Heaviest Propagators 
Aladdin, Amrita, Bagdad, Betsy Bobup, Betty Nuthall, Camellia, Debonair, 
Mary Ansteen, Picardy, Rapture, Rewi Fallu, Sandra, Token, Vagabond Prince. 
Most Striking and Unusual 
Beacon, Golden Goddess, Mywag, Oregon Rose, Premier Henry, Regent, 
Rewi Fallu, Smiling Maestro, Vagabond Prince, Wurtembergia. 
Most Beautiful 
It is hard to say which is the most beautiful variety as tastes differ so much, 
but to my mind the following should be in any list of most beautiful glads. 
Alayne, Amberg'low, Amrita, Amulet, Angelus, Barcarole, Conquest, Coquette, 
Jasmine, King Lear, Mrs. Langford, Nadia, New Era, Picardy, Premier Henry, 
Reverie, Rewi Fallu, Rima, Sandra, Sensation, Shirley Temple, Solveig, Snow 
White, Token. 
A Classic 
The following paragraph describing the various stages of gladiolus growing 
has attracted so much attention and been quoted so many times that I am re¬ 
peating it again. 
“There is a fascination about growing glads that becomes a hobby, then a 
craze. There are five stages of interest in growing “glads.” First you just grow 
them as an amateur, same as you would any other flower. Then as your interest 
in them increases you become a “fan,” then a “bug,” then a “nut,” then finally a 
“fiend.” When you reach this final stage you are hopeless. You think of “glads” all 
day, dream of them at night, spend every available minute of your time in the 
garden, talk of them, visit the shows, read all the catalogs and spend all your money 
on them. You will look lovingly at the last flower in the fall, will handle over your 
bulbs in the wintertime and will hardly be able to wait till you can lovingly plant 
the bulbs in the spring. From then till the first bloom appears is a period of happy 
anticipation. When finally the spikes of bloom begin to appear you are in heaven.” 
IN MEMORIAM 
I wish to pay tribute to two of the greatest gladiolus hybridizers 
of all time, Mr. Richard Diener and Mr. Joe Coleman, both of whom 
recently, within a short time of each other, passed to the Great Beyond. 
While the average “life” of a gladiolus variety is only a very few years 
both of these men produced several varieties which are still going 
strong after fifteen to eighteen years. 
Of Mr. Diener’s varieties, Mr. W. H. Phipps was for years the 
greatest variety in existence. It opened more blooms at a time than 
any variety that any hybridizer has been able to produce since. Mrs. 
Leon Douglas, which was one of the most popular varieties for many 
years, is still grown and Dr. F. E. Bennett is still the standard com¬ 
mercial cut flower red and when well grown is still one of the best. 
Of Mr. Coleman’s varieties, Giant Nymph is still popular. Minuet 
is the lavender by which all other lavenders are judged and though 
Mrs. P. W. Sisson is not grown so much as formerly it is one of the 
ancestors of some of the most beautiful varieties in existence. Such 
varieties as Amulet, Amrita, Barcarole and Jasmine could not have 
been produced without the existence of Mrs. Sisson. Minuet is also 
one of the parents of Helena, Mauvette and other fine varieties. 
And neither one of these men received any great financial rewards 
for their originations but they paved the way for others to reap the 
profits. Their chief reward was in the knowledge that they had done 
much more than their share in adding to the beauty and happiness 
of the world and that through their efforts the world was made a 
better place in which to live. Their names will always be revered by 
the gladiolus public. 
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