DESCRIPTIONS 
OF NEW VARIETIES FOR 1937 
BEAU IDEAL 
Six to eight large, wide open florets grace this beautiful 
spike. Florets are a deep rose-purple, much deeper purple 
on lower petals. A good height plant, producing tall spikes 
of excellent quality. Many people who have visited our 
experimental grounds this summer and have seen this 
variety in bloom admired it immensely. Be sure to include 
this new superb purple variety in your collection this year. 
$2.00 ea., 3 for $5.00 
BELA QUEEN 
This new creamy white gladiolus produces a tall, robust 
plant with long spikes having six to eight lovely, large 
florets open at a time. A narrow feather of a beautiful light 
red-violet color extends outward from throat on lower 
petals. Buds, to the tip of the spike, show color adding to 
the stately beauty of the spike. Flowers very late. Grand 
for garden and cut flower purposes. 
$2.00 ea., 3 for $5.00 
LA LAVANDE 
This grand new lavender is certain to become exceedingly 
popular. It has every point of a fine gladiolus, heavy tex¬ 
ture, excellent keeper, good placement on spike, wonderful 
grower, producing tall spikes with six to seven fine round- 
shaped florets wide open on spike. Half opening buds 
have same graceful lines and shape as unfolding rose buds. 
Excellent for cutting. The color is a most beautiful lavender, 
blushed slightly pink. The throat has a very pleasing 
appearance of white turning to a silvery white. You will 
see a great many blooms of this variety at the flower shows 
in the near future and right up among the prize winners, 
too, for it will rank with the very finest of the lavenders. 
Stock is very limited and we are not able to offer any small 
size bulbs at all this year. __ 
$15.00 ea. 
PINK MONARCH 
Here is a new, slightly ruffled gladiolus of unusual beauty. 
A gorgeous shade of pink blending to deep rose in the 
throat, with maroon-red median lines on lower petals. 
Extending outward from the throat on upper central petal 
the color is silvery white, blending into the rose-pink. There 
is a narrow border of white surrounding the entire floret. 
The entire color effect of this spike is most unusual and the 
perfect blending of the colors makes it outstanding in every 
way. Four to six good sized florets open. It is most striking 
when placed in the home under artificial light. When used 
for basket work or the tips in bowls, it creates a most favor¬ 
able impression $5.1DO ea., 3 for $12.00 
One each all 4 New Varieties listed on this page (regular 
value $24.00) for $19.50 postpaid. 
LA LAVANDE (THE LAVENDER) 
This most gorgeous gladiolus surely deserves a place in every 
garden. It's certain to be a blue ribbon prize winner. 
