GUIDEBOOK FOR 1937 
Page 9 
Scene at the Evans Farm. Gutting Spikes of Magna Blanca 
for the Ohio Show. 
In a higher price group we could not fail 
to mention Blue Beauty, D. A. Hay, Green 
Light, Heiligtum, Mrs. C. P. Worley, Joh. 
Bach, La Fiesta, Oeganda, Rewi Fallu, 
Rudolph Serkin, Reverie, Rosemarie Pfitzer, 
Shirley Temple, Star of Bethlehem, Tip Top 
and Vagabond Prince. 
In the above two groups Picardy, Orange 
Butterfly and Rosemarie Pfitzer are about the 
only ones that get into trouble around 100 
degrees, but under most conditions and loca¬ 
tions they are indispensable. 
VARIETIES TO BUY 
If you will permit us to make suggestions, 
we would offer the following advice: Unless 
your sole purpose is prize-winning in Exhibi¬ 
tion Type Classes, choose varieties first for 
their beauty of color and for their adapta¬ 
bility in decorative values in your own home. 
Let size of florets and number open be second¬ 
ary considerations, unless your rooms be 
large and your vases massive. 
The newly created Decorative Type Classi¬ 
fication now leads the way to selection of win¬ 
ners that have won, not because of size and 
number open, but for sheer beauty of clean, 
glistening, harmonious colors, beauty of form 
and adaptability to decorative use. 
If you are only beginning to grow gladiolus, 
avoid cheap mixtures and collections. 
Over 90% of all the varieties we offer are 
“large flowered” (43dz inches diameter and up), 
even including the Decorative Type offerings, 
No obviously hooded sorts, though some, in¬ 
cluding Picardy, slightly so. Few yellows 
make large florets but those offered make fine 
flowerheads nevertheless. Only one Small 
Decorative Type variety offered, Orange But¬ 
terfly, but this one is unique in its class, hold¬ 
ing 10-18 very small florets open — rather a 
miniature Exhibition sort. 
The new Decorative Type Classification 
has paved the way to a better understanding 
and appreciation of the medium to large 
flowered sorts (florets mostly in the 4 to 53^2 
inch range). Here are found a large number 
of beauties, far more usable and having more 
decorative possibilities in the average home 
than the massive Exhibition Type. Because 
