Assembling the Aristocrats of the Gladiolus World 
The purpose of our efforts with gladiolus here at Flying Cloud Farms is to make 
the best of the many varieties originated outside of the United States available to Ameri¬ 
can glad fanciers, and to develop new seedlings from crosses between the cream of the 
world’s finest varieties. The success we may have in the latter part of this double-goaled 
purpose remains for the future to disclose, but we believe that we have grown and 
propagated as many if not more of the recent foreign introductions than any other 
grower in this country, and that the value of these introductions to the American fancier 
is well demonstrated by the performance of these varieties in our fields. 
We are fortunate in having friends with a keen knowledge of gladiolus in practi¬ 
cally every country that is producing valuable new varieties. This enables us to secure 
honest opinions on these new varieties almost simultaneously with their introduction, 
and to secure them as soon as they are offered for sale. Because of this we have recom¬ 
mended varieties acclimated to American growing conditions as soon as they become 
known, and even before they can be released for sale. 
When their performance warrants introduction to the gladiolus public of the United 
States we will offer the imported varieties as soon as released, even though stocks are 
still small. Wherever possible we will offer bulblets, so that customers can get a start 
with many outstanding foreign originations with the least outlay. 
Many enthusiastic glad fans are obtaining wonderful results from bulblets supplied 
by us. While they are more of a gamble than the small bulbs, that is one reason for 
their much lower price. . Sizes of bulblets vary decidedly for the different varieties. We 
send out the largest bulblets of the particular variety ordered that we have when the 
order is received, and while we can not give any guarantee that they will germinate, 
we do feel that results will be satisfactory in proportion to the cost. 
By continually eliminating the less desirable varieties from our plantings, we keep 
it always possible for us to give the desired individual attention and personal care to 
the cultivation and handling of the rare new varieties, and the selection of those that 
are outstanding in quality and that do best here in the United States. Along with the 
new introductions from Australia, New Zealand, Germany, France, Holland, Scotland, 
and Canada, we grow some of the leading exhibition glads of domestic origination. Our 
repeated winnings at the strongest shows in the East are ample evidence that we are 
growing the best of the world’s exhibition varieties. 
A World Cruise to Foreign Gladiolus Lands 
Reprinted from The Gladiolus. 
By Bancroft Winsor 
Searching beyond our shores, both east and west, one finds the horticulturists 
in many countries growing Glads and improving them as the years go by to 
gradually approach the standards of perfection that are at present set as the 
ideal by the growers of each particular country. These standards vary in the 
different countries, some putting greater stress on one or two particular charac¬ 
teristics than do the growers in another land; and one may expect to find these 
much desired qualities strongly stamped in the originations of the foremost 
growers from these countries. Naturally, they select the seedlings that are 
nearest to the ideals of their homeland, so it seems well that the qualities often 
strongly stamped in the recent originations of the foreign growers be men¬ 
tioned first, in order that Gladiolus breeders, seeking to strengthen certain char¬ 
acteristics, may know whose originations are most certain to contain the desired 
habit of growth. 
From France come the originations of Lemoine, striking color combinations 
with the strong “Lemoine blotch” on clear ground colors; the flowers of his more 
