“J. D. Sez, Sez ’e”— 
Consider tire Iris. It’s gaining: in popularity 
very last. Fits in with Glad growing splen¬ 
didly. Blooms when Glads are just getting 
well started. 
The colors and comhinations of Iris colors 
have been increased and improved marvelously 
in recent years. 
Dig up, throw away scads of the old com¬ 
mon Iris. Start a new bed or border with the 
grand and glorious kinds now to be obtained. 
You’ll thank me for the suggestion later, 
even though it does take nerve now for you 
to do this drastic revamping of your Iris 
plantings. 
Plenty of time to plant Iris this fall in Sep¬ 
tember and October. Follow my suggestions 
for winter protection. (See page 9.) 
My Delphinium plants for this fall are 
splendid size for fine blooms next June. Note 
tne special prices on page 11. (Former price, 
7 for $1.00.) Now 10 for $1.00, prepaid. 
“Glad bulbs at ‘Diggihg Time Prices’,” fall 
delivery, continue to be in great demand, espe¬ 
cially by those who have bought of me in the 
past. 
I don’t claim that my fall prices are always 
lower than in spring. Sometimes otherwise. 
But I fill the fall orders so liberally that the 
customer is ’way to the good anyhow. 
I recommend buying at least part of one’s 
Gladiolus bulbs in the fall, for several reasons. 
One doesn’t feel it so much if he buys part 
of his Glad bulbs in the fall instead of wait¬ 
ing until spring. 
“The cream of the crop” is what I promise 
my fall Glad buyers. But that doesn’t mean 
later buyers get skimmilk. Spring buyers will 
testify that I send out mighty fine stocks as 
long as the supply lasts. 
But fall buyers get extra good cream—whip¬ 
ping cream, we might say. And any real Glad 
fan likes to have his or her bulbs where they 
can get at them and paw them over during 
the winter, hardly able to wait till time to 
plant. 
Some Glads again short. The Glads may be 
tall enough but the SUPPLY short. Last sea¬ 
son I could not supply all calls for Minuet, 
Comm. Koehl, Mammoth White, Maid of Or¬ 
leans, Aida, and a number of other popular 
kinds. Have larger stocks of these for this 
fall, but look for them to melt away, or evap¬ 
orate, fast, as always. 
My “Early Bird Glad Mixture” is just what 
some have been wanting, for early blooms 
and in sections where season is short. It’s 
good, but since there are not many good early 
kinds, this mixture does not contain the va¬ 
riety of colors as found in my Exhibition 
Mixture, nor do the blooms average as large. 
I never understand howcome so few flower 
lovers appreciate the Prim or Decorative 
Glads. Ladies who punish themselves dieting 
in order to slenderize and slimberize, and who 
prefer a dainty wrist watch to a “turnip” 
timepiece—these same ladies can’t grasp the 
loveliness of slenderized smaller Glads of ex¬ 
quisite form and color. Oh, hum! 
“Believe it or not,” the buyer for a large 
seed and bulb firm back east dropped in here 
when Betty Co-Ed was all a-bloom, and gave 
us an order for about one-third of our entire 
crop of this lovely Glad with “That schoolgirl 
complexion.” And for fall delivery, too. 
It’s almost a crime the way I have given 
many of the wonderful varieties of Glads only 
a few lines in my descriptive columns. Many 
deserve half a page or so. 
Here are some that I can recommend most 
highly, though of course others I don’t men¬ 
tion are also good. 
Space doesn’t permit my calling special at¬ 
tention to more than a few of the outstanding 
originations. 
Acadia, the first one on my list, has pleased 
me very much. It’s a pink with cream throat. 
Large and fine. 
Commander Koehl has won so many prizes 
that it needs no praise from me. I told you 
some years ago that it was a winner. That’s 
my story, and I still stick to it. 
Bagdad. There’s a Glad “what am” a Glad. 
Giant plant, spike and blooms. And extrava¬ 
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gant with quantity of blooms to the spike. 
The color is unique and pleasing. 
The color of Wasaga is beyond description, 
and Duna has no close competitor in its lovely 
soft tone and excellent habits. 
The two girl friends, Betty Brown Eyes and 
Betty-Co-Ed are making many friends among 
Glad fans and commercial florists. 
Champlain is what we wanted Heavenly 
Blue to be, and then some. It’s similar, but 
much larger. Early for such a large Glad. 
Seven good white Glads: Star of Bethlehem, 
Maid of Orleans, Mammoth White, Van Tets, 
Dr. Durr, Helen Wills, Albatross—take your 
choice. 
Maid of Orleans in great demand. Not 
enough stock for all orders in the past. Have 
increased my planting of it and hope to have 
enough for all fall orders at least. Mammoth 
White indeed MAMMOTH and mighty good. 
One good spike alone makes quite a bouquet. 
Of course Star of Bethlehem makes them all 
sit up and take notice. 
The favorite commercial white today is 
Maid of Orleans. Florists lap it up and cry 
for more. Has so many good points and so 
few' faults, if any. 
Many think Star of Bethlehem may eventu¬ 
ally claim first place as a commercial, when 
sufficient stock to be had at commercial 
prices. In the meantime. Glad fans are send¬ 
ing In amazing reports on this grand white 
Star_ of Bethlehem. 
Minister had keen competition. A lady liv¬ 
ing 150 miles from Boulder visited my gardens 
last summer and praised King Arthur. Says 
she has grown it several years and when she 
took a vase of King Arthur to church one 
Sunday another sister didn’t hear much the 
minister said because she couldn’t take her 
eyes and thoughts off this unusual stunning 
Glad. 
Keep your eyes on Debonair. Especially you 
commercial growers. Florists are falling hard 
for this. And for good reasons. 
Stop crying about yellow Glads. Yes, I 
know we are still looking for yellows as big 
and fine as we now have in white, pink and 
reds. But you try Golden Cup, Gold Mine and 
Primrose Princess. They ought to soothe you 
a right smart. All different. All good. None 
perfect. None high priced now. 
In the blues, or so-called blue Glads, we now 
have two real good ones. Blue Admiral in the 
dark shade and Milford in the lighter tone. 
Both healthy growers with good strong spikes, 
plenty blooms and well placed, and other good 
habits. Seldom is seen such a SMOOTH, even 
coloring as found in Milford. 
Mrs. E. J. Heaton is another new Glad that 
you can bank on. Check up on me a few years 
from now and see if I’m right. Not only large 
and fine, but stands the heat unusually well. 
Seems like we ought to coin a slogan some¬ 
thing like “Heaton Stands Heat.” That’s not 
so hot—yes it’s hot, but not so good. Now 
you try it. 
“Me for Mildred” —Mildred Louise, another 
super Glad. When I need an extra nice bou¬ 
quet I head straight for my large planting of 
Mildred Louise. Last summer when most other 
varieties were wilted with the heat, following 
a rainy spell, Mildred spikes were straight, 
the blossoms open and firm. And such large 
attractive blossoms! Note the new low prices 
for Mildred this fall on page 19. 
Own a Gold Mine Yourself! Own a flock of 
Gold Mines! Turn to page 14. Up near the 
northeast corner of that page you’ll find Gold 
Mines offered for sale. 
This is one of the few large yellow Glads In 
commerce. Rich golden yellow. Tall spike. 
Many good points. Yet the government won’t 
prosecute you for hoarding these rare gold 
articles—a safe and profitable investment for 
your money. 
Some Good EABDY Glads, are: Aida, Betty 
Brown Eyes, Dr. Durr, Early Dawn, Fata Mor¬ 
gana, Gladdie Boy, J. S. Bach, La Paloma, 
Libelle, Margaret Fulton, Miss Greeley, Polar 
Ice, Prairie Gold, Rameses, Schwaben Girl 
Sonatine, Spirit of St. Louis, Spray of Gold’ 
Sunshine Girl, Sweetheart, Virginia Skelly. 
Some earlier than others, but all among the 
early blooming kinds. 
