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Hornberger’s Home and Garden Service 
FORTY THOUSAND AFLAME 
AFLAME AS A FLORIST’S COMMERCIAL CUT FLOWER. 
A year ago a well known wholesale cut flower grower who is a long dis¬ 
tance shipper of cut Glads purchased 4 0,000 Aflame from us, and wants to 
add more this year. The forty thousand was not his first experience, as 
he had purchased a considerable quantity the year before, and was so 
impressed that he bought 40,000 in one order. 
His letter at hand says:—“We are cutting Aflame, and they are tall, 
easy to cut as the leaves are low down, and best of all open rather slowly, 
buds close to stem, pack easily and they seem to sell with the best of them in the 
New York market.”—End of quote. NOTE: Aflame is ideal as a cut flower commer¬ 
cial, having the best in color, stem, propagation, size of flower, graceful willowy stem, 
among the tallest grown, buds grow out and show color and size, but do not open 
too fast. Also long keepers after cutting. In past years we have shipped exhibition 
spikes to the Metropolitan show in New York City nearly a week before using, and 
when exhibited winning first honors in the show. In 193 2 the last year that we grew 
a large commercial crop of Glads in New Jersey, the market for cut Glads was demor¬ 
alized, but we received four times as much for Aflame as for other well known va¬ 
rieties. Below we print a recent letter from a well known firm of Dahlia growers: 
New Jersey, Feb. 26, 1935 (They state) :—“We planted some giant No. 1 Aflame 
last season. They grew 5 Mj to 6 y 2 feet tall, and bloomed 5 to 6 inches across. We 
retailed at our roadstand at $1.00 per dozen when ordinary Glads retailed across the 
street at 15c per dozen.” Signed—-Raymond C. Lloyd, Lloyd’s Dahlia Gardens. 
Ohio, Oct. 7, 1935. Mrs. W. A. Tubbs writes:—“I had Aflame 5 feet 5 inches 
high with bloom seven (7) inches across.”—Signed, Mrs. W. A. Tubbs. 
J. L. Hogue, Ark. has grown Aflame six (6) feet tall with florets well over six 
(6) inches wide. 
J. H. Heberling, well known grower, says he has grown Aflame seven (7) inches 
across. 
We have grown Aflame in quantity over six (6) feet tall with blooms 6" to 7". 
ALIGHT (Color Sport of Aflame) 
Va., Mar. 19, 1935. Miss E. E. L. writes:—“Let me thank you again for the 
marvelous bulb of “Alight” which you sent me last year. It grew to a height of five 
and one half (5%) feet, and had sixteen gorgeous blooms. It was really the most 
outstanding plant in our garden. Wishing you continued success in the development 
of such lovely Gladioli—Miss E. E. L. 
AFLAME & MRS. F. C. HORNBERGER 
West Point, N. Y., May 27, 1935. A customer writes:—“Two of the varieties I 
obtained from you in the past, Aflame and Mrs. Homberger are superb; I consider 
Aflame about the finest I have, and I have a great many varieties. 
APPROVAL 
Mass., May 16, 193 5—F. R. IJ. writes;—“I feel that after seeing the results 
from the very generous treatment you gave me on a small order last year, that I 
should place some limit on you. You surely ‘SATISFY’.”—F. R. H., Mass. 
SEEDLING—H. 11^7 (LIGHTS OF GOLD) 
Iowa, Oct. 23, 1935. A. L. S. writes:—“A few years ago you were kind enough 
to include in my order a bulb of Seedling H 1177. After growing this variety thru 
two very bad seasons, and this year which was, in this locality, about normal, I would 
like to repeat that H 1177 is the most hardy variety that I have ever grown, taking 
into consideration quality of bulb, number of bulblets, size of bulblets, also their 
strength to germinate, foliage, flower stalk, placement of florets, substance of florets, 
also size and lasting quality of bloom, and the beauty of the flower. I do not see 
why growers have not gotten behind this variety instead of some of the inferior stock 
that is so highly advertised, and so discouraging to us lovers of beautiful Glads.” 
PANA DAILY PALLADIUM, PANA, ILL,, August 22, 193 5. 
NEWS ITEM: In the Gladiolus display, unusually large, was one by Frank 
Maisch, a fan on “Glads”, which was the subject of unusual comment. It was ex- 
