A GLADIOLUS FANCIER’S CATALOG 
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IlllfflCMl Boillll.y (Prestgard) (Large Decorative) 
Giant light yellow of heavy substance with moderate ruffling. 
In some localities this makes a finer spike than Golden Chimes or 
Primrose Queen. We have had many favorable reports on Ruffled 
Beauty. 
Graded Half-Dozen: 90c Quarter-Dozen: 45c 
Ruffled Gold (Good rich) (Medium Decorative) 
Light yellow of silky sheen, very beautifully ruffled. In some 
seasons this is the most beautiful yellow gladiolus. 
Graded Dozen: 40c Half-Dozen: 20c 
Soll«ll*al (Palmer) (Exhibition) 
Giant sandy buff with about eight large blooms open at a time. 
A novelty which will appeal to some fanciers but not to others. 
Graded Quarter-Dozen: $6.00 
Salbach’s Orchid (Salb ach) (Large Decorative) 
Beautiful rose-pink with deeper sanding in throat. Very simi¬ 
lar to Minuet but considerably pinker. 
Graded Dozen: 35c Half-Dozen: 18c 
Scliwabeil Girl (Pfitzer) (Large Decorative) 
Popular light pink of translucent texture. Fine if given suffi¬ 
cient water. 
Graded Dozen: 35c Half-Dozen: 18c 
Sequoia Blue (Salbach) (Large Decorative) 
Large pale blue with inconspicuous throat marking. 
Graded Quarter-Dozen: 75c 
Serenity (Zimmer) (Large Decorative) 
Waxy snow-white with a crystalline tint of palest rose-pink 
at the extreme edges. Very similar to Olive Goodrich, but much 
larger, snowier, and more delicately tinted. Serenity also displays 
a delightful touch of ruffling. 
For prices see page 2. 
Shirley Temple (Pruitt) (Exhibition) 
Light cream blending to a small throat marking of light yellow. 
A wonderfully rich and beautiful flower due to the heavy ruffling, 
remarkable substance, and waxy sheen. The Colonial Gardens 
is one of the co-introducers of this splendid variety. 
Graded Quarter-Dozen: $22.50 
Smiling Maesiro (Christ) (Exhibition) 
Orangy salmon-pink of fair substance. Color not ideal but 
makes a grand spike. 
Graded Half-Dozen: $1.20 Quarter-Dozen: 60c 
Solveig (Prestgard) (Exhibition) 
Heavily ruffled snow-white of extremely heavy substance and 
unusual sheen, the huge star-shaped blooms being literally lus¬ 
trous as silky white velvet. A small rose throat-marking lights 
up the flower. We have had Solveig with seven fresh blooms open 
at one time and with florets up to six inches in diameter. Well 
grown it is unquestionably by far the most beautiful white glad¬ 
iolus. In some localities it is a consistently good performer; in 
others it has not given representative bloom. We are happy to 
report that in several localities where Solveig did not do well at 
first, now that acclimated stock has been secured by growing it 
from bulblets or small bulbs, the resultant blooms have been 
fully up to anticipations. The following letter from a well-known 
grower is typical of several reports received recently: “We had a 
good year with Solveig, winning with it in its class at the State 
Fair. It was also judged the best vase in the show. We took some 
down to the International Horticultural Show and won first 
place with them. We also put some up for Mr. C- in the 
amateur section and he was also awarded first prize. I had some 
real spikes at Chicago and I will say that Solveig gave Heritage 
a good run for the championship vase. I am very enthusiastic 
about Solveig after this year’s performance, etc.” 
Graded Half-Dozen: $1.00 Quarter-Dozen: 50c 
Sonaline (Pfitze r) (Medium Decorative) 
Fresh pure-pink with negligible throat marking. This gladiolus 
is of a pink similar in shade and texture to the famous but difficult 
Coryphee, but seems a much easier grower, producing a long stretchy 
spike with several very beautiful florets open at a time. A trifle 
deeper in tone than Coryphee, and nearly a self. Strongly recom¬ 
mended. 
Graded Dozen: $1.00 Half-Dozen: 50c 
Southern Cross (Whiteley) (Large Decorative) 
Glossy red very similar to Bill Sowden. 
Graded Dozen: 60c Half-Dozen: 30c 
Spirit of St. Louis (Mueller) (Large Decorative) 
Subdued orange of leathery texture with brownish hieroglyphs 
in throat. Makes an excellent spike. 
Graded Dozen: 33c Half-Dozen: 17c 
Star of Rotlllehem (Pfitzer) (Large Decorative) 
Large snow-white with creamy white throat. In heavy demand. 
Graded Half-Dozen: $1.00 Quarter-Dozen: 60c 
Where Are the Best Glads Being 
Originated? 
To many people any product which comes from halfway 
across the world is automatically invested with a glamour 
that doubles its intrinsic worth. Actually there are no 
mysterious hybridizing secrets, no climatic advantages 
available to far-off plant breeders that are not equally 
accessible to those right here in America. There are indeed 
only four important factors involved in the development 
of finer flowers; (1) Hard work, (2) Use of the best varie¬ 
ties as breeding material, (3) Imagination or intuition 
(aided by experience) to prefigure the result of possible 
combinations, and (4) Discrimination in making a selection 
from the resultant seedlings. The mere technique of hy¬ 
bridizing can be learned in five minutes, but failure in any 
of the above four points will render success impossible. 
Thirty percent of the varieties in this catalog are of 
foreign origin (70% being American and Canadian). Taking 
the average age of a variety in this catalog (5 years) as a 
dividing line between old and new sorts, we find that of 
the varieties introduced prior to 1933, fully 40% were of 
foreign origination, while of those introduced since Jan¬ 
uary 1, 1933, scarcely 20% are from foreign sources. We 
are giving all new foreign originations the same careful 
testing and consideration we have always given them but 
find that a diminishing percent of them measure up to 
advancing standards of beauty and performance. In other 
words, the greater eagerness of most American and Cana¬ 
dian gladiolus hybridizers (professional or amateur) as 
compared to foreign to secure the best varieties from all 
over the world to work with is beginning to show results. 
Also American and Canadian originators have not as a 
rule given an over-emphasis to size at the expense of beauty 
of color and grace of form. We all want a certain percent 
of our glads to be the giant sorts, but we can have a goodly 
percentage of such and still enjoy beautiful colors. 
