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Bulletin No. 6 
EXPERIMENTAL *A RiR , 
Creations and Special Selection s ^ ^ xr; x V E3 i> 
For Discriminating Flower Growers 
NOT A LONG LIST • BUT A GOOD 
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MAR 30 1936 i 
U. S, Department of Agricultu 
GLAi/IDLUS SPECIES - Por fall planting. 
3YZANTINUS (Turkish Corn Flag) - Dainty violet-red flowers in June* 
Height, 2 % feet. Hardy at 20 below zero. Each, 35^ Dozen, .50 
CARDINALlS ELEGANS (Superb Gladiolus) - Gamine-red and salmon, with 
white throat. Blooms in *-ay or June, Start in pots. Each, 50^ 
COMHUNIS - Native of central Europe. Dainty violet-red flowers in 
early June. He 1 git, 2 feet. Hardy at 20 below zero. Each, 50^ 
Dozen, 5.00 
TRISPIS - Cream-yellow flowers, fragrant at night. Pot culture only, 
except in extreme south and Pacific coast. Dozen, 2.00 
TRIST1S CONGO LOR - Cream flowers with brown spots. Sweetly fragrant 
after sunset. Pot culture only. Dozen, 2.00 
GLADIOLUS SPECIES - Por spring planting. 
DRACOCEPHALUS (Dragonhead Gladiolus) -Hooded greenish-bronze flowers. 
An unusual novelty in the suraner garden. Dozen, 1.20 
PRUULINUS (ilaid of the Hist) - Hooded yellow flowers. From the foot 
of Victoria Palls in tropical Africa. Dozen, 1.20 
PS1TTACINUS (Parrot Gladiolus) - Hooded red and yellow flowers. Prom 
Cape Colony, South Africa. Dozen, 1.75 
BABY GLADIOLUS - These bloom very early in spring, long before the gar¬ 
den varieties. They must be planted in pots, requiring the same 
culture as Preesias. Among the oldest hybrids in cultivation. 
HERALD HYBRID, JOOST VAN VONDEL - Scarlet, marked white. Dozen, 1.50 
Phis blooms a little earlier than the Nanus hybrids. 
NANUS HYBRIDS - (these include the Colvillei hybrids) 
APOLLO - Salmon. Dozen, 1.50 
BLUSHING BRIDE - White, marked crimson. Dozen, 1.00 
BR1LL1ANP - Crimson, marked white. Dozen, 1.00 
CRIASON 14 UEHN - Deep crimson. Dozen, 1.50 
PEACH BIDSSOU - Rose pink. Dozen, 1.00 
REP BRIDE - Red inside, green back. Each, 75£ 
THE BRIDE - Pure white. Dozen, 1.00 
PEC0IDPE HYBRIDS - A new strain produced by crossing the Nanus and 
Ramosus hybrids, ^ixed colors only. Dozen, 1.00 
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE ORDERING 
PERHS - Cash, money order, draft or check with orders under $5.00. On 
orders amounting to more than $5.00, 25$ will reserve stock, balance 
to be paid before shipment of bulbs. Everything shipped prepaid. 
PRICES - One bulb at l/lOth dozen rate, 6 at half dozen rate, 50 at the 
hundred rate. 
ALL SPOCK LISPED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO PRIOR SAI£ OR LOSS BY DESTRUCTION 
PHILIP □. BUCH 
Originator of the Alternate-Petaled Gladiolus 
106 Rockaway Avenue ROCK AWAY, New Jersey 
*J&t3ER: AMERICAN AND NEW ENGLAND GLADDLU3 SOCIETIES 
