CYNTHIA 
PICARDY 
\cwi Gustomete 
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It is with the greatest of pleasure that I relate to you that on Sunday morn¬ 
ing, August 16, I beheld three of the most beautiful spikes of gladioli I have 
ever seen. The variety was Lotus. Each spike, which was over 54 inches 
tall with four open blooms, was a world-beater. The finest colors of a tea 
rose could not be more beautiful. 
R. P. — N. Y. 
It has pleased me a lot to see how popular Lotus is becoming It has at last 
received the notice it deserves. I remember several years ago I first saw it at 
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