The Cheicest Modern Gladiolus 
Eight Aristocrats 
BIT O’HEAVEN. Rich, flaming, coppery orange 
with a yellow throat. Very popular with florists, 
as the coloring is supremely rich when massed in 
houquets. 3 for 35c, 6 for 60c, 12 for $1-10. 
EXCELLENCE. Large light red, popular for its 
extreme earliness, large size and good eolor. 
3 for 30c, 6 for 50c, 12 for 90c. 
JALNA. A striped glad, and a distinct novelty. 
Iridescent salmon, suffused and striped with slate 
gray. 3 for 35c, 6 for 60c, 12 for $1.10. 
MAX REGER. Lavender-blue, with darker throat 
markings ending in sharp white points, give flow- 
er the appearance of a beautiful blue butterfly. 
3 for 45c, 6 for 80c, 12 for $1.50. 
ROSA VAN LIMA. Cool, light pink with a white 
throat delicately marked. Valuable as a cut 
flower used with other colors. 3 for 35c, 6 for 
60c, 12 for $1.10. 
SHIRLEY TEMPLE. Immense heavily ruffled 
cream flowers with deeper cream throat. Su- 
preme in its color class. 3 for 35c, 6 for 60c, 12 
for $1.10. 
RECADO. A gorgeous smoky, fine for exhibition. 
Slaty-brown, flecked and splashed with orange- 
scarlet. Massive spike with large well-placed 
blooms. Hach 20c, 3 for 50c, 6 for 90c. 
VAGABOND PRINCE. Gorgeous and distinct in 
coloring. Rich, glowing bronze-red with ruby- 
red throat blotch. Spike is tall and straight. 
3 for 30c, 6 for 50c, 12 for 90c. 

Important! To control thrip on Glads, 
dust them regularly once a week with 
Rotenone Garden Guard, (see page 74) 
beginning when plants are 5 inches high, 
and continuing until buds show color. 












For Sturdier Plants 
and Larger Blooms 
TREAT YOUR BULBS 
WITH SEMESAN 
Just Before Planting 
1. Remove the skins so that the 
corms are bare. (In doing this be 
careful not to injure the tips). 
Burn the skins. 



2. Dissolve 1% ounces of 
Semesan in one gallon of water. 
Cover the bulbs with this liquid and 
let them stand for 7 hours. Plant 
immediately. 



Price: 2 oz. can Semesan 
40c, prepaid. Full direc- 
tions with each package. 
For larger quantities, see 
page 17. 

For Cultivating, 
Weeding, Mulching 
to the ordinary hoe. 

a pleasure 
F. 8. & N. Co's 
Reintbow Mixture 
For Garden Display 
and for Cutting 
A superb combination of all 
colors, tints and shades, in- 
cluding many unusual colors. 
You will find that you have 
Glads not only for cutting but 
also for exhibition purposes. 
25 for $1.50 
50 for $2.60 
100 for $4.80 
Goose-neck 






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faster and better, you'll never go back 
Enthusiastic women gardeners 
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Six Prize Winners 
CAMELLIA. Delicate blush-pink over cream 
with tiny mark of scarlet deep in throat. Florets 
are exquisitely rounded and recurved. 3 for 35c, 
6 for 60c, 12 for $1.10, 
BLUE WONDER, Lovely light blue with 4%- 
inch florets on well-formed spike. Ideal for 
cutting, as it combines well with all pastel shades. 
Each 20c, 3 for 50c, 6 for 90c. 
MARGARET BEATON. Ivory-white with small 
orange-scarlet blotch deep in throat. 3 for 35c, 
6 for 60c, 12 for $1.10. 
REWI FALLU. Massive, rich deep red, with huge 
bell-like blooms of heavy texture. 3 for 35c, 
6 for 60c, 12 for $1.10. 
GOLDEN FRILLS. Rich daffodil-yellow, with 
rose-red lines on lower petals. Large florets, in- 
tensely ruffled. 3 for 30c, 6 for 50c, 12 for 90c. 
ZUNI. Rich and sparkling salmon-rose with a 
purple infusion and a distinct copper throat. Del 
icately ruffled. 8 for 45c, 6 for 80c, 12 for $1.50. 
Special—One each of above Prize 
Winners for 70c, ppd. 
BAGDAD. A mammoth glad of smoky salmon- 
rose, with faint creamy blotches marked with 
pink. 3 for 30c, 6 for 50c, 12 for 90c. 
BARCAROLLE. Heavily ruffled blooms of an 
unusual and exquisitely clear, clean shade of 
orange. A very beautiful variety that must be 
seen to be appreciated. 3 for 45c, 6 for 80c, 12 
for $1.50. 
FLARE. Brilliant scarlet, with florets 5 inches 
across. A massive glad that resists heat and 
drought. 3 for 35c, 6 for 60c, 12 for $1.10. 
LAVENDER RUFFLES. Pure light lavender. 
Wide-open florets, slightly recurved and attrac- 
tively frilled. 3 for 30c, 6 for 50c, 12 for 90c. 
PICARDY. Delicate shrimp- 
pink. Immense florets of 
heavy substance with a dis- 
tinet silvery sheen. 8 for 
35c, 6 for 60c, 12 for $1.10. 
SENSATION. Truly a sen- 
sation, with heavily ruffled, 
massive blooms of soft, deep 
pink. Each 20c, 3 for 55c, 
6 for $1.00. 
SURFSIDE. White, with a 
faint violet line in throat. 
Has the suede texture of 
Picardy. 
80c, 12 for $1.50. 
New 
“Green Light” 
A Milk-White Glad 
with a Greenish Gloss 
The unusual coloring is 
















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permits 
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For complete description and 
Prices see page 45 
Prepaid 
3 for 45c, 6 for 
particularly pronounced 
just as the flower opens, Each 
75c 
poo will want plenty of SUMMER HyA- 
l ir garden, to cut and arrange 
in bouquets with Glads. The pure white 






















































Super Bull. Collection 
Amaze Your Neighbors by Grow- 
ing the Newest, Most Sensational 
Glads in Your Garden. 
One Bulb of Each Named Variety 
on this page, including Green 
Light, (22 bulbs) for only $2.70 

To Have Glads for Cutting from Early July Until Frost You Must Make Successive Plantings. 
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