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THE GLADIOLUS FANCIER’S 

PURPLE BEAUTY (Roozen) 88 **—Tft 
Exh. Com. Shining purplish violet. 
Self color. Extra large florets of strong 
substance. Spike is tall and well formed. 
Somewhat ruffled. This will soon become 
the most popular commercial purple. 
NeEG.onWiscand our Ist:Mich.."39. 
L .30 M .20 S .10 Bits (100, 2.00) 
RAMESSES 90 ***—tt Dec. Aster purple, 
pomegranate blotch on white. Extremely 
large florets with long, pointed petals. 
Peculiar ruffling and orchid appearing. 
One of the tallest glads we offer. Very 
decorative in combination with lavenders. 
Ind., Ohio, E. Bay, Sioux City, Cedar 
Rapids and la. State, all ’38. Iowa, Sioux 
City and E.S.G.S.,’40. M .06 
STAPLEFORD 95 **+ 7 t{ Exh. Immense, 
round florets of clear, bright purple with 
pronounced, clear white blotch. Tremen- 
dous flowerheads with 10-12 florets open. 
Tall, strong, well foliaged plant. Slow 
propagator. Stock very limited. Aukland 
Giogeconinds. 38-0 hi0;s400.0430 2M<20 
S .10 Blts .05 
TAKINA 90 ***—f{ft Exh. Rosaline, lilac 
purple. Lightly flaked a darker shade. A 
spike of Takina on our winning ‘‘Connois- 
seur’ display at the national show, Akron, 
’36, created a commotion. Has been ex- 
hibited with 834-inch florets, 9 open and 
has been grown to a height of 7 feet. Our 
blooms have reached 8 inches with 7 open. 
close to 6 ft. high. F.C.C., N.Z.G.S., ’34. 
Aukland G.S., ’'36. Ames (Ia.) and Yaki- 
ma, 737. Ohio and Regina, ’38, Wisc., 
Grants Pass, ’39. Calgary, C.G.S., Me., 
Wash. Wellsville, O., and Winnipeg,’40. 
L .10 M .06 (100, 4.00) BIts (100, .30) 
LIGHT VIOLET 
ALLEGRO 80 *+7{ Exh. Light lavender- 
blue. Two dark blue blotches ending in 
white arrow points. Good cut flower 
habits and one of the very best performers 
among the ‘blues’. F. C. C., Haarlem. 
New record. N. E. Mich. and E. Bay, ’40. 
Pelosi 
BLUE BEAUTY (Blaue Schonheit) 80 *—ftff 
Exh. Medium light blue with edges of 
petals overlaid violet blue. Throat some- 
what lighter on upper petals, darker on 
lower containing a small white mark, V- 
shaped. Large, wide open florets, 8 open, 
20 buds, on a long, strong spike. F.C.C., 
Haarlem. Won Certif. of British G.S. 
offered at Haarlem, ’36, for champion 
bloom of the show. First blue in history 
to achieve show championship. 12 firsts in 
shows we are reporting, including our Ists 
at S. E. Mich., and Mich. ’40. Tops its 
color section in C. G. S. symposium. 
D510--Mie706775%03-2 Bits? GLO 25)) 
BLUE WONDER (E. Both) 95 *—7f{{fExh. 
Medium light blue violet 5 inch florets, 
10 to 16 open, 23 buds, 55 inches tall. 
Placement excellent, substance good, 
foliage up to 3 inches across. If flower 
is bloomed out in hot weather in garden 
we suggest staking so massive a spike. 
This variety won Champion bloom as a 
seedling in the South Australian G.S., 
35. We register the first win with Blue 
Wonder at Ind., 38, Ohio, N.E.G.S. and 
our Ist Md., ’39. Ill. and our 1st Mich., 
"40. L .30 M .20 Bits. 03 Stock limited. 
JOSEF HAYDN 90 *+ fff Exh. Light 
heliotrope-violet with spectacular dark 
blue violet blotch. Florets are large, wide 
open, of heavy substance and well placed 
on slender but straight stems. This 
variety offers a genuine novelty color 
combination of great charm. Tall. May 
crook in hot weather. E. Bay, ’39 and 
A0eL435 AMES S415 Bitse03 
RAYSHEEN 80 *—7tft Dec. Com. Delicate, 
soft tones of medium light blue violet, with 
slight deeper feathering and a small, soft 
yellow mark on lip petal. Very vigorous 
grower and best propagator we have ever 
discovered among the blues. We have 
reports of some crooking in extreme 
weather and a few did for us but this 
variety consistently gave us the largest 
flowerheads of any in this color section. 
Our ists at Ohio and Ind., ’38. Three 1sts 
Ohio (one ours) and our 1st Mah. (2nd 
show), ’39. Three ists at Ohio (2 of them 
a 40. L.15 M .10 S .05 Bits (100, 
.80 
WINALL (E. Both) 98 **—tftf Exh. Com. 
Bluish, medium mauve violet with 
harmonizing deeper blotch. Tall, exhibi- 
tion spikes with 8-10 open, 18-20 bud. 
Very unusual color. Reminiscent of 
Marmora but deeper, and likely, better 
color. Powerful grower, good propagator, 
does not bloom well from small bulbs but 
otherwise has good cut flower character- 
istics. A promising new one. Our 1st 
Ohio and Mah., ’39. Three firsts for us at 
S. E. Mich., ’40. In ’40 we had dozens of 
spikes with 10 open on the plants in the 
field. L .60 M .40 S .20 Blts (100, 5.00) 
Bulbs priced per each. 12 sold at 10 rate. 6at5rate. 25 at 100 rate. 
Blts any amount at rate offered. Delivered Prepaid in U. S. 
