and winter is mild. Continue to bloom a long time. Lovely and graceful 
spikes for cutting. Thrips do not bother them in their season of growth. 
Culture. Like large glads except they should be planted closer and not 
so deep. They do fine in pots in a sunny window and a cool room. 
California Peach Blossom. Peach blossom pink flowers. The best variety 
of all for cutting, with larger flowers and better stems than other Baby Glads. 
It is also the easiest to grow and less affected by bulb rots that ruin so many 
sorts. Jumbo bulbs, 10c ea. 75c doz. $4.50 per 100. L. 6c ea. Doz. 50c. 
Per 100, $4.00. 
Watsonia 
Close relative of the Gladiolus but winter growing and earlier in bloom. 
They grow as tall or taller. The flowers are smaller but in very lovely spikes 
useful for cutting. 
Watsonias do not receive the attention they deserve. The colors are 
varied in most pleasing tones and bloom early if planted early. Better 
even the second and third years. Easy to have them for Decoration Day or 
before in So. Calif. In most cases we have discarded names and substituted 
the name of their color. 
Culture. About the same as Glads. In the south they must be planted in 
early fall (September best) as the bulbs sprout early. Hardy at Washington, 
D. C., and probably in all climates where temperatures do not go below zero, 
if planted in a well protected place, 5” or 6” deep and well mulched. But this 
is speculative. We have had no experience. The bulbs need not be dug until 
too crowded. Water frequently. 
Burbank’s Lavender. Large lilac flowers. 8c. 75c doz. Per 100, $6.00. 
Ed Sturtevant. Grenadine or light orange scarlet. 8c ea. 75c doz. 
Giant Lavender. Lavender, a much misused color name is near to blue. 
This flower is light rosolane purple (orchid). The most magnificent and stately 
of all. Up to 8’ tall. Large flowers. 15c ea. $1.25 doz. 
Grenadine Pink. A little mixed. As is, 10c ea. 
Lillian Benner. A fine purple variety. 10c. 85c doz. 
Liseran Purple. Another ‘‘orchid’’ tone. 8c ea. 75c doz. 
Rose Pink. Contains rogues. As is 10c ea. 
Rosolane Purple. ‘‘Orchid.’’ 8c ea. 75c doz. 
Scarlet. 8c ea. 
Marginata. <A species uniquely different. Very tall, slender, straight 
spikes with small flowers surrounding the stem for as much as upper 3’. Many 
lavender tones. Fine in flower arrangements. 10c ea. $1.00 doz. $7.50 per 100. 
White. Its pure white flowers make it the favorite Watsonia of many. 6c 
ea. 60c doz. 
Assorted Colors. Several colors included in a mixture. 6c ea. 60c doz. 
Per 100, $3.75. 
Iris 
Iris. Tall Bearded Iris are rightly called the Poor Man’s Orchids. They 
may be planted any time of the year. If you are interested in a list, priced on 
an economy basis.at 5c each and up send for our Iris Price List. Lists both 
bearded and beardless Iris but use this catalog for Bulbous Iris. 
Iris reticulata. This, smallest of bulbous Iris, is most useful for potting. 
Fragrant, violet blue flowers in January to February. Four bulbs in a 5” pot. 
Give a sunny window in a cool room. Hardy in south and in north if well pro- 
tected. 25c ea. or 4 for 80c. 
Dutch and Spanish Iris are about the same thing. They are bulbous. The 
flowers are fragile like the Bearded Iris and are very useful for cutting. 
Culture. Plant in the fall. Early planting is advisable though we have 
planted as late as December. But late planted bulbs do not grow 100% nor are 
the flowers as good. Plant about 3” deep and 4” apart. We plant double rows 
in a furrow like glads. Plant in full sun or partial shade. They should be well 
watered. They are hardy in eastern states but a mulch is advisable. They like 
wood ashes or lime in soil, as others do. 
Hart Nibbrig. Lovely clear blue. 6c ea. 50c doz. Per 100, $3.00. 
Imperator. Tall, large blue. 7c ea. 50c doz. Per 100, $2.90. 
