The World’s 25 Best Gladiolus 




Pelegrina (greatly reduced) 
The World’s Finest Blue Gladiolus 
Huge stalks, with many lustrous 
florets open at once 

The splendour of these World Famous Gladiolus cannot possibly be 
reproduced in color. No artist can depict their spectacular beauty and 
no descriptive word can do them justice. They must be seen. The six 
varieties illustrated on Pages 2, 3, 4, and 5 are each the finest of their 
type. The illustrations of course are very greatly reduced, in fact I 
might say they are in miniature, for individual florets of many varieties 
pecs as wide as this page, and the flower stalks are often shoulder 
igh. 
In this collection has been assembled the 25 varieties, which, among the 
thousands of varieties voted upon by the American Gladiolus Society, 
received the 25 highest votes. They are listed in the order of merit, as 
determined by the number of votes cast for each variety. Picardy 
received the largest number of votes, therefore heads the list as the 
“World’s Finest Gladiolus,’ Minuet received the second largest number 
of votes, and therefore appears second on our list, etc. 
If you wish the best that money can buy, if you wish to be a winner 
at the flower shows, or if you grow flowers only for your own pleasure 
and the enjoyment of your neighbours and friends, you simply cannot 
go wrong in selecting ‘“The World’s 25 Best Gladiolus.” 
I am quoting a uniform price on the 25 varieties in this collec- 
tion, as listed on Pages 2-3-4-5, as follows: 
10c each; 3 of one kind for 20c; 6 of one kind for 30c 
12 of one kind for 50c; 100 of one kind for $3.25 
A pamphlet entitled “How to Grow Fine Gladiolus” will be sent with 
each order. 
You May Choose Individual Varieties, or Order the Complete 
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Collection at the special collection price indicated on Page 5. 
PICARD Y—Sensation of the Gladiolus world and winner of highest 
vote of American Gladiolus Society. Florets up to seven inches across, 
on flower stalks up to six feet tall. Sold a few years ago at $2.00 a bulb. 
See illustration Page 2. 
MINUET—Best orchid-toned variety, superb in every way. Huge florets 
up to seven inches across, one stalk making a bouquet. Majestic in the 
garden; unsurpassed as a cut flower; a sure winner in the flower shows. 
See color illustration Page 4. 
COMMANDER KOEHL—The World’s Finest Red Gladiolus. Gorgeous 
rich glossy flowers of great brilliance, huge size, perfect form, and with- 
out a speck of any other color. See color illustration Page 2. 
BETTY NUTHALL—Always a Prize Winner. Glowing orange-pink 
with soft yellow throat. This variety sometimes produces as many as 
five huge spikes to a single bulb. It seems unbelievable that so much 
beauty could come from a single bulb. See illustration Page 5. 
MOTHER MACHREE—Like the foregoing varieties, it is the leader 
in its class, being an invincible lavender, with glints of salmon and 
gold and a delightful yellow area at the throat. It is one of the most 
beautiful flowers grown. 
MARMORA—An exquisite flower of unusual lavender-grey, with a 
bright petunia spot at the throat. Huge flowers, many open at once. 
MAID OF ORLEANS—A five-star sensation, which jumps immediately 
to first rank as the best white. Huge flowers of aristocratic bearing, 
with soft cream buds opening to pure snow white. 
MR. W. H. PHIPPS—tThis variety headed the list for many years, 
and is still and always will be one of the most glorious of all gladiolus. 
The color is a gorgeous salmon pink, with very large flowers, many 
open at once. It is still my own special favorite. 
BAGDAD—A gigantic flower of an unusual old-rose color, being in a 
class by itself. Florets seven inches across, ten open at once, on tall 
spikes. 
MILDRED LOUISE—A magnificent new bright strawberry-pink, with 
lovely delphinium blue anthers, yellow throat and deep red pencilling 
on lower petals. 
PELEGRINA—Some years ago there was no such thing as a blue 
gladiolus, but blues have been gradually developed until now we have 
in Pelegrina the perfect deep blue Gladiolus. It is a fine, large, out- 
standing, lustrous intense deep blue flower of perfect form and received 
the highest vote of all the blues. Huge stalks, many open at once. 
Always a prize winner. See color illustration on this page. 
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