Motes from a Qladiolus Qarderu 
A beautiful gladiolus is a joy indeed but unfortunately there are far too many 
mediocre varieties and poorly-grown blooms in the gardens of flower growers and in 
the flower marts. If a great many of our least worthy varieties were discarded and 
only those having particular merit of beauty, form and color were retained, a great 
impetus to gladiolus growing would result. We feel that every bulb grower who of¬ 
fers these least worthy varieties to the public is doing more harm than good to the 
future of gladiolus growing. 
During the 1934 season we limited our plantings to 75 varieties, of which nearly 
half were new, highly advertised introductions. Out of the lot of 35 new kinds, we 
consider only three improvements over some of our older varieties, and are, there¬ 
fore, listing them. Our list of varieties is shorter than we have ever offered but all 
the kinds listed are outstanding in their particular color class. We have retained no 
weak performers, freakish, blotched nondescripts or moderately pretty kinds. Ex¬ 
cept for the three varieties—Apricot Glow, Giant Nymph and Golden Dream—we 
consider all these varieties real aristocrats. We have retained Apricot Glow because 
of its excellent performance and daintiness of color and form. There are several 
prettier pinks than Giant Nymph, but no moderate-priced pink outranks it in per¬ 
formance and size. Golden Dream is not the last word in yellow, but it is the best 
commercial yellow. 
Large bulbs are relatively higher in price this season since the drought of last 
summer decreased the yield of large bulbs in the principal gladiolus sections of the 
country. We had plenty of rain and our stock is of good size, clean, bright and vig¬ 
orous. We exercise the greatest care to keep varieties entirely true to name. 
1936 PRICES 
(Supplement to 1935 price list) 
Having a supply of last year’s price lists on hand, we are saving the expense of 
printing a new one. This saving will be passed on to our customers in reduced prices 
for bulbs. Prices for BAGDAD, DEBONAIR, LINDESTA and PICARDY are 50% 
OF 1935 PRICES. ALL OTHERS REDUCED 10%, except for Special Picardy, La¬ 
beled Collections and Exhibition Mixture. We are not able to reduce these and pre¬ 
pay delivery charges. 
We are also listing Mildred Louise, Rideau and Wasaga at 15c each, 2 for 25c— 
Large size bulbs. These and other new varieties will be included in our 1936 special 
labeled collection for home gardens, 100 bulbs for $2.50, prepaid. 
Palmer seedling. J 
PICARDY—Clear shrimp pink; excellent in color ) 
form and performance. j 
GOLDEN DREAM—Best commercial yellow;) 
fairly late .j 
MARMORA—Smoky slate gray, with purplish ) 
blotch . 1 
MINUET—Soft, clear pinkish lavender; one of 
best ever produced . 
MAMMOTH WHITE— Pure white; large.J 
PFITZER’S TRIUMPH—Bright orange salmon) 
red, large open florets . j 
VEILCHENBLAU—Large, dark bluish violet;) 
better performer than most of the blues. j 
W. H. PHIPPS—Large, showy pink; many florets;) 
open on tall, strong spike; late . j 
EXHIBITION MIXTURE—Contains many early , 
prims; also excellent, large, flowering kinds;] 
not labeled, but excellent value. 
SPECIAL, LABELED COLLECTION FOR H 
varieties listed including Picardy, Minuet and Bagdad, medium to large size, liberal 
extra count, $2.50. This collection will give a garden full of the finest gladiolus blooms 
that can be produced. 
SPECIAL PICARDY COLLECTION—10 large, 25 medium, 40 small bulbs, $2.00. 
GLADIOLUS SEED—Offering a limited quantity of carefully selected seed from 
such good parent stock as Apricot Glow, Marmora, Picardy and others. Packet, 25c. 
We have other varieties not listed and bulblets of many kinds. If interested write 
for prices. 
Please send cash with order. Delivery charges prepaid to any point in the 
United States or Canada. Cannot handle mail orders for less than $1.00. 
D. M. JAMES, Camp Hill, Penna. 
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