; both of which have won 
consistently at recent New England Gladiolus shows. Fallu’s Bill Sowden is a 
great red and ranks side by side with Commander Koehl; Webb’s contribution 
was Newington, a very good cream, Berthoud’s Lighthouse, a novelty with 
steel blue flecks, at the outer edges of the petals on the orange scarlet background, 
and it makes a very impressive spike of 10 or more open flowers. Well, a long 
time has been spent in Australia going through the varieties of the numerous 
hybridizers, but to one interested in growing the tall clean spikes of perfectly 
placed flowers so desired for show purposes, we hope that it has been time well 
spent. 
New Zealand has not sent over much of great interest until the last few 
years. Maybe they have been saving it up to give it to us all at once, so we 
could not forget them. If this was their thought, they did a very good job for 
they raised them so big that you cannot help seeing them. A number of years 
ago the varieties from New Zealand did not seem outstanding, but when Miss 
Whiteley originated D. A. Hay, with its flowers of a pleasing shade of pink, going 
to cream at the throat, and many open on an extra tall spike, interest was 
centered on New Zealand. Then came that giant Miss New Zealand; the reports 
about it were such that they were hard to believe, finally it bloomed here, and all 
my doubts were dispelled, for it proved to be all that was claimed for it; the 
florets are of fine shape and usually will open eight at once, although some opened 
10, on a 20 bud spike. The originator of this great Glad was Mrs. July an, who 
also originated Danny Boy, a purple brown shade; Helen Duncan, a shell pink, 
and Tainui, an orange scarlet with blotch of dark red, with lemon throat, all 
new. 
Mr. Burns offered Takina soon after the appearance of Miss New Zealand, 
and this is another giant fully as large as Miss New Zealand; color is rosaline 
purple, flaked darker; many champion awards have been given this new Glad 
the past season. Mr. Burns also originated Auahi, a smoky mauve tinted old 
rose with a white blotch; Maunga, a white that won many championships in New 
Zealand in 1934; Makenu, much the color of Pfitzer’s Triumph, and Whero, 
certainly a wonderful new red. 
Mr. C. Rides has specialized in the “blues” and his Milford, just recently 
