Most Beautiful There are many ideas of beauty. We don’t all like the same col- 
ors. Some like plain petals, others the ruffled ones. I can’t tell you what you will like. Per- 
haps the ones I have selected you wouldn’t care for. However by the best accepted stand- 
ards of beauty the following varieties would be considered among the most beautiful in my 
) _ list. But there are many others you may like just as well or even better. 
Aladdin, Algonquin, Alpine, Ballad, Barcarole, Bengasi, Blessed Damosel, Burma, 
Camellia, Capistrano, Carillon, Chamouny, Corona, Cover Girl, Crinkle Cream, Eglantine, 
Elizabeth The Queen, Glamis, King Lear, Lavender and Gold, Leading Lady, Legend, 
Marion Pearl, Mayling, Memoir, Minstrel, Miss Vermont, Moneeta, Myrth, Ophir, Pan- 
dora, Pioneer, Sir Galahad, Snowbank, Spotlight, Susannah, Truelove, Vassar, Winston. 
Most Useful In Hybridizing Hybridizing is one of the most fascinating 
branches of gladiolus growing. Every seed will produce something different from any other 
variety. Some good varieties have come from self pollinated seed but the best results are 
secured by hand pollinating blooms of the best varieties or at least the best varieties that 
transmit their good qualities. No one can tell you what varieties or combination of varieties 
will give the best results. You have to try that out for yourself. All I can do is to name a 
few varieties that have produced good seedlings. 
Algonquin, Camellia, Corona, Elizabeth the Queen, Glamis, King Lear, Lavender and 
Gold, Maid of Orleans, Minuet, Picardy (the greatest of all), Regent. You may secure good 
results from many other varieties or combinations of varieties. 
THE BEST COMMERCIAL CUT FLOWER yaricties at commercial 
prices or nearly so. 
WHITE—Maid of Orleans. 
WHITE with BLOTCH—Margaret Beaton. 
CREAM and BUFF—Lady Jane, Wanda. 
PEACHES and CREAM—Corona. 
SALMON PINK—Laddie, Maytime, Picardy. 
LIGHT PINK—Criterion, Pink Radiance. 
PINK with BLOTCH—Sensation. 
SALMON RED—Beacon. 
ROSE and DARK ROSE—Early Rose, Prelude. 
LAVENDER—Lavender Ruffles, Minuet, So Big. 
LIGHT and MEDIUM BLUE—Bella Donna, Blue Beauty, Milford. 
DARK BLUE—HKither Blue Admiral or Pelegrina. 
PURPLE—King Lear. 
SMOK Y—Irak, Recado. 
YELLOW—Jonquil, Miss Bloomington. 
YELLOW with BLOTCH—Several good but still rather high in price. 
ORANGE and ORANGE CREAM—Barcarole, Bit O’Heaven, Lucifer. 
BRONZE—Bernece. 
SCARLET—Rocket, Algonquin. 
Most Promising New Varieties that have commercial possi- 
bilities. Abnaki, Babs, Badger Beauty, Blessed Damosel, Burma, Cover Girl, Criterion, 
Dieppe, Dover, Elizabeth the Queen, Fair Angel, Glamis, Kestrel, Lantana, Lavender and 
Gold, Leading Lady, Marion Pearl, Memoir, Minstrel, Miss Vermont, Miss Wisconsin, 
Mohawk, Mother Kadel, Myrth, Mystery, Ogarita, Palermo, Pandora, Pink Paragon, 
Pioneer, Red Charm, Red Plush, Salutation, Snowbank, Spotlight, Stoplight, Truelove, 
Vangold, Winston. 
My Rating by Stars 
* %& %& % «means the variety is “extra good,” or as good as there is in its color. 
%* %& %& 1% means “very good.” 
* *& *& means “good.” 
I try to make my ratings as clear as possible but they may vary in different parts of the 
country or under different conditions and from year to year. Many people have written me 
that certain varieties should be rated much higher than I rate them. While again of course 
all bulbs will not always give a 4 star performance if conditions are not good. Various bulbs. 
of the same variety also do not always act the same. I have seen some of the very finest 
bulbs give a very poor performance one year and the next year from the new bulbs, which 
didn’t look near so good, make wonderful spikes. But the rating does help in giving a gen- 
eral idea of how a variety performs. 
