
PICARDY 
OUR SUPREME MIXTURE 
We offer a fine selection of unnamed varieties in different 
colors. These bulbs will produce an interesting display of 
Glads in your garden. 
Doz. 25c; 100, $1.75, not postpaid. 



IRRIGATE Your 
Garden Correctly 
@ Save time and labor. Full 
volume delivered without 
force. No washing of soil 
—no damage to tender 
plants. Waterwand 
weighs only a _ pound. 
Easy to handle — reach 
the back of your deepest 
flower bed. May be left 
on the ground for long 
deep soaking. Waterwand 
irrigation encourages 
deep sturdy roots, makes 
plants drought resistant 
and longer-lived. Every 
gardener needs a Water- 
wand. 
@ 52-inch length recom- 
mended size. 35 and 19- 
inch lengths available for 
potted plants and bench 
work. 

FITS STANDARD 
GARDEN HOSE 

GLADIOLUS 
6 for 25c, dozen 45c. 
Albatros (Pf.) Unquestionably the clearest white gladiolus 
ever introduced. Grows 5 ft. tall, has good substance and opens 
five or six large blooms at a time. 
Bagdad. Giant smoky old rose. 
Winner of many awards. 
Betty Nuthall (Sal.) A glowing orange pink, with a light yellow 
throat, and a light feathering of carmine. The florets are often 
6 inches across and are of splendid substance and placement. 
Bleeding Heart (Brown). White tinted light pink with large 
red blotch. Tall, straight spike with 8 or 10 large perfectly 
placed blooms open. 
Charles Dickens (Pf.) A beautiful purple violet. Long spikes 
with 10 to 12 florets open at one time. Extra strong propa- 
gator. 
Debonair. LaFrance pink shading to shrimp pink with a 
creamy throat blotch lightly peppered crimson. 
Dr. F. E. Bennett (D). The popular, well known fiery red. One 
of the most brilliant scarlets grown. Fine large flower. 
La Paloma (Dus.) Heavy textured, deep rich orange. Stands 
sun and rain better than most oranges. Tall, strong, healthy 
grower. 
Mrs. Leon Douglas. Bright Begonia-rose, striped soft orange- 
scarlet. An old favorite. 
Picardy (Palmer). Color, soft apricot pink with a silvery 
sheen, feathering of slightly deeper color in the throat. The 
individual florets are extremely large, slightly ruffled and of 
a heavy waxlike substance. 
Wasaga. A beautiful clear glowing buff with wide open ruffled 
blooms. No markings of any kind. 
Grows up to six feet tall. 
4 for 25c, dozen 65c. 
Ave Maria (Pf.) Large flowering. Light blue with small purple 
blotches. Excellent facing and remarkably good spike. 
Commander Koehl (Pf.) Large dark scarlet red, without mark- 
ings or blotches. Individual florets 6% inches across, of which 
there are six or seven open at a time. 
Gate of Heaven. Beautiful deep yellow with greenish yellow 
buds. Medium height. A delightful glad. 
Golden Chimes. A compact, slightly ruffled light yellow of 
good size and clear color. A favorite that should be in every 
garden. 
Minuet (Coleman.) Wonderful clear lavender. A lavender by 
which all others are judged. Six or seven wide open florets 
open at a time. Arranged perfectly on straight spike. 
Mr. W. H. Cuthbertson (Mair). Intensely ruffled cherry pink 
with large white center. Up to 8 open on a perfect spike. 
Pelegrina. The large deep blue flowers have a strong appeal 
due to their color and fine arrangement of the florets. 
Red Phipps (Briggs-Long). Brilliant light scarlet. Splendid cut 
flower as color is excellent for indoor use. Also a good com- 
mercial variety. 
Sonatine (Pf.) A lustrous pink with small cherry blotches. 
Long spikes of very large florets with broad petals. A fine 
propagator. 
Wurtembergia. Immense fiery scarlet with cream white 
throat. Spikes very tall and always straight. The most bril- 
liant red. 
3 for 25c, dozen 80c. 
Rosemarie Pfitzer (Pf.) A favorite exhibition variety. Good 
spikes with 8 or 9 large florets open at a time. Color is a 
cream white often flecked or shaded with pink. 
J. S. Bach (Pf.) Salmon with white midrib. A wonderful exhi- 
bition variety with as many as eight florets open on tall 
spikes. One of the largest of the early blooming Gladiolus. 
Good propagator. 
Star of Bethlehem. Very large cream white with six to eight 
well placed blooms open. This is the best exhibition white on 
the market. 
Each 10c, dozen $1.00. 
Beacon (Palmer). Clear bright rose-scarlet with a large cream 
blotch; medium large, slightly ruffled, 8 to 10 open on a very 
tall straight spike. 
Rima (Mitsch). Beautiful lilac-pink with cream throat. The 
individual florets are large and well faced on long spikes with 
up to seven open. One of the most beautiful glads of recent 
introduction. 
Shirley Temple (Pruitt). Creamy-white with a darker throat. 
Individual florets over 6 inches across, with 6 or 7 open. 
Splendid grower. 
Vagabond Prince (Palmer). Iridescent garnet-brown, lighter 
in upper throat and small blotch of glowing scarlet-red on 
lip petal. 8 to 10 open on tall straight spike. Prolific. 
Moorish King (Pf.) Extremely large and the most beautiful 
deep velvety red individual flower ever seen in this color. 
Flowers are unusually well placed. Blooms late. 

ALL BULBS ARE CERTIFIED HEALTHY AND FREE OF PESTS. 15 
