Mrs. Caroline 
Werner Gannett 
The picture at the left was 
made at my suggestion in late 
September, being grown from a 
small bulb, and photographed in 
the garden. The bottom floret 
measures eight inches across (I 
haveseen them larger). You will 
note too that the other florets are 
proportionately large. The entire 
plant is perfectly proportioned, 
tall, strong, and vigorous, holding 
its mammoth flowers perfectly. 
Caroline Werner Gannett was 
first shown at the Empire State 
show at Rochester, N. Y., 1937. 
Here as a seedling it was grand 
champion, and an easy winner in 
competition with the blue ribbon 
winners of every class in the 
show, and that included all of our 
best varieties, very well grown 
too. 
It stole the show, and was con¬ 
ceded by all who saw it as the 
biggest flower, and the greatest 
advancement made in gladiolus in 
many, many years, and this deci¬ 
sion was shared by most of the 
gladiolus notables from the Mid¬ 
dle West and Eastern states. 
This variety coming from Wur- 
tembergia X Picardy, and with 
its exceptionally fine proportions, 
and habits for a mammoth var¬ 
iety will certainly be used ex¬ 
tensively as a parent. 
After seeing Caroline Warner 
Gannett I promptly got in touch 
with Mr. Chamberlain, the orig¬ 
inator to know whether or not he 
wanted to sell the stock. I found 
he had much too small an amount 
of stock for introduction in 1938, 
but have persuaded him to intro¬ 
duce it this year, 1939. I have 
bought one-half the stock. The 
stock is still very limited, and only 
a limited number will be released. 
MRS. CAROLINE WERNER 
GANNETT PRICES—Any size 
Bulb, $100.00. Bulblets, $10.00 
for one. 
