Gladiolus Bulbs 
Brainard’s 


BRAINARD’S GLADIOLUS BULBS 
Brainard’s Selection of 10 New 
and Outstanding Gladioli 
Alchemist. An outstanding beautiful deep yellow, 
early flowering Glad. Tall, straight grower, excellent 
for either garden display or for cutting. This will 
become one of the favorite yellows. 15c each, 3 for 
40c, $1.50 per doz. 
Barcarole. Very pretty clear orange, blooms beautifully 
ruffled and several on the stem open at one time; 
medium length spike. A real beauty. 14¢ each, 3 for 
35c, $1.20 per doz. 
Coral Glow. Handsome large, well placed blooms of 
glowing deep orange. One of the best in its color. 
Always a winner. 20c each, 3 for 50c, $1.75 per 
doz. 
Corona. Exquisite creamy white ground with slight 
shadings of rose on the outer margin of the flower. 
Several blooms open at one time on long spike. 
Splendid cut flower variety. 15c each, 3 for 40c, 
$1.50 per doz. 
Greta Garbo. Beautiful, broad, wide open flowers of a 
delicate shade of rose pink with cream throat; flow- 
ers are attractively arranged on tall, strong stems. 
Good cut flower variety. 15c each, 3 for 40c, $1.50 
per doz. 
King Lear. Handsome ruffled, reddish-purple blooms 
on tall spike, early flowering. Best in its color class. 
It is an unusual color but much admired. 15c each, 
3 for 40c, $1.50 per doz. 
King William. Beautiful salmon and apricot blend, large 
blooms on tall spike. Fine for exhibition or cutting. 
A vase of this presents a most striking appearance. 
15c each, 3 for 40c, $1.50 per doz. 
Lavender Queen. A large flower of an exquisite shade 
of deep violet-lavender, a color greatly admired in 
Glads; tall straight spike with many blooms open at 
one time. Midseason variety. 14c each, 3 for 35c, 
$1.20 per doz. 
Rosa Van Lima. Beautiful light rosy pink with touch of 
lavender in the throat. 5 to 6 wide open blooms 
on tall spikes. Splendid variety for exhibition or for 
cut flowers. 15c each, 3 for 40c, $1.50 per doz. 
Valeria. Handsome shadings of light red or scarlet, 
large, beautifully ruffled blooms on tall, stiff spike. 
One of the best real red Glads. Extra fine for cutting. 
15c each, 3 for 40c, $1.50 per doz. 
Cultural Suggestions 
Be sure that your Glads are planted where they will 
get full sunshine. The kind of soil is of less importance, 
for Glads do well on most any fertile garden loam. If 
available manure may be used but should be old or 
well rotted. The pulverized manures are very satisfac- 
tory or a good grade of commercial fertilizer will pro- 
duce excellent results. 
It is essential that the soil be thoroughly worked to a 
depth of 8 or 10 inches before planting, and if you are 
planting large bulbs (called No. 1 grade) you should 
plant them 6 inches deep, smaller bulbs not so deep. 
The distance between the bulbs can vary from 2 to 6 
or 8 inches according to space to be used. Distance 
between the rows should be about 24 inches. 
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GLADIOLI, GENERAL LIST 
Prices quoted are for first grade bulbs only 
All following varieties 3 for 35c, $1.20 per doz. 
$7.50 per 100 
Aladdin. Large ruffled salmon, cream throat. 
Beacon. Scarlet and cream bicolor. Tall grower. 
Blue Beauty. Medium blue, shading darker toward 
edges. One of the best blues. 
Buffette. Buff or light salmon orange. Early flowering. 
Commander Koehl. Large spikes of enormous crimson- 
red blooms. 
Gardenia. Beautiful creamy white; tall spike; fine cut 
flower. 
Gold Dust. Handsome deep golden yellow, very early. 
Golden Chimes. Ruffled, light-golden yellow flowers 
on tall, strong spikes. 
Minuet. Large light lavender; tall spike. 
Paul Grampel. Bright medium red; medium tall. 
Silentium. White with carmine blotch on throat; very 
prolific. 
Vagabond Prince. Brown tone with glistening scarlet 
blotch in throat. 
B. N. & S. Co.’s Rex Mixture. in reality not 4 mixture, 
but a selected collection of choice varieties, mostly 
named, thus insuring a wide range of colors, shades, 
and types, and including a good proportion of light 
colors. 85c per doz., 25 for $1.65, $6.00 per 100. 
Fine Mixed. While inexpensive this mixture contains a 
perfect range of color and splendid varieties. 60c 
per doz., 25 for $1.15, $4.00 per 100. 


Gladioli 
