CROSSROAD GARDENS 
QUALITY UNSURPASSED 
PRIZES FOR PHOTOGRAPHS 
We want good pictures of Gladiolus to use for our records and in our 
advertising, so we are making the following offer: 
For each picture which you send us that we are able to use, we will 
send you prepaid, $2.00 worth of bulbs of your own choosing from our cat¬ 
alogue. Pictures must be of well grown exhibition spikes of the newer 
varieties which we offer for sale. 
Photographs must reach us not later than December 1, 1940. 
STATE OF MAINE GLADIOLUS SOCIETY 
A Gladiolus Society is in the process of being formed for the State 
of Maine. A group of Maine growers and amateurs has already had an 
organization meeting, and the first regular meeting of the Society will be 
held in the Senate Chamber, State Capitol building, Augusta, Maine, on 
March 1, 1940, at 2.30 P. M. At this time officers will be elected, committees 
appointed, and there will be a discussion of the policies and plans of the 
Society. 
So come on, you Glad lovers of the State of Maine, here’s your chance 
to participate in a Gladiolus Society of your own, exhibit in your own State 
Gladiolus Show, and receive the publications, assistance and good fellowship 
that this Society will offer you. 
For information, write Mrs. George J. Walenta, South China, Maine. 
TO HELP YOU 
In selecting varieties we are giving you onr ideas about some of the leading varieties 
we list. 
TALLEST 
Bagdad, Beacon, Betty Nuthall, Bit O’ Heaven. Clarion, Debonair, Milford, Shirley 
Temple. 
EARLIEST 
Early Dawn, Token, Mibloom, White Orchid, Krimhilde, Brightside, Miss Blooming¬ 
ton, Excellence, Firefly, Pelegrina. 
LARGEST 
Aladdin, Bagdad, Bolivar, King Lear, Mammoth White, Miss New Zealand, Picardy, 
Premier Henry, Rewi Fallu, Wnrtembergia, Shirley Temple, Smiling Maestro. 
LONGEST FLOWER HEAD 
Bagdad, Beacon, Debonair, Shirley Temple, Rosemarie Pfitzer, Bit O’ Heaven. 
MOST HEAVILY RUFFLED 
.Jasmine, King Arthur, Mary Elizabeth, New Era, Premier Henry, Shirley Temple, 
Amrita, Barcarole, Brightside, Mr. Wm. Cuthbertson, Wasaga. 
MOST STRIKING AND UNUSUAL 
Beacon, Vagabond Prince, Ziini, Premier Henry, Rewi Fallu, Wurtembergia, 
Bagdad, Bit O’ Heaven, King Lear, King Arthur, Sahara, Brightside, Margaret Beaton. 
MOST BEAUTIFUL 
It is impossible to say which is the most beautiful variety as tastes differ so much. 
However, we feel the following varieties would be in any list of most beautiful Glads. 
Carillon, Alayne, Amrita, Camellia, Margaret Beaton, Barcarole, Picardy, Jasmine, 
King Lear, New Era, Beacon, Peggy Lou, Shirley Temple, Rewi Fallu. 
STATE OF MAINE 
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