mid-season, and it propagates well. A very small percentage of 
spikes crook. King Bee is a real thrill in the garden or in a basket. 
It seems to get better every year. An ample stock just evaporated 
during the past sales season, leaving stock very short for planting. 
Get your order in early if you desire this ‘different’ glad. 
Prices—Bulbs each, Large $.15: Medium $.10; Small $.05. 
Bulblets; ten for $.15: one hundred for $1.20. 
LLONA (Krueger ‘43). A creamy white of commercial promise. 
The position of Llona in the gladiolus world may best be de- 
scribed as being to the medium sized exhibition white what Myma 
is to the larger floret group. Llona is an early mid-season ruffled 
creamy white of real beauty with a unique bulk of bloom. 
Llona never crooks, but a very small percentage of misplaced 
florets occur. It is an excellent producer of bulblets that germinate 
well and grow into husky plants that bloom. Large bulb spikes of 
Llona grow 48" tall and carry 18 to 20 buds, 8 or more of which open 
at one time. The florets are 4’ inches in diameter and are of good 
substance and attachment. 
While the bulbs of Llona are healthy they do not have a pol- 
ished appearance because of a thin husk. 
A floral piece made up with Llona radiates class. 
Llona should be of interest to hybridists because it carries no 
Picardy blood in its being. 
Recent winnings: 
First at Wisconsin ‘43; second day Championship spike Mid- 
west ‘43. 
Prices—Bulbs each, Large $1.25: Medium $1.00; Small $.75. 
Bulblets—each $.15; ten for $1.25: one hundred for $10.00. 
MISS WISCONSIN (Krueger ‘43). A large flowered cerise rose of 
great beauty. 
Miss Wisconsin is a healthy, vigorous medium rose colored 
glad that fills a gap in the color range that has been unoccupied for 
years. Its flowerheads are about 24” long and carry 6 to 8, five inch 
florets open at one time. It blooms in about 95 days. Miss Wiscon- 
sin produces no crooked spikes, nor spread placed florets. 
Every commercial grower should try Miss Wisconsin to deter- 
mine if under his culture and method of handling it can propagate 
rapidly enough to qualify as a commercial. It is not a dud propagator 
since the 10 or 15 bulblets produced per bulb, germinate readily, but 
is not a run-away producer. 
Florists are high in their praise for Miss Wisconsin as a prac- 
tical glad in their work. 
Miss Wisconsin is a full sister of King Bee. 
