
VAGABOND PRINCE 


MARY SHARY 

DR. F. E. BENNETT 

MAID OF ORLEANS 

BEACON 
Eighty flowering size bulbs, ten each of the eight outstanding varieties illustrated on 
this page. Each variety separately bagged and labeled. Prepaid 600 miles for 
Half Portion, 40 bulbs, 5 each of same 8 varieties, prepaid 600 miles for $1.00. 
The reproductions on this page are made, not of exceptional specimens, but of average flowers, reproduced on the 
For price and description of each variety see Gladiolus Pages. 
same scale of reduction exactly one-fifih life size. 
N every garden, including Victory gardens, gladioli 
should be grown. Most beautiful of summer flowers, they 
are at the same time the easiest to grow. Asa border equal. 
for the vegetable plot, or planted in a row beside the 
vegetables, they will thrive under the same cultivation 
and. not only decorate the garden, but provide beautiful 
cut flowers for the home, or other purposes. 
As the largest 
growers of gla- 
dioli in the 
world, we take 
pride in making 
this collection 
the outstanding 
value in the gla- 
diolus field, in 
spite of the han- 
dicaps imposed. 
by war condi- 
tions, which 
have seriously 
advanced costs 
and reduced 
production. 
Each of the 
eight varieties is 
recognized by 
fanciers as 
among the finest 
in its color. With 
this collection, 
for a fraction of 
what a single 


*2.00 
bulb of any one of these varieties would have cost a short 
time ago, you will have a gladiolus garden which few can 
The bulbs in this collection are not first size, but they 
are of flowering size, such as we use for growing exhibi- 
tion flowers. They take a little longer to bloom than larger 
SHIRLEY TEMPLE 

PICARDY 
bulbs, but the 
size and quality 
of flowers are 
equal to the 
products of larg- 
er bulbs, andthe 
crop of bulbs for 
next year’s 
planting is likely 
to be greater. 
Vaughan’s 
gladiolus farms 
are centered at 
Ovid, Mich., on 
Michigan Route 
21, 13 miles 
west of Owosso. 
The farms begin 
to show flowers 
about July 15 
and from then 
until October 
area sight worth 
seeing. Visitors 
are welcome 
during the flow- 
ering season. 
