FLYING CLOUD FARMS 
NEW BEDFORD, MASS. 
QUEEN MARY (Mair, Scotland) —We rank this wonderful cream variety among the 
best five in our list of the world’s best. The spikes are very tall, blooms well placed 
and of fine texture. Will stand up as long as any in the show room. At Hartford, 
1931, won best three spikes in cream class, best spike of foreign introduction and best 
spike in show. Spikes of this variety taken to Hartford and not used on Monday 
were returned and reshipped to the A. G. S. Show at Cleveland, winning first in the 
open cream class on Friday. At New England Gladiolus Society Show in Boston, 
1932, Queen Mary won the championship of the show. This variety will give a very 
large percentage of exhibition spikes but needs to be grown from large bulbs to show 
its true quality. In some weather a bit of pink will show at the edges of the ruffled 
blooms. L 15c, M 2-15c, S 3-15c, Bits. 50-25c. 
QUEEN OLGA (Gilrey, Australia) —Large creamy white with yellow throat slightly 
pink on the edges, good exhibition variety. Stock scarce. L 50c, M 30c, S 15c. 
RAMESEES (Stevens) —A very tall spike with immense purple flowers, extremely fine 
and different from anything else. A good novelty. First in large flowered decora¬ 
tive class at Boston. L 10-70c, M 10-40c, S 10-20c, Bits. 50-15c. 
RAMSAY McDONALD (Pfitzer, Germany) —A fine new purple self that is the best of 
this color we had the past season; better than Paul Pfitzer, Troubadour and Dickens. 
L $1.00, M 60c, S 35c, Bits. 2-20c. 
RANGITIKI (Julyan, New Zealand) —Pale delicate salmon tinted with purple mauve 
towards outer edges, the throat is deep salmon with clear carmine stripping. Tall 
strong grower with extra large well placed florets. Originators description. L $1.00, 
M 60c, S 35c, Bits, 2-20c. 
RECORDER (Whiteley, New Zealand) —This rather new (1933) variety is of the usual 
Miss Whiteley type, the color is purplish violet with a deeper throat. L $1.00, M 60c, 
S 35c, Bits. 2-20c. 
RED GIANT (Phillips, Australia) —One of the three placed in the mammoth class at 
Ballarat. The flower spike is about 30 inches in length, strong and straight with up 
to 8 perfectly placed blooms open at once. Color is a bright cerise, rather than red, 
darker in the throat and a white line in petals. Many visitors to my garden remarked 
it was the color of an American Beauty rose. It is a bit darker in the throat and a 
white line in the petals. I like it better than any of the other so-called Giants. Stocks 
of it are very scarce and while the bulblets germinate easily, our present stock was 
grown largely from bulblets the past year and are rather small. We will limit the 
number of bulblets to not more than 5 to each customer and the prices on this variety 
are net, not subject to any discount. L $10.00, M $7.50, S $5.00, Bits. $1.00 ea. 
RED LORY (Errey, Australia) —A real wonder for exhibition, and spikes with twelve to 
fourteen open are common. Many times it has been Champion of shows in Aus¬ 
tralia, New Zealand and U. S. The large flowers are carmine rose with a deeper red 
blotch and come well placed on an extra tall spike. L 10-80c, M 10-50c, S 10-25c, 
Bits. 25-15c. 
REVALUATION (Heemskerk, Holland) —A clear orange-red with a bright carmine 
throat, one of Heemskerk’s best. L 50c, M 35c, S 25c, Bits. 3-15c. 
RITA PHILLIPS (Phillips, Australia) —Color apricot salmon, deep orange flame feather¬ 
ing on lower petals edged with white. Makes finely formed spikes with about ten 
open. A very dainty color. L $1.00, M 60c, S 35c, Bits. 2-20c. 
