your garden next summer, every shade and size that you desire by simply selecting 
from these classes varieties which in size and form appeal to you most. You may not 
pick what the advanced Gladiolus “Fan” considers the best, but you can’t pick a poor 
or indifferent variety from our list. 
COST IS NOT THE MEASURE OF BEAUTY 
Cost is no criterion of the charm and beauty of a Gladiolus. In most cases prices 
are not reduced to a low level until the variety has proven its worth to an extent that an 
expanded propagation program has been necessary to keep up with the demand—and 
in such case the cost level reflects only the cost of growing and marketing, without the 
necessity of having to add to the price of each bulb sold, a percentage of the oftentimes 
heavy investment in the original starting stock of a new introduction. 
We do not offer a variety solely because it is new and the price is high, neither do 
we drop one from the list just because it reaches a low-price field. What we do offer 
is potential beauty, in bulbs of such health and vigor, that you may confidently expect 
to realize in your garden the possibilities that have already made you a Glad Fan. 
Oregon Grown Bulbs 
As amateurs we have grown Glad- 
iolus in Oklahoma and in Kansas, and 
have watched them growing in all of 
the states of the middle-west and in 
many of the western states. It was 
our experience there, that OREGON 
GROWN Bulbs produced for us the 
finest flower spikes. Hence it was 
natural that when we decided we 
would like to grow Glad bulbs com- 
mercially; to make a business of what 
had been our favorite garden avo- 
cation; that we came to Oregon to 
grow them. 
Here in Oregon, the famed Willam- 
ette valley of western Oregon seemed 
to produce the best of the gladiolus 
bulbs; and of this valley, the Santiam River valley, at the easterly edge of the Willam- 
ette, nestling directly against the foothills of the lofty Cascade Range, seemed to us the 
heart of the finest bulb production. Here it was that Grant E. Mitsch originated Zuni, 
Oregon Rose, Timor, Xerxes, Rima, Ariadne, and others which we still feature in our 
catalog as the finest of their type. It is his bulb farm that we purchased, together with 
his gladiolus stock in its entirety. Many of his friends and customers thru the years past, 
are telling us that in the quality of the buibs we are growing, and in the keen interest 
that we take in their behavior as they grow in our customers’ gardens, that we are liv- 
ing up to the high standards which he had established. Mr. Mitsch is continuing his 
work in Gladiolus breeding, and Gladland Acres will introduce his new varieties as he is 
convinced that they merit distribution. 

OREGON ROSE 
It is difficult for us, so lately from the middle-west, to describe the Willamette Bulb 
soil and climate without seeming to be indulging in hyperbole. | remember that at 
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