
Recommends Gor 
(Palmer) While not new to 
BEACON Gladiolus fans, Beacon is 
well worth our recommendation. Its effect 
of salmon scarlet with a large cream 
blotch is startling. This is the first season 
we have been impressed with the “dif- 
ferent” Gladiolus. The ones with inde- 
scribable colors such as OREGON ROSE 
and CHAMOUNY, both should be in your 
garden. Orange UNCAS with its double 
florets; light rose FESTIVAL QUEEN, and 
blush ARIADNE are all good. 
FLORA FARMER (Quackenbush) A 
new variety equal 
to all that has been said for it. Its color, 
a bright deep pink, and its strong growth, 
all make it a grand Exhibition variety. 
There are many fine varieties in this 
same general color class, such as ROSA 
VAN LIMA, soft cherry pink with massive 
blooming ability; MISS NEW ZEALAND 
that grows too big; VISTA BONITA, the 
greatly improved Picardy; and the bright 
reddish-salmon ALADDIN. 


FLORA FARMER 
I94I. . . 
IRAK (Mitsch) An unusual shade of 
lavender gray combined with 
its extra-long stem and many open 
blooms, make Irak a favorite smoky. 
Smoky Gladiolus we liked in particular 
are: the well-named coppery-rose, 
CHANGEABLE SILK; and the giant smoky 
salmon, MAY DAVIDSON. Without ques- 
tion, the best purple is PURPLE BEAUTY, 
which receives our highest recommenda- 
tion. In violet or blue class, TUNIA’S 
BLUE and TUNIA’S BLUE WONDER. 
LAST YEAR we illustrated four 
recommended Gladiolus. 
Every one of these: EUIDES, VAN TIEN- 
HOVEN, GREEN LIGHT and ORANGE 
BUTTERFLY (illustrated on back cover) 
have again this past summer proven 
themselves well worth our recommenda- 
tions. We cannot picture nor even begin 
to list on the recommended pages all 
the new or improved Gladiolus. How- 
ever each variety we catalog has some- 
thing to offer you. 

IRAK 
