“RAPTURE grew to a height of seventy-three inches. 
“TOKEN bought very late gave us some mighty fine bloom. It was very popular 
in the garden .” —H. M. Stephenson, Ill. 
introduced by you under the name SENSATION. It appears to me nothing short of 
sensational even among the splendid recent introductions. Growing in the garden it is 
conspicuously tall, vigorous and straight. Arranged in a basket or large vase it sur¬ 
passes anything I have seen on the exhibition table. An unusually long flower head, 
wide florets, many open, a vivid color, the whole effect not coarse but pleasing. 
“Provided he is not depending on it for an early show I do not see how any gladiolus 
fan can fail to be pleased with SENSATION. Considering its merits the price at which 
you are introducing it is certainly moderate .” —J. I. Gordon, Canada. 
PRICE $6.00 EACH ANY SIZE. BULBLETS $1.00 EACH OR $80.00 
PER 100. 
Mr. Marshall, the originator of SENSATION, has reserved the sale of SEN¬ 
SATION in Canada so if you live in Canada send your orders for SENSATION 
to Mr. C. C. Marshall, 58 E. 16th St., Hamilton, Ont. I can sell everywhere else 
in the world but Canadian customers will please order direct from Mr. Marshall. 
UsOtlfl (Sdlg. 34-1617) (Jack) (HG) Midseason. Huge smoky rose with 
UalFlla a cream throat bordered by coppery salmon. 6-8 large well placed 
blooms open on a spike of 20 buds. Several buds showing color. A decidedly dif¬ 
ferent smoky that I am sure many amateurs will like. 
PRICE $.50 EACH FOR ANY SIZE BULB. 
COMPLETE LIST 
The letters following each variety is the abbreviation of the name of the 
originator: (K) Kunderd; (Pf) (Pfitzer; (Horn) Hornberger; (D) Diener; 
(Sal) Salbach. I am marking the varieties (Com) Commercial; (Ex) Exhibition 
and part of them (HG) meaning suitable for Home Garden. Of course every variety 
is suitable for the home garden so I am marking only those HG that do not come 
under both the Ex and Com classes. Where I have put down a variety as com¬ 
mercial I mean only that the color is good and suitable for local florist use. Those 
that are especially adapted for long distance shipping or shipping to the big markets 
I have noted especially in the text. 
About blooming dates I am giving only those that the originator has given. 
Where I don’t mention the number of days to bloom you may consider them 
as midseason unless I mention in the text that they are early or late. Exact bloom¬ 
ing dates are not reliable anyway as they vary in different parts of the country 
and according to the season so please don’t write me about any further blooming 
dates than I have given here as I cannot give any exact dates further than men¬ 
tioned. 
I have tried to make the descriptions in my catalog as accurate as possible 
without going into minute details. However I know that varieties will differ very 
much under different growing conditions and in different parts of the country so 
if any of these varieties don’t do as well for you under your conditions that you 
think the description justifies don’t blame me. In giving these descriptions I am 
giving the varieties credit for normal good growing conditions. No variety will 
do well in extreme hot weather or sand or clay soil without some artificial watering. 
(Horn) (Ex) (Com) (80-85) Huge begonia rose with 
6-8 blooms open. A popular old variety that is good for 
Aflame *** 
the home garden or local florist use. Not a good shipper. 
Aladdin 
Palmer strain. See page 15. 
AlflVtlP ★★★ 1 / 2 (Kinyon) (Com) (HG) (Midseason) Beautiful dis- 
tinct shade of light rose. 6-7 medium size blooms open 
on a medium height straight stem. Petals softly ruffled and rolled back. Beautiful 
variety for local commercial use or home garden. The florists will find this variety 
popular with their customers. Probably not large enough for shipment to the 
large markets. 
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