OUR FORMER INTRODUCTIONS 
BUAZE (EH: Lins) 
A blaze of pure brilliant scarlet with a 
sheen so bright it has the appearance of 
being varnished. It opens 4-6 five-inch 
florets, with 5-7 additional buds in color, 
on slender straight spike of 18-20 buds. 
_ A seedling of Picardy x Southern Cross, 
it has Picardy’s faults; some stubby spikes; 
some poor placement, particularly lower 
florets, and has a tendency to produce more 
than one spike from large bulbs, probably 
worse than Picardy in this respect. Some 
do not consider this a fault. Probably a 
heavier increaser than Picardy and bulb- 
lets germinate fine. 
As seedling 3433LR, it was awarded a 
Vote of Commendation in 1939 and an 
Award of Merit in 1940 at Maryland Gladi- 
olus Society Trial Grounds. Midseason 
blooming 70 to 75 days. We quote from 
letters received during the past season: 
Mr. J. T. Robertson, Washington: 
“I have been cutting some real spikes. This 
morning Blaze was one of them and it certainly 
was a blaze of color in the early morning light. 
And the spike was just about all that one might 
desire. 
Mr. Harold Janes, Wisconsin: 
“Blaze was lovely and a real worthy red.” 
Mr. Robert Beattie, Rhode Island: 
; “Blaze is the brightest red I have ever seen 
in the floral world.” 
Mr. H. V. Wright, Maryland: 
¥ “T hope Blaze continues to perform as well as 
it has for us in the past two seasons, for we 
surely need new varieties in this color.’’ 
Mr. W. Jay Dittman, Michigan: 
“Blaze is tops. Big, tall, showy and excellent 
habits. Never shall forget the morning I walked 
into the garden and saw it for the first time. 
It attracted much attention.” 
Mr. Nic Byvoet, Holland and Virginia: 
“Blaze. No doubt a comer. It is the color the 
market is looking for. It grew good for me, 
although planted late and not under the best 
conditions.” 
Mr. Lloyd Downing, Minnesota: 
ele is tall, straight, has good placement and 
attractive color; a good bulb maker and very 
prolific. This variety should be given a thorough 
trial by every commercial grower.” 
Large bulbs 25c each; 10 for $2.00. 
Medium 15c each; 10 for $1.20. 
Small 10c each; 10 for 80c. 
Bulblets 10 for 25c; 100 for $2.00. 
DIXIE BELLE (E. H. Lins) 
Medium decorative type of brilliant 
orange color; throat lighter, peppered red- 
dish orange, somewhat on the order of a 
gloxinia. Exquisite sheen, having appear- 
ance of tiny particles of gold dust ground in 
with the orange pigment, that appear to 
shimmer in the sun. Throat marking not 
only blends with rest of flower, but seems to 
enhance its beauty; 3-314-ft. spikes with 
6—7 heavily ruffled florets open and several 
in color at one time on straight spike of 18 
buds. Placement and styling very formal. 
As seedling EHL No. 1, Dixie Belle was 
awarded a Vote of Commendation by the 
New England Gladiolus Society for 1939. 
It has everything to make it perfect for 
home decoration and should prove valuable 
for fine floral work. 
Mr. W. Jay Dittman, Michigan, reports: 
“Dixie Belle is an excellent decorative and 
beautiful vase glad. I liked it immensely.’”’ 
Large bulbs 15c¢ each; 10 for $1.00. 
Medium 10c each; 10 for 75c. 
Small 2 for 10c; 10 for 45c. 
Bulblets 100 for 25c; 1,000 for $2.00. 
FLAME NYMPH (E.H. Lins) 
This seedling of Aflame x Giant Nymph 
seems to have the good qualities of both 
parents and retains only one of their faults; 
that is, the florets are somewhat loosely 
attached to spike like Afiame. It is pure 
pink in color with medium creamy white 
blotch opening about seven wide-open 54%4- 
inch florets on tall straight spike of twenty- 
two to twenty-four buds all showing color. 
Generally a very reliable performer and 
reported very favorably by Legion Trial 
Gardens. 
Large bulbs $1.00 each; 10 for $8.00. 
Medium 50c each; 10 for $4.00. 
Small 25c each; 10 for $2.00. 
Bulblets 10c each; 10 for 80c. 
FLARE (E. H. Lins) 
Wonderful scarlet red variety of unusual 
beauty of both form and color, and a proven 
consistent producer of fine spikes in almost 
every section of the country. It opens 5-6 
very attractively formed 5- to 5%-inch 
florets on tall straight spike. Plants aver- 
age 4-ft. in height with 18 buds on a 
flower-head of 20”. Reports on Flare con- 
tinue very favorable. Mr. W. Jay Dittman, 
Michigan, comments: “Flare—a_ lovely 
scarlet that makes you stop and look and 
look.” Grow Flare this year at these new 
low prices. 
Large bulbs 10c¢ each; 10 for 80c. 
Medium 2 for 10c; 10 for 45c. 
MATOAKA (Brauer) 
(See Illustration, Inside) 
Rich velvety red, seventeen to eighteen 
4%4-inch florets, 7 to 8 open on 20- to 24- 
inch flowerhead; always straight with good 
double-row placement, blooming 65 to 70 
days. Very vigorous grower with broad 
upright dark healthy foilage which stands 
out in field. Matoaka seems to perform 
better each season. Maryland customer 
reports ten open. Blue ribbons single spike 
Maryland Show, 1940; two blue ribbons 
three spike, blue ribbon single spike and 
purple rosette for both single and three 
spike, Sioux City, 1940; purple rosette 
best spike, recent introductions, N. E.G.S. 
seedling show, August 25, 1940, all in keen 
competition. We had many spikes like the 
six pictured herewith from our small plant- 
ing of large bulbs and several reports 
similar to the one from Mr. W. J. Dittman, 
Michigan, as follows: 
“Matoaka is the last word in the Black ones— 
long flowerhead, tall, stately; petals like velvet, 
and perfect growing habits. It should force all 
other dark reds out of the picture in the field 
and on the show table.’ 
Large bulbs 25c each; 10 for $2.00. 
Medium 15c each; 10 for $1.20. 
Small 10c each; 10 for 80c. 
Bulblets 10 for 25c; 100 for $2.00. 
MILDRED CHANDLER (Pearson) 
We feel that we merit the right to be co- 
introducer of this seedling, having selected 
it in Mr. Pearson’s seedling patch some 
years ago. Since then, our judgment has 
been confirmed by Maryland Gladiolus So- 
ciety Trial Gardens where it received an 
Award of Merit in 1939 as seedling 35P400. 
Named for the wife of the Senator from 
Kentucky, by permission, it has been ex- 
hibited only at Rhineback, N. Y., where it 
won first in the orange class for Mr. W. M. 
Anderson, Millbrook, N. Y., who says: 
‘Tt attracted considerable attention in my 
patch and I believe it will be worthwhile. There 
is something about the color that one will stop 
and look at the second time, and in this regard 
it is rather distinctive and resembles no other 
variety whatever.” 
Maryland Gladiolus Society Trial Gar- 
dens reports: 
“This seedling of the exhibition type produced 
fine spikes 49 inches high with 17 buds on 22- 
inch flower heads and eight 4%-inch florets open 
in the field. The color clean and attractive, the 
spike straight and the placement good. Florets 
are slightly hooded, with red throat markings.” 
Color not a true orange and could be de- 
seribed as orange-red with tangerine 
throat. Parentage Picardy Seedling x Mary 
Brown. Blooms 70—75 days. 
Large bulbs $2.00 each; 10 for $15.00. 
Medium $1.50 each; 10 for $10.00. 
MERCURY (E. H. Lins) 
Name of this variety changed from 
“NAVAJO” in order to avoid duplication 
of names. This wonderful seedling 
#1-3550, now named MERCURY, is de- 
scribed by the following excerpts from re- 
port of National Gladiolus Show, Minne- 
apolis, published in September 12, 1940, 
issue of Florists’ Review, as follows: 
“B®. H. Lins of Cologne, Minn., took the Amer- 
ican Home Achievement Medal with a vase of 
three spikes of his seedling #1-3550. This is a 
large scarlet with a somewhat deeper throat. 
There were six spikes of this variety in the show 
and all were tall straight spikes. This variety 
was also judged Grand Champion Spike of the 
show, an unusual honor for a seedling; six of 
the seven judges selected 71-3550 on the first 
ballot.” 
A seedling of Picardy x Commander 
Koehl, Mercury had the ability to produce 
massive show spikes. Experienced gladi- 
olus growers pronounce it a distinct break 
in color, not to be confused with usual run 
of scarlets since it carries very little, if 
any, orange. A wonderful grower and even 
large bulbs of Mercury dug this fall pro- 
duced bulblets. Mr. Lins seems to have had 
a break in the reds, beginning with Blaze 
introduced by us in 1940, which received 
an Award of Merit at Maryland Gladiolus 
Society Trial Grounds, 1940, Red Spire and 
several seedlings we now have under test 
which you will hear more about later. 
Large bulbs $5.00 each; 
Medium $2.50 each. 
Small $1.00 each. 
Bulblets 25¢ each; 10 for $2.00. 
ORANGE ROSEBUD (Burtner) 
Small decorative of lovely capucine 
orange coloring with conspicuous yellow 
throat. Orange coloring inclined to old gold 
with unusual rosebud type of floret of 
very beautiful form. Plants 3-3'%-ft. with 
rather heavy straight spikes of 9-10 buds 
opening 3-4 florets of less than 3-inch in 
diameter. Placement sufficiently irregular 
to qualify as small decorative. In our esti- 
mation, a small decorative variety must 
have unusual beauty of both form and color 
to warrant its introduction and in this re- 
spect, Orange Rosebud will please the most 
critical. We look forward to the time that 
this type of gladiolus will be in demand 
for many types of finest floral decoration. 
Large bulbs 25c each; 10 for $2.00. 
Medium 15c¢ each; 10 for $1.20. 
Small 10c each; 10 for 80c. 
Bulblets 10 for 25c. 
RED;SPIRE (E> H. Lins) 
Red with suggestion of rose, opening five 
to six 5%4-inch florets on tall straight spike 
of eighteen to twenty buds. In three years’ 
trial have never had a crooked spike. 
Legion Trial Gardens, Spring Green, Wis- 
consin, reports: 
“Height, 64 inches ; head length, 29 inches ; num- 
ber of buds, 20, six open—five in color; size florets, 
514 inches with the comment ‘Marvelous spike.’ 
Liked by all who saw it.” 
Large bulbs $1.00 each; 10 for $8.00. 
Medium 50c each; 10 for $4.00. 
Small 25¢ each; 10 for $2.00. 
Bulblets 10c each; 10 for 80c. 
RIO RITA (E. H. Lins) 
As seedling 3429RR, Rio Rita was first 
in orange seedling class, Wisconsin State 
Show, 1939, and received Vote of Com- 
mendation at Maryland G. S. Trial Gar- 
den. For 1940, it received Vote of Com- 
mendation N.E.G.S. and the Alfred M. 
Butler Perpetual Trophy for Large Decora- 
tive Type receiving the highest score for 
the entire season. Rio Rita scored 87. 
A very fine orange-red with somewhat 
deeper throat marking. A seedling of 
Picardy x Pfitzer’s Triumph and color about 
midway between these two great gladiolus. 
Plants average about 414-ft., opening about 
six 514- to 6-inch slightly ruffled florets, 
with 5-6 additional florets showing color, 
on tall straight spikes of about 18 buds. 
Good placement, texture and substance and 
unusually fine keeper, opening well when 
cut in bud. 
Excellent grower and propagator, per- 
forming like Picardy; has a vivid color and 
consistently produces a large percentage 
of show spikes. We believe Rio Rita will 
become very popular both as a garden va- 
riety and as a commercial. 
Large bulbs $1.00 each; 10 for $8.00. 
Medium 50c each; 10 for $4.00. 
Small 25c each; 10 for $2.00. 
Bublets 10c each; 10 for 80c. 
SOUTHLAND (Brauer) 
One of our outstanding performers last 
season and just as beautiful as its name. 
Rich deep salmon-pink with scarlet blotch, 
typical Pfitzer’s Triumph strain in size, 
form and substance, opening six or more 
5-inch florets in perfect double-row place- 
ment on straight spikes. Strong grower, 
heavy propagator and bulblets germinate 
well but make only small bulbs first year. 
Two-year bulbs are as fine as we have ever 
grown from any variety. Very beautiful 
clear color. 
Large bulbs 50c each; 10 for $4.00. 
Medium 25c each; 10 for $2.00. 
Small 15¢ each; 10 for $1.20. 
Bulblets 10 for 50c; 100 for $2.00. 
YELLOW JEWEL (Burtner ) 
Beautiful deep yellow with reddish orange 
throat marking, slightly ruffled. Usually 
opens 5 beautifully formed 3- to 34-inch 
florets, perfectly placed on well propor- 
tioned straight spikes of 3%- to 4-ft. It is 
the clearest and brightest deep yellow color 
we have seen in gladiolus and well merits 
its name Yellow Jewel. Easy grower, heavy 
propagator and fine bulb maker, produc- 
ing large percentage of #1 bulbs from 
bulblets. 
Michigan customer reports: 
“Lovely deep yellow—red in lower throat and 
slightly on lower petals. Excellent cut-flower 
and gorgeous under artificial light.” 
Large bulbs 10c each; 10 for 80c. 
Medium 2 for 10c; 10 for 45c. 
Small 2 for 5c; 10 for 20c. 
Bulblets 100 for 25c. 
