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WHAT ARE THE BEST CUT FLOWER 
VARIETIES? 
IF YOU WISH TO ORDER GRADED 
DOZENS— 
Every year glad fans are coming to put a greater em¬ 
phasis on good performance. In recognition of this fact we 
this year demoted several of our own introductions, Solveig, 
Resolution, Gunvor, from the First Hundred because of their 
temperamentalness in spite of the fact that they are prac¬ 
tically unbeatable for beauty when well grown. 
Many of our customers, who may not be commercial 
florists, nevertheless sell a few cut flowers and are there¬ 
fore interested in knowing which varieties are most reli¬ 
able for commercial use. We wish to point out that all the 
glads listed in the classification tables in this catalog are 
rated as to cut flower value by the use of asterisks; 
***indicating an excellent cut flower 
**indicating a very good cut flower 
*indicating a good cut flower 
If the sale of cut flowers is a consideration in your selec¬ 
tion of varieties you will find this analysis of real help to 
you. If you grow glads only for enjoyment at home or dis¬ 
play at the shows, the commercial traits of a variety are of 
less importance. 
SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED 
In response to various questions which come to us from 
time to time we have assembled the following miscella¬ 
neous information based on experience and observation. 
In some cases where varieties are practically tied in re¬ 
spect to some given quality we have had to include a 
number of them. Essentially this list touches on some of 
the high points of gladiolus development to date. 
Darkest. Uganda 
Purest white.Albatross, Baby Decorah, Lord Selkirk, 
Matterhorn, Polar Ice, Vredenburgh, Edelweis, 
Snow Princess 
Most delicately colored.Lotus, Camellia, Angelica 
Richest petal texture....Dr. Hoeg, Moorish King, Red Pirate 
Nearest true orange.Bit O'Heaven 
Deepest yellow.Golden Poppy 
Bluest. Allegro 
Purest pink.New Era, Puritan, Coryphee 
Most unusual color.Changeable Silk 
Most beautiful plain petaled form.Camellia, Coryphee, 
Margaret Fulton 
Most roselike in the bud.Golden Dream, Rima 
Most intense frilling.New Era, Arethusa, Jasmine, 
Hansel, Gretel, Amulet, Angelica 
Earliest bloomer....Brightside, Sweetheart, Queen of Bremen 
Latest.Betty Nuthall 
Smallest. Angelica 
Largest .Heritage 
Largest individual florets.Bagdad, Irak, Mrs. Douglas, 
Colossus, Grand Opera 
Most florets open at one time....W. H. Phipps, F. J. McCoy, 
Heritage, Lord Selkirk 
Most graceful.Airy Dream 
Best breeder. Picardy 
Most heat resistant.Solveig, Brightside, Margaret Fulton 
Heaviest petal substance.Gunvor, King Arthur, 
Amulet, Puritan, Solveig, Lavinia, Shirley Temple 
Tallest.Gloaming, Primate, Lavinia, Bagdad, Shirley 
Temple, Aflame, Debonair, Angelus, Albatross, 
Betty Nuthall, Sonatine, Bit O'Heaven 
Most regular performer.Gloaming 
Most widely grown.Picardy 
Fastest propagator.Picardy, Queen of Bremen, 
Phyllis McQuiston 
Most variable in color.Queen Mary, Recovery, Rose¬ 
marie Pfitzer, Our Selection 
Most underestimated.Queen of Bremen 
Longest flowerheads....Resolution, Shirley Temple, Aflame 
Customers buying glads for the first time often order 
large bulbs exclusively, thinking it necessary to do so to 
get large flowers. Experienced glad fanciers usually divide 
their purchases between large, medium, and small sizes, 
having discovered that medium bulbs often give spikes 
practically equal to those from large bulbs (occasionally 
even better) and that many small bulbs, costing much less, 
will also bloom the first season—though usually, of course, 
about a month later. Buying different sizes thus tends to 
spread out the blooming season. Medium and small bulbs 
also give more multiplication and produce peppy young 
No. 1 bulbs for the next season. 
To facilitate our customers' ordering in mixed sizes, in 
our last catalog we listed varieties in graded dozens. A 
graded dozen consists of 4 large, 4 medium, and 4 small 
bulbs. A Graded Half-dozen is 2 large, 2 medium, and 2 
small. 
This year we have not listed any Graded Dozen prices. 
But since so many of our customers have taken advantage 
of the opportunity to buy in this way we are glad to con¬ 
tinue the plan. Anyone may order any variety in a graded 
dozen for the same price as the cost of 10 medium. Or you 
may buy a Graded Half-Dozen for the same price as the 
cost of 5 medium bulbs of that variety. 
Large bulbs are over IV 4 inches in diameter; medium 
bulbs are 3/4 to IV 4 inches in diameter; while small bulbs 
are under 3/4 inch in diameter. 
WHAT—NO COLLECTIONS? 
Aside from the symposium collection-offer inserted with 
our original mailing of catalogs this season we are making 
no collection offers whatever in our catalog, despite the 
widespread horticultural practice of doing so. We have 
never made a practice of offering very many collections, 
preferring to let our customers order just what they want 
and giving them enough overcount or extras selected from 
among the new varieties to make their shipment a real 
value. 
If you prefer over-count to extras please say so at the 
end of your order. If you have a lot of new varieties al¬ 
ready and care to suggest what you might like as extras 
in order to avoid duplication you may also do that if you 
wish. Please suggest several varieties so that we will not 
be limited to one or two. 
In spite of the fact that we do not make a practice of 
offering collections I believe I can honestly say—and back 
it up with a large number of testimonials—that our cus¬ 
tomers feel that they customarily receive as fine bargains 
from us on a regular order as they would ordinarily receive 
elsewhere on most special collections. 
ORDER EARLY 
We say this every year, but there is a reason for it. 
Some varieties are inevitably in limited supply and toward 
the end of the season are bound to be sold out. We can 
make shipment as soon as your order is received, but most 
customers prefer to have us hold their bulbs until near 
planting time, which may be indicated on your order 
blank. If you want shipment at some specified date please 
indicate it. Otherwise when customers say April 1st (as 
so large a number of them do that we could not possibly 
ship them all out on that exact date) we assume that they 
mean about April 1st. 
