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The Aristocrats of the Gladiol Orie « 2° 
FLYING CLOUD FARMS, Inc. 
MRS. BANCROFT WINSOR — MRS. WALTER B. MOSELEY 
Acushnet Station - athe - - - New Bedford, Mass., U. S. A. 
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The great need for paper in this troubled world makes us feel that we should practice greater 
conservation so we are using this abbreviated form of price list and hope next year to go back to 
our usual style of catalog. If we are too brief do not hesitate to write for fuller descriptions or 
cultural help. 
This is our retail list only. We are sorry but we cannot include a wholesale list this season 
due to the volume of orders already received. 
GLAD CHATTER 
A very hot and exceedingly dry season did not discourage the gladiolus and we know now 
that they can even weather a hurricane! And how SURFSIDE did battle that blow! There was a 
late planting of it just coming into blossom and it kept right on in spite of wind and rain. LEADING 
LADY and WHITE GOLD seemed to storm the Boston Show this year and they really were magnifi- 
cent but some of the older white still hold their place. I believe SNOW PRINCESS and SURFSIDE 
are favorites with the florists—at least this is the trend as we have watched the Boston Flower 
Exchange. 
It is so often the newest varieties which attract us but this past summer CAPEHEART has 
pushed its way to the attention of many growers in various sections of the country. It is a brighter 
salmon pink than Picardy—in tact, it has all of the good iiabits of this variety. One grower from 
the middle west said it was rapidly replacing Picardy with their florist trade. You will find it is 
one of the must-haves” in your garden. This color section is a strong group, shading from the 
delicate pink of HOPEDALE and the apricot shaded SUSQUEHANNA to the stronger tones of 
PHEDRA, PINK JEWEL, MARION PEARL and PINK RADIANCE. By the way—a rich new pink 
has appeared—COVER GIRL—very lovely. Visitors exclaim about the delicate shade of GUN- 
POWDER and the stronger coloring and size of GENGHIS KHAN. ROSY MORN and ROSEA are 
just what their names remind you of—real rose color. Popular with the florists, as well as 
exhibitors, is PRESTIGE, a fine light salmon with creamy throat. 
Speaking of salmons—AURORA is very large and showy, as well as PIONEER, while TARA 
and MARGUERITE are noticeably popular. 
The yellows are so necessary to make one’s glad patch complete and it seems to be left to a 
few tried and true ones like MOTHER KADEL and MARY DAMARIS to fill this need. We grow a 
great deal of GOLD DUST too. This variety has depth of color in its favor and is also a very 
early glad. 
BANCROFT WINSOR was so popular last year that we feel it is necessary to withhold the 
stock for propagation in 1945. SUNBURST too is outstanding in this orange shade and ORANGE 
DREAM and Ellis’ CORAL GLOW withstood the hot dry summer exceedingly well. 
There are so many vivid reds—MASTER MYRON, ERREY’S SCARLET, RED RIVAL and BURMA. 
Just as fine too are: ARUNDEL, CAPSICUM, RED ENSIGN, and FLAGSHIP. 
The rosier red of RED GIANT and MRS. MARK’S MEMORY, shading to the rich dark splendor 
of MOHAWK and BLACK OPAL will add character to your garden. If these are too somber look 
to the IMPERIAL PURPLE, NAROOMA and ELANORA. These varieties are very fine and with 
VULCAN, GUERDON and PURPLE BEAUTY, you have a wide choice as to price as well as shade. 




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ARISTOCRATIC COLLECTION 
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If you do not care to know the name 
of each variety as it blooms, a collection 
is the value supreme. Special care will 
be used to see that all colors, from white 
to the dark reds and purples, are includ- 
ed. The cost of the bulbs if purchased 
separately, and each variety named, 
would be at least three times the price 
of this unlabeled collection. 
100 assorted large (1"’ up) bulbs for 
$5.00; 50 for $2.75. With each collection 
we will add—free—1 large bulb of 
Evening Light and 1 large bulb of A. L. 
Stephen. Same Collection but of Medium 
Size Bulbs: 100 for $3.50; 50 for $2.00. 
With each collection we will add—free— 
1 medium bulb of Evening Light and 
1 medium bulb of A. L. Stephen. 
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To lighten our color thought there are EVENING LIGHT, A. L. 
STEPHEN, and BUNGANA—very worthwhile and restful. 
The blues we must have but they are temperamental, we find, ac- 
cording to soils. AZURINE, WINTERMOON and BLUE WONDER are 
very fine but BLUE BEAUTY is always dependable. MAUVETTE, ELIZA- 
BETH THE QUEEN, and MINUET are popular light lavenders and 
LAVENDER QUEEN, while a bit more on the mauve tone, is in great de- 
mand. Newer, and very fine, is LAVENDER PRINCE—you will like 
this one. 
If you enjoy the novelties do remember MIDNIGHT SUN, 

NORWOTTUCK and BRONZEWING. There are light smokies and 
darker ones and they are all popular. GLENORA and RECADO are 
dusky rose with a smoky overcast—very striking. 
There are many more fine glads and we have mentioned very few 
because we promised to be brief. Almost every color and shade can be 
found among these flowers and we hope you will find your favorite 
among them. 
SUCCESSFUL GLADIOLUS CULTURE 
Present day varieties of gladiolus can be grown easily and in every 
section of the United States or Canada. Just be sure and plant good 
bulbs free of disease. Give them a sunny exposure and be sure that 
they have a sufficient amount of moisture. 
season you certainly will have to help them with a good soaking once 
a week. 
Large bulbs are necessary to produce exhibition blooms but your 
medium and small bulbs of some varieties will bloom and on the latter 
two sizes of course your bulblet production is much greater. 
Be sure when you receive a shipment of bulbs that you open them 
and leave them until planting time exposed to air and light but also 
keep as cool as possible. 
If your soil is a heavy clay soil a depth of three inches is sufficient 
for your bulbs perhaps but a sandy soil necessitates deeper planting for 
best results. Plant large bulbs about six inches deep and about 5 inches 
apart in light sandy soil; medium bulbs four inches and small bulbs 
three inches. If you are mainly interested in bulblet increase, plant as 
close to the surface as possible; if blooming size bulbs you will probably 
have to stake them. Light soils will usually give more bulblets than 
heavy soils. 
If the season is like the past - 
Dates for planting your bulbs will of course depend upon your loca- 
tion. Our bulbs are planted in a light soil that is usually workable by 
the first of April, but this is not so everywhere of course, and from that 
time until the first of July you cannot go wrong. 
Fertilizer plays a very important part in successful growing yet the 
cost in relation to the whole is not a large factor. Therefore it pays to 
use a plant food that supplies not only the so-called major elements but 
the just-as-important minor elements as well. Research has shown that 
deficiencies in minor elements will cause a very definite retardation if 
not a complete failure of a crop. Here at Flying Cloud we have found 
that Vigoro supplies the needed elements and has given us excellent 
satisfaction. A check on bulb growth has revealed superior development 
to former years, and color has been outstanding. General recommenda- 
tions for the use of Vigoro are as follows: After the soil is put in good till- 
able condition, the planting rows should be made an inch or so deeper 
than you want to plant. “Vigoro should then be put in the bottom of the 
row at the rate of about four pounds per 100 feet of row. Cover the plant 
food with one-and-one-half inches of soil and then plant the corms. Or, 
if preferred, Vigoro may be worked thoroughly into the soil in the bottom 
of the row instead of just being covered with soil. Wait one or two days 
before planting. After the bulbs are set, cover in the trench and hill it 
up a bit. When the first weeds appear, rake it down level again and that 
first crop of weeds is easily killed. Many years ago a very successful 
farmer said, ‘Remember, a crop well planted is a crop half grown,"’ and 
we believe he was 100% right. After the glads are eight to ten inches 
high, a surface feeding should be made at the rate of four pounds of 
Vigoro to 100 feet of row. The Vigoro should be spread on both sides of 
the row and worked lightly into the soil. Another similar feeding should 
be made just as the buds appear. 
Stirring of the soil is a great factor. Hoeing, scratching, cultivating, 
brooming, or whatever you want to call it, should be done often. We 
use lawn brooms in the planted rows on our light soil and cultivators in 
the rows. We plan to get over the piece every fourth or fifth day but if 
it has been dry once a week is enough. If it rains, or we irrigate, we 
try to cultivate the following day as soon as it dries out. 
Bulbs we ship to you we will guarantee to be absolutely free of 
thrips. Nevertheless, we always dip our bulbs before planting and sug- 
gest it to our customers because this really should be absolute protection. 
The two most popular dips are the Bichloride of Mercury (Corrosive Sub- 
limate) and the Lysol dip. Using the Bichloride of Mercury dip we soak 
