G veetings ..... 
In sincere appreciation of past favors, we wish to thank our many customers 
and friends for their fine letters and deeply appreciate the orders received. 
Just a few comments on some varieties grown the past season: 
American Commander was very good, so was Algonquin, Rocket, and Regent. 
Valeria was extra good. Bingo, Leading Lady, Wanda, Gunpowder — all fine Picardy 
sports. I like Candy Heart, soft pink and large carmine blotch. Corona, with its pink 
edge on creamy white, is very nice. Colossus, shoulder high and with 61/4, inches 
bloom, and 5 or 6 open blooms. Veecream is something different from most creams, 
with its ruffled edge and scarlet blotch. Purple Beauty, Vulcan, King Lear, and 
Elanora are all fine purples. Chamouny and Rosy Morn are very nice. High Finance 
and Zuni were fine smokies. Shirley Temple, if planted late, will give giant blooms. 
Myrna with its fine ruffled edge, Gold Dust, Royal Gold, Harvest Moon, and Ruffled 
Beauty are all good yellows. Of course, Wan Gold is the deepest yellow of all. Sensa- 
tion, Wing of Song, and Carillon were much admired. Greta Garbo, with its well- 
placed blooms of soft rose with creamy lower lips. White Gold is sure a husky and 
can be grown to extra large flowers. Leading Lady fairly takes your breath away — 
a fine white sport of Picardy with a creamy yellow throat. King’s Ransom and King 
William, they were also very good. There are so many beautiful glads now that it’s 
mighty hard to pick all the pretty ones. Silentium, one of the most graceful glads, 
is always fine. Barcarole is a fine orange. Pink Radiance is here to stay for awhile. 
Badger Beauty, Elizabeth the Queen, and Elwood are fine good lavenders. In the 
very dark reds, Black Opal and Leschi were nice. Mrs. E. J. Heaton is a fine cut 
flower. Blue Beauty is fine, and Allegro can be very good. 
We are going to suggest a few do’s for your gladioli garden. 
After your soil has been prepared in the Spring of the year, furrow out your 
rows and scatter in the bottom of the trench a handful of commercial fertilizer. One 
handful is enough for about four feet, and mix well with the soil, setting the large 
bulbs about five inches deep and five inches apart. Other size bulbs, in proportion 
with the smallest, about two inches in depth. _ 
