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R1VERVIEW GARDENS, ST. PAUL, MINN. 
GLADIOLUS 
Descriptive List of Choice Varieties 
L—Large; M—Medium; S—Small; Bits.—Bulblets 
Aaelien—(Mitsch, 1937). A beautiful, 
daintily ruffled, lustrous cream glad. 
A fine new commercial and exhibition 
variety. A Picardy seedling. L. $3.00; 
M. $2.50; S. $1.50; Bits. 1 for 30c. 
Adelaide—(Christ, 1936). A huge pink¬ 
ish lavender. Late. One of a set of 
new introductions from the originator 
of such fine varieties as Blue Admiral 
and Smiling Maestro. L. $1.25; M. 
75c; S. 50c; Bits. 1 for 15c. 
Alayne—(Kinyon). Beautiful new 
shade of light rose. Straight stems. 
Blooms somewhat ruffled and all face 
one way. Splendid keeper when cut, 
opening up perfectly to the last tip. 
L. 75c; M. 50c, 10 for $4.00; S. 25c, 
10 for $2.00; Bits. 10 for 35c. 
All-aglow—(Zimmer, 19 37). Tall bego¬ 
nia rose with rose blotch. One of the 
very fine new varieties. Eighteen to 2 0 
buds all showing color with many 
open at once. L. $2.00; M. $1.50; 
S. $1.00. 
Allegro—(Pfitzer). Light lavender 
blue with dark blue blotch. The 
spikes are long and develop perfectly 
six or more flowers of large size. A 
fine new light blue. L. 75c; M. 50c; 
S. 30c; Bits. 4 for 25c. 
Allemania—(Pfitzer). A light bright 
scarlet. An earlier and larger Com. 
Koehl and may replace it as a cut 
flower. L. 50c; M. 35c; S. 25c; Bits. 
10 for 35c. 
Arabella—(Pfitzer). A glossy dark pur¬ 
ple, almost black and the darkest yet 
introduced. A very large flowered 
variety with florets of heavy texture; 
14-16 buds with six open at a time. 
A remarkable exhibition variety and 
one that stands at the top in its color 
class. L. 50c; M. 30c; S. 20c; Bits. 
10 for 40c. 
Baron Munchausen— (Zimmer, 1937). 
Large exhibition. Attractive scarlet 
with slight marking of rose in the 
throat. Tall, strong grower with 
8 to 12 florets of enormous size open 
at once. Price for any size bulb, 
$25.00. No bulblets. 
Beacon—(Palmer). Clear bright rose 
scarlet with large clean cream blotch. 
Very tall, straight spikes with 8-10 
blooms open at once. A very dis¬ 
tinctive and striking color. L. 65c, 
10 for $5.00; M. 45c, 10 for $3.00; S. 
25c, 10 for $2.00; Bits. 10 for 50c. 
Beautiful Ohio—(Hullibarger). A 
beautiful light rose with a tint of 
lavender. The color is unusually 
clear. The flower head and place¬ 
ment are of the Minuet type. Sub¬ 
stance heavy, spike strong and 
straight. L. $2.00; M. $1.00; S. 80c; 
Bits. 10 for $1.00. 
Big Lily— (Burtner). A large white 
with a cream throat. Lily-shaped 
blooms with a silvery sheen. Excep¬ 
tionally strong grower; good sub¬ 
stance. L. 25c, 10 for $2.00; M. 15c, 
10 for $1.10; S. 10c, 10 for 75c; Bits. 
10 for 15c. 
Blue Admiral—(Christ). Tall, straight 
growing variety. It does not open as 
many flowers at a time as Pelegrina, 
but has a much taller, straighter 
stem. Color a dark blue. An up and 
coming Glad. L. 15c, 10 for $1.20; 
M. 10c, 10 for 80c; S. 8c, 10 for 60c; 
Bits. 100 for 75c. 
Blue Beauty — (Blaue Schonheit). 
(Pfitzer). A blue with edges overlaid 
violet blue. Florets large of fine 
rounded form and opening 8 at a 
time with 20 buds. A strong, healthy 
grower and a real exhibition variety. 
L. $1.00; M. 60c; S. 40c; Bits. 10 for 
50c. 
Blue Domina — (Christ). One of the 
finest of the new light blues. Flow¬ 
ers large on a tall, straight spike. 
L. 25c; M. 15c; S. 10c; Bits. 10 for 
20c. 
