Florists' Favorite Century of Progress Collection 
All gladiolus are beautiful but those florists and growers who 
make money must plant profitable money making varieties. 
When you force a gladiolus bulb you want the maximum per¬ 
centage of salable bloom, you want colors you can use and 
flowers that will stand some handling. You must have varie¬ 
ties that will pay out over and above production costs when 
the flowers are sold. With these points in mind I have person¬ 
ally selected this list, from our 82 varieties planted at the Cen¬ 
tury of Progress in Chicago 1933, to give the florists of America 
a representative collection of gladiolus for forcing in the 
greenhouse or planting out-of-doors. 
ANNIE LAURIE. (Brown-Stephen) Late Mid-Season. “The 
Sweetest Glad of all.” Heavily ruffled delicate pink, overlaid 
with light rose-pink, deeper lines in 
the throat. Four or five medium 
size flowers open at a time. Height 
medium, vigorous grower. Second 
size bulbs $8.00 per 1000, third size 
$6.00, fourth size $4.50. 
GOLD EAGLE. (Austin) Very Early. Deep 
rich yellow, slightly ruffled, with straight, 
slender, wiry spikes. Very vigorous and 
gaining in popularity. First size bulbs $14.00 
per 1000, second size $8.00, third size $6.00, 
fourth size $4.50, fifth size $3.00, sixth size $2. 
GOLDEN FRILLS (Kunderd) Very Early. 
Deep rich Daffodil yellow, with pronounced 
pink markings on lower petals. Intensely 
ruffled and unusual in form. An outstanding 
primulinus. First size bulbs $14.00 per 1000, 
second size $8.00, third size $6.00, fourth size 
$4.50. 
LOS ANGELES (Houdyshell) Second Early. 
Delicate shrimp pink with brighter throat 
marking. Splendid for cutting and in Cali¬ 
fornia it is called the “cut and come again” 
Gladiolus. Very vigorous and worth while. A 
leader everywhere. Second size bulbs $8.00 
per 1000, third size $6.00, fourth size $4.50. 
MAD. VON KONIJNENBURG (Pfitzer) Early Mid¬ 
season. Light violet-blue — Che very nearest blue to 
date. Tall, has stem weakness so requires staking. 
Especially recommended to those desiring a novelty 
blue Gladiolus. The most vigorous and rapid grower 
in this color class. Splendid forcer. Second size bulbs $12.00 per 
1000, third size $9.00, fourth size $7.00. 
RED BARNEY 
MRS. LEON DOUGLAS (Diener) Mid-sea¬ 
son. Mammoth in size and a veritable giant 
in height. This salmon-rose pink glad has 
rapidly won the favor of Glad fans every¬ 
where. Flame and scarlet splashings and 
fleckings add to the richness of the flower. 
Second size bulbs $9.00 per 1000, third size 
$7.00, fourth size $5.00. 
NANCY HANKS (Salbach) Early Mid-sea¬ 
son. Apricot, tinted orange-pink, with red 
markings in throat. Medium height, flowers 
large with several open. In demand every¬ 
where. Dependable forcer. Second size bulbs 
$9.00 per 1000, third size $7.00, fourth size $5. 
ORANGE QUEEN (Pfitzer) Second early. 
A new and charming hue of apricot orange. 
Form is also different. Altogether a more 
pleasing and worthwhile variety would be 
hard to find. Ideal for cutting, sure for forc¬ 
ing, a standard commercial in every way. 
First size bulbs $14.00 per 1000, second size 
$8.00, third size $6.00, fourth size $4.50. 
RED BARNEY (Hunter) Second early. Bril¬ 
liant scarlet-red that withstands severe sun, 
rain and wind exceptionally well for this 
color. Vigorous and desirable for cut flowers. 
Second size $20.00 per 1000, third size $16.00. 
VIRGINIA (Scarlet Princeps) (Kunderd) 
Mid-season. This variety is still the vogue. 
Scarlet red with slightly deeper throat. A 
wonderful bedding or landscape variety and 
a superb forcer. Several large round blooms are open at one 
time. Second size bulbs $9 per 1000, third size $7, fourth size $5. 
MARY FREY (Gelser) Early Mid-season. Warm lilac pink with 
throat marking which reminds one of Mrs. F. C. Peters but of 
a lighter color, and much earlier in season. A very charming 
cut flower and forces easily. Second size bulbs $12.00 per 1000, 
third size $9.00, fourth size $7.00. 
ZONA (Kunderd) Early. Charming pink and yellow combina¬ 
tion giving a three tone color effect. A dainty, graceful glad 
that is early, sure and very, very vigorous. Second size bulbs 
$8.00 per 1000, third size $6.00, fourth size $4.50. 
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5 Great Mixtures to 
Choose From 
For Every Purse and Purpose 
CHEAP STANDARD MIXTURE 
Best for the money, for the chap who 
must meet competition or thinks he must. 
Good sound bulbs. First size $ 9.00 per 
1000, second size $ 5 . 00 , third size $ 4 . 00 , 
fourth size $ 3 . 00 . 
REGULAR FLORISTS’ MIXTURE 
Our Specialty. Known wherever good 
glads are grown. Ten acres devoted to this 
mixture every year. A rainbow of colors 
in the varieties that are most popular. 
First size $ 10.00 per 1000, second size $ 6 . 00 , 
third size $ 4 . 50 , fourth size $ 3 . 50 . 
SPECIAL EXHIBITION MIXTURE 
Large flowering show varieties. Blended 
to represent a modern collection of good 
Gladiolus. Prize winners everywhere. 
First size $ 12.00 per 1000, second size $ 8 . 00 , 
third size $ 6 . 00 , fourth size $ 4 . 50 . 
PRIMULINUS MIXTURE 
Our own blend of favorite cut flower pri¬ 
mulinus varieties. First size $ 10.00 per 
1000, second size $ 6 . 00 , third size $ 4 . 50 , 
fourth size $ 3 . 50 . 
FANCY BLENDED MIXTURE 
Our new 1936 blend of ten giant Gladio¬ 
lus blended together in equal proportions. 
First size $16.00 per 1000, second size $10, 
third size $8.00, fourth size $6.00. 
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SPECIAL OFFER 
Florists’ Favorite Century of Progress Forcing Collection 
50 bulbs each of above 12 varieties in second size bulbs 
(600 in all) correctly labelled and carefully packed for 
F. O. B., Dowagiac, Mich. Net cash with order. 
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100 Bulbs of a variety at the 1000 rate, for smaller 
quantities add 20%. 
LONG ROWS OF OUR EXHIBITION MIXTURE 
