GLADIOLUS. 
Giant “Childsi” Gladiolus. 
Choicest Named Varieties. 
The Gladiolus family contains hundreds of magnificent varieties, comprising 
all imaginable colors, shades and variegations, from the most, gorgeous and 
dazzling to the softest and most delicate tints. They deserve to be grown in 
every garden. For cutting they are invaluable, the flowers lasting in water a 
week. They are of easy culture, grow in any garden soil, never fail to flower 
the same season, and by successive plantings every two or three weeks, from 
April to June, can be had in flower from July until checked by frost. The 
bulbs are easily kept in a paper bag on any convenient shelf until planting 
time. 
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GROFF S GLADIOLUS 
In Grand Mixture. 
The “Groff” Gladiolus. A new strain of great merit has been evolved by 
Mr. Groff, a Canadian banker with scientific tendencies, who is widely known 
as an enthusiastic and successful hybridizer and grower of Gladiolus. His means 
enabled him to collect from various parts of the world perhaps the finest collec¬ 
tion of Gladiolus ever gotten together, and there are thousands of varieties 
among the different types, sections and srrains. Some of his bulbs cost him up 
to S5.00 each. He flowered and retained the cream of these, then cross-bred 
and selected annually for over 15 years, until the present Groff strain of Hybrid 
Gladiolus is absolutely unsurpassable and now world-famous. One of Mr. 
Groff’s hobbies is to allow no unhealthy or weak-growing variety to remain in 
his fields, so that these bulbs we are offering will produce strong, vigorous- 
growing plants, with long, sturdy spikes. The flowers are extra large, of 
perfect form, splendid substance, and of the greatest beauty, embracing a 
range of diversified coloring with combinations of markings almost endless and 
undreamed of; there are red. scarlet, crimson and garnet shades of unexcelled 
brilliancy and intensity; whites, creams, yellows, rose, pinks, salmon, orange, 
etc.; stained, blotched, dotted, striped, watered and feathered in marvelous 
variety; rare blues, clematis, lilac and heliotrope shades, charmingly unique and 
to be found in no other strain of Gladiolus. Mr. Groff does not believe in named 
varieties, so that every kind produced by him, no matter if surpassing in merit 
some high-priced European novelty, is consigned to his favorite hybrid mix¬ 
ture, insuring to purchasers of these bulbs many delightful surprises. 
This race of extraordinarily beautiful Gladiolus represents a grand achievement 
in the perfection of this genus. They are of strong, healthy, erect growth, 
and the flowers reach enormous dimensions, often 7 to 9 inches across. 
Every color known among Gladiolus is represented, including the brightest 
hues and most curious designs, many having beautifully mottled and spotted 
throats made up of white, crimson, pink, yellow, etc. 
PRICES — Delivered Free in the United States. 
We supply sorts priced at 10c. each for SI.00 per doz.; 16c. each for $1.60 per doz. 
Each. 
Adolph Glose. Slaty-blue, with crimson and white throat.!. . 15c. 
Admiral Dewey. Silvery-pink, marked velvety-crimson. 15c. 
America. New. Flowers of soft pink; strong, erect, many-flowered spike. 15c. 
Attraction. Rich deep crimson, with large wj.ite throat. 15c. 
Blanche. Snow-white, with soft rose tintings. 15c. 
Brilliant. Beautiful orange-red, with white and carmine throat. 10c. 
Burlington. Bright pink tinged orange-scarlet, carmine and white throat. 15c. 
Cardinal. Large perfect flower of intense cardinal-scarlet, very beautiful. 15c. 
Columbia. Light scarlet, blotched and penciled purple; throat mottled. 10c. 
Deborah. Dark red tinged amaranth, large white throat and blotches.. . 10c. 
Dr. Sellew. Rich rosy-crimson; penciled darker; throat rayed white ... 10c. 
Elaborate. Fiery-red, penciled amaranth ; large white throat. 15c, 
Gov. McCormack. Rose, mottled silvery-gray, throat white and violet. 10c. 
Harlequin. Striped and mottled white, red and rose. 15c. 
Henry Gilman. Salmon-scarlet, with white bands and mottled throat . . 10c. 
Melrose. White-flaked pink, deep crimson center. 15c. 
Mrs. Beecher. Deep rose-crimson; throat white, freely spotted.. .. . 10c. 
Nezinscott. Blood-scarlet; throat mottled blackish-crimson and white. . 10c. 
Oddity. Amaranth-red, suffused purple-blue; throat mottled red and white. 10c. 
Salem. Five salmon-pink with maroon blotches. 10c. 
Splendor. Soft rose-pink, magenta stains, white and purple mottling.. . 15c. 
Superb. Pink-flaked and striped salmon-pink ; enormous flowers. 15c. 
Variabilis. Enormous spike, color deep pink flaked blue-black.. 10c. 
Wm. Falconer. Beautiful clear light pink, large flowers and spike.... 10c. 
COLLECTIONS of Named Giant "CHILDSI" Gladiolus. 
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Exquisite Collection { 12 variet ie S priced at 10c. each f $ 100 
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Gorgeous Collection j 12 varieties priced at 15c. each} v 1-50 
Price, GrofFs Genuine, Newest Hybrid Gladiolus Bulbs, in Grand Mixture, 
7c. each, 75c per doz., delivered free in the U. S., or $5.00 per 100, buyer 
paying expressage. 
Mixed Giant "CHILDSI” Gladiolus all colors and markings; 
extra large fine bulbs, 5c. each, 50c. per dozen, delivered free in U. S., 
or if buyer pays transit, S3.00 per 100 ; $25.00 per 1,000. 
Henderson's Bulb Culture (offered on page 195) tells about Growing all Summer and Winter Flowering Bulbs. Price, 50c. 
