COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA 
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GLADIOLI 
Albania . 
Per 100 
. . .$1.20 
Per moo 
U4-1M.” 
$10.00 
Per 100 
iy 2 " up 
$1.50 
Per 1000 
lMs" up 
$13.00 
Alice Tiplady . 
. .. 1.10 
9.00 
1.40 
12.00 
America . 
. . . 1.20 
10.00 
1.50 
13.00 
Betty Nuthall . 
. . . 1.40 
13.00 
1.80 
15.00 
Berty Snow . 
. .. 2.20 
20.00 
2.40 
22.00 
Captain Boynton . 
. . . 1.50 
13.00 
1.80 
16.00 
Carmen Sylva . 
. . . 1.40 
12.00 
1.80 
16.00 
Chas. Dickens . 
. .. 2.00 
18.00 
2.20 
20.00 
Crimson Glow . 
. . . 1.10 
9.00 
1.40 
12.00 
Dr. F. E. Bennett. .. . 
. . . 1.40 
12.00 
2.00 
18.00 
Dr. Nelson Shook. .. 
. . . 1.60 
14.00 
2.00 
18.00 
E. J. Slmylor . 
. . . 1.10 
9.00 
1.40 
12.00 
Evelyn Kirtland . 
Flaming Sword ... 
. . . 1.60 
14.00 
1.80 
16.00 
. . . 1.10 
9.00 
1.40 
12.00 
Golden Eagle . 
. . . 1.40 
12.00 
1.40 
15.00 
Golden Dream . 
. . . 1.40 
12.00 
1.60 
14.00 
Golden Measure . 
. . . 1.60 
14.00 
1.80 
16.00 
Giant Nymph . 
... 1.10 
9.00 
1.40 
12.00 
Glorianna . 
. . . 1.30 
12.00 
1.60 
14.00 
Halley . 
. . . 1.10 
9.00 
1.40 
12.00 
Herada . 
. . . 1.10 
9.00 
1.40 
12.00 
Jewell . 
. . . 1.10 
9.00 
1.40 
12.00 
Joe Coleman . 
. . . 1.10 
9.00 
1.40 
12.00 
Laughing Waters ... . 
Le Mareclial Foch. ... 
.. . 3.20 
. . . 1.20 
30.00 
10.00 
1.50 
13.00 
Longfellow . 
. . . 1.70 
16.00 
1.70 
19.00 
Los Angeles . 
. . . 1.10 
9.00 
1.40 
12.00 
Maiden’s Blush . 
. .. 1.00 
9.00 
1.10 
10.00 
Marmora . 
... 1.90 
17.00 
2.10 
19.00 
Minuet . 
. . . 2.20 
20.00 
2.60 
24.00 
Mrs. Leon Douglass .. 
. . . 1.60 
14.00 
1.70 
16.00 
Mrs. F. C. Feters . 
15.00 
1.90 
17.00 
Mrs. Frank Pendleton 
. . . 1.10 
10.00 
1.40 
12.00 
Mrs. F. King . 
. . . 1.10 
9.00 
1.40 
12.00 
Maude Hayward . 
. . . 2.20 
20.00 
2.40 
22.00 
Mrs. P. W. Sisson. .. . 
.. . 1.80 
17.00 
2.00 
19.00 
Nancy Hanks . 
... 1.50 
13.00 
1.70 
16.00 
Olive Goodrich . 
... 1.70 
15.00 
2.00 
18.00 
Orange Queen . 
. . . 1.50 
14.00 
1.70 
16.00 
Peace . 
. . . 1.10 
10.00 
1.40 
12.00 
Picardy . 
... 2.90 
26.00 
3.30 
30.00 
Pride of Wanakah .... 
. . . 1.50 
14.00 
1.70 
16.00 
Prince of India . 
. . . 2.40 
22.00 
2.80 
26.00 
Purple Glory . 
. . . 2.00 
19.00 
2.20 
21.00 
Rose Ash . 
. . . 1.20 
10.00 
1.50 
13.00 
Rose 1910 . 
.. . 1.20 
10.00 
1.40 
12.00 
Romance . 
. . . 1.30 
12.00 
1.50 
14.00 
Schwaben . 
.. . 1.20 
10.00 
1.40 
12.00 
Souvenir . 
. . . 1.00 
9.00 
1.20 
11.00 
Scarlet Princeps . 
. . . 1.40 
13.00 
1.60 
15.00 
Spirit of St. Louis. ... 
... 1.40 
13.00 
1.70 
15.00 
Topaz . 
. . . 1.30 
12.00 
1.50 
14.00 
Virginia . 
. .. 1.40 
13.00 
1.60 
15.00 
W. H. Phipps. 
... 1.80 
16.00 
1.90 
18.00 
We supply 250 of 
a variety at 
1000 rate, 25 at 100 rate. 
Prices quoted in lots 
of 
1000 and 
100 are 
F. O. B. 
Council 
Bluffs. Price per dozen 
by mail 
prepaid, 
40c, any 
variety 
for size No. 1. 
GLADIOLI MIXED 
CHOICE MIXED —Good standard varieties in all colors. Will pro¬ 
duce choice bloom at very little expense. Price for first size 
bulbs: Dozen 35c; prepaid. Not prepaid; 100 for $1.50; 1000 for 
$13.00, for No. 1 bulbs. 
FLORISTS’ MIXTURE —Made up of finest named varieties in a well 
balanced range of colors. If you want the very best at a small 
expense this is the mixture to buy. Dozen 40c, prepaid. No. 1 
bulbs. Per 100, $1.70; per 1000, $15.00, for No. 1 size, not prepaid. 
OUR TRADE PACKETS 
are double the quantity of retail packets. Our packets are 
well filled with fresh seed of strong germination, strictly true 
to name. When it comes to quality our seeds are 100 per cent. 
HOW TO DYE FLOWERS 
As an answer to numerous inquiries will say that, you use special 
dyes that you can get from firms advertising in the Florists’ Ex¬ 
change or Florists’ Review. For further information write to: Mc- 
Clenahan Greenhouses, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Aljo Mfg. Co., New 
York, N. Y., 130 West 21st Street. 
GLADIOLI UNDER GLASS 
Successful growers recommend Alice Tiplady, Maiden’s 
Blush and Souvenir as the most dependable for early forcing. 
FLORAL WORK of distinction. Use dyed fresh double 
gypsophyla. Select sprays on which not all the blooms have 
developed. The shorter the stems the quicker will the dye 
be absorbed. Make slanting cuts at the end of stems, place 
in the dye solution and when the color has been absorbed 
transfer into clear water. The most effective colors are blue, 
pink and orange. 
TO MAKE GLADIOLI PAY 
you must have them in bloom before and after the outdoor crop. 
Start planting January loth and keep on planting at intervals of 15 
days up to March 1st. You may plant in benches or beds and to save 
space, in pots, which you will place under the benches and on benches 
when well rooted and with about 6 inches of growth, about 30 to 40 
days aftsr potting. Plant again March loth in pots, place the pots 
under the benches, when well rooted place the pots on the benches 
and transfer them to cold frames towards the end of April to get 
bloom towards the end of June or you may plant March 15th In solid 
beds in the greenhouse. Again you can start bulbs in April in pots 
and plant in the open when danger of frost is past. Also plant about 
April 1st and again April 15th in cold frames. You will have them 
in bloom long before the outdoor crop. Plant lightly for a crop of 
bloom to come in August and September and if short, you can always 
buy, as a rule, for less than the cost of production. For a crop of 
bloom in the late fall when outdoor crop is gone, asters about played 
out and mums not counting for much, plant early varieties from 
July 1st to 10th or even two or three weeks later in a sheltered spot. 
MR. FLORIST: Pentstemon Grfl. will make extra money 
for you. Potted and placed before the public when in bloom 
(May and June) will sell and advertise you far and wide, 
because new, never before seen by many, possessing rare 
beauty, exactly what lovers of flowers are looking for. 
FORCING PERENNIALS —Use strong clumps, grow cool 
not over 45-50 degrees at night. Withhold water for the first 
10-14 days. That gives your plants a chance to set their 
buds instead of making rampant growth of foliage. v 
FLORISTS will profit by growing perennials in places where now 
weeds are allowed to grow. In partly shaded places try: Achillea 
Perry’s White, Violas, Hardy Sweet Violets, Veronica Gentianoides, 
Campanula Rutundifolia, Aconitum, Aquillegla Flabellata. In full 
sun: Anthemis, Campanula, Carpatica, Coreopsis, Dianthus Deltoides 
and Caesius, Gallardia Grfl., Gailardia Beautiful Star. This is an 
annual but seeds itself, is as good as a perennial. Pentstemon, 
l’latycodon, Pyrethrum, Scabiosa Caucasica, Statice Dumosa and Lat- 
ifolia, Thalicrum, Nepeta, Verbena Venosa, Achillea Tomentosa. Not 
one of the named needs any “babying” once planted will stay for 
years without care. From some you will be able to cut flowers; 
others will be of interest to visitors, you will have flowers inside 
as well as outside of your greenhouses. Your place will become 
TWICE the place of flowers that it is at present. 
MORE MONEY FOR FLOWERS 
The rule of success, a highly successful flower grower says, Is: 
Have flowers when they are most in demand and prices high, in De¬ 
cember, January and February. Many flowers can be had in bloom 
at that time. Calendulas will bloom freely during winter but will 
not bring top prices as long as pompons are in the market. Follow 
mums with Stevia, pot plants, gladioli, freesias. Snaps planted close, 
5 or 6 inches apart, depending on the size of the plants, kept pinched 
back till the middle of November and then allowed to come will 
bloom during winter. To make the flowers come give the snaps 
say 55 deg. in January and February. The flowers will be weaker 
and not so long but you will get three times as much money for 
them than they would bring in March and later. And—do things 
just a little different. Do not grow a quantity of something your 
neighbor grower did well with last year. Usually the market will 
be overstocked with that particular thing and prices poor. 
STOCKS Mammoth Column now called Non Branching, 
deserve the attention of every flower grower as the flowers 
bring the best returns in the market, often double the amount 
over other stocks. 
