12 Superb Standard 
Gladiolus doz. 
Apricot Glow. Beautiful, warm, clear ap¬ 
ricot; tall, strong stems. A worthy ad¬ 
dition to any garden, affording pleas¬ 
ing contrast to other colors. 
Break o’ Day. Very early flowering. A 
light silvery pink, very valuable for 
cutting. 
Capt. Boynton. Lovely, large, lavender 
blooms with dark throat. Produces 
heavy, strong spikes; flowers closely set. 
Carmen Sylva. This occupies a universal 
place as the best pure white Gladiolus. 
The flowers are extra large. They are 
well placed on tall, slender stems. 
Crimson Glow. Rich, warm, glowing, 
crimson-scarlet blooms, borne on 
strong, stiff stems. Excellent for cut¬ 
ting. 
Evelyn Kirtland. Coral-pink, flaked with 
silver; brilliant scarlet blotches on low¬ 
er petals; ruffled flowers; very attrac¬ 
tive. 
Giant Nymph. La France pink with 
creamy yellow throat. A splendid cut 
flower type of large size and full spike. 
Gold Eagle. Very early, tall, good-sized 
flowers, slightly ruffled; wide open, 
solid, deep lemon-yellow. 
Golden Dream. Clear, bright golden yel¬ 
low. The stems are slender, tall, and 
spire-like with many flowers open at 
one time; late. 
Orange Prince. Brilliant, large, and nu¬ 
merous flowers of clear orange. Very 
attractive; good for cutting. 
Orange Queen. Pure apricot, shading to 
a brilliant, gleaming orange, a color 
that does not exist in any other var- 
riety. Very popular. 
Scarlet Wonder. Immense flowers of 
brilliant, pure scarlet; large spikes; ex¬ 
cellent for cutting. 
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Our Gladioli are grown on new, clean land each season, thus 
eliminating any danger from fungus that might be carried over 
from year to year. As an additional safeguard bulb’s are treated 
before planting. Gladioli should be planted about 3 inches deep 
in good soil, preferably in sunny location. We have found that 
Naphthalene Flakes are excellent for sprinkling over stored Gla¬ 
diolus bulbs to control Gladiolus thrip and also aphids. It takes 
one ounce of Naphthalene Flakes to treat 100 bulbs. 
12 Peerless Gladiolus i? 
All different doz.O\JC 
Betty Nuthall. A sparkling, iridescent orange-pink deepening to coral 
on the reverse; golden orange throat lined carmine-rose; enormous 
flowers; late; extra fine; tall. 
Chas. Dickens. Tall velvety violet-purple; very unusual in color; an 
outstanding variety. 
Coryphee. The clearest pure pink imaginable; the partly opened blooms 
are like wax-petaled rosebuds; beautiful, large, round flowers on 
graceful, tall spikes. 
Dr. F. E. Bennett. A vivid, fiery scarlet so bright that one cannot im¬ 
agine anything more brilliant. Tall, heavy spikes, closely set with 
large, massive blooms. 
Gloriana. A rich, clear, golden salmon, melting into a rich cream tint 
in the throat. This combination is exceedingly beautiful. Long, tall 
many-flowered spikes. 
GLADIOLUS— 
Lovely in the garden 
Lasting in the vase 
Golden Measure. The giant flowers are 
the pure yellow of refined gold. They 
are slightly ruffled with a petal texture 
and substance that holds up well under 
the hottest sun. Forms splendid, free- 
blooming spikes. 
Marmora. A most charming lavender- 
gray, patched with glowing petunia- 
purple in the throat. It is an Australian 
variety with lovely, tall, and massive 
spikes. 
Minuet. Clear, light lavender with just a 
hint of opalescent shading. In our 
opinion this is still the finest of all lav¬ 
ender varieties. 
Mrs. Leon Douglas. A most pleasing, 
luminous coral-rose, flaked with ruby- 
red. This is really a very lovely variety, 
of exceptionally strong growth. A 
giant among Gladioli. 
Pfitzer’s Triumph. A gorgeous Amar- 
yllis-like flower of brilliant scarlet with j 
salmon shadings. Deepens to cherry- 
velvet in the throat. Of truly sensation¬ 
al size. 
Picardy. Clear, flesh-pink, quite un¬ 
marked, shading to soft shrimp-pink 
at the petal edges; the most exquisite 
shade imaginable. The flowers are un¬ 
usually wide and well opened; tall, 
straight spikes. It cuts well; keeps well. 
No other pink Gladiolus is more 
charming in color or more satisfactory 
in habit. 
Shasta. A truly magnificent variety with 
splendid, large, white flowers borne on 
stately, strong stems; good for cutting. 
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Edward Lehde Nurseries, Gardenville, N. Y. 
