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L. KE. MAY’S 
s rate Green Liane Farm 
ANE 142 GARDEN 
A? = LAPORTE, INDIANA 

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Library 
UeS. Department of Agriculture 
Washington 25, D.C. 
1947 GLADIOLUS LIST 
EXTRAS on retail orders; $3.00 to $10.00 you may select 10% EXTRA in bulbs your choice; $10.00 to $25.00, 15%; 
over $25.00, 20%. OVERCOUNTS and TRIAL BULBS as usual. 
SPECIALS on UNNAMED MIXTURES. 
Will give extra on mixtures but discount above does not apply. 

Nos de BinesRibbomeMixture |. 8a ba eee ec. 100. Large Bulbs es 03 2 eas eee eee $8.00 Sent Prepaid 
Contains many high priced varieties, either overstocks or those that haven’t made my list. 
IN O82 MNS aT Crete takes oe Ee. Mae ine on PS Ne Soe 100 Médiiim: Bulbs 2 oe ee ee ee ee eee $5.00 My 
INCOMES TING es alee ed te OAM eS Phe Se 100: Small Bulbs te ae ee ee $3.00 “ by 
No. 4 Standard Mixture, contains ....................-.2...---------- 100; Larse) Bulbs ee ee $5.00 “ Gy 
Blaze (Marsh.), Corona, Mrs. MacArthur, Rio Rita, Variation, Misty Dawn and many others. 
IN Oar Ones eTILe eee ooh ee oo ee a A ete i a ae 100 “Medium: Bulbs- i320 hb ee $3.50: es 
INGSU GR Sa rie ect ee ree eg es een A 100 Small Bulbs oil 5 es ON aes es Py $2.50 “ “ 
NOTICE 
All orders must be accompanied by cash in full, and no order for less than $2.00 can be accepted. Please make 
checks, money orders, etc., payable to either Mrs. Laurence E. May or Robert G. May. All retail orders sent prepaid to 
any point in the U. S. Our bulbs are state inspected both instorage and in the field. 

GARDENSIDE CHAT 
As many of you know, that fine man, my husband, who wrote this little article last year, has passed on to a far 
lovelier world. Our son, Bob, discharged from the Army Air Forces in February, his wife, Phyllis, and I, are carrying 
on the work Monk and I started as a hobby, back in 19. ; 




ans for the partnership which they were just starting, 
is father outlined the year’s plans which we have 
Bob and his father had only one long talk regard> 
and which was to have been known as “L. EH. May and | ' 
For this first year of our efforts, I am pleased to announce that we won the Sweepstakes Trophy for Recent Intro- 
ductions at Garfield Park, Chicago Regional; in addition to many ribbons. Bob’s spike of Eglantine was runner-up 
against Clarence Fortnam’s Spick and Span for Grand Champion at Wabash, Indiana State Show. 
At the Ottawa, Illinois Regional Show, the largest we attended in Illinois, we are proud to announce we entered 
the Grand Champion Seedling, a creamy-yellow, heavily frilled, touch of rose in the throat; also Grand Champion Three 
Spike, Leading Lady. Another of our spikes of Leading Lady was reserve Grand Champ, also taking honors for the 
longest flowerhead in the show. Our entry, Aurora, was declared best Recent Introduction. 
At the Seedling and Recent Introduction Show in LaPorte, Ind., we took Grand Champion with a spike of Hglan- 
tine, Grand Champion Seedling One Spike with 171-1, lacy, pure white, and Sweepstakes Trophy in Recent Introductions; 
Lady Luck and Ivy Robertson receiving special recognition. There’s the summary of our good fortune this season. As 
before, we are listing home grown varieties, with emphasis on clean, healthy bulbs, and healthy varieties which grow 
uniformly. Bob carries on the planting, spraying, etc., while I continue the hybridizing. 
We grow over 500 varieties, mostly of recent origin. Our list includes only those that have thus far proven worthy 
in our garden. We have sandy loam; usually only irrigate those used for show purposes, but due to a nine weeks drouth, 
the entire planting was irrigated this summer. 

1947 FIELD BOOK NOTES 
RUBYSHEEN is perhaps the most outstanding of our newer introductions. It is a rich, ruby red, spikes straight 
as a ramrod, and a most uniform grower. We predict a great future for this flower. Originated by Zimmer; owned 
by D. M. Clarke. 
W. R. READER and a new one of Robert’s, JUNE DAY, are two of the very earliest large flowered pinks to bloom. 
Should be excellent commercials. Have had heavy florist demand for W. R. READER. 
Three new whites bloomed here, for the first time, this year. CHRISTINE, of heavy texture, a marble white of 
Doc Graff’s; VIOLET DICKINSON, a big white with a violet touch in its throat; and STRATOSPHERE, slightly 
creamy in throat. All were excellent. However, LEADING LADY and SILVER WINGS are still up there in this class. 
Monk’s FLAMETHROWER, introduced last spring, outer half brilliant scarlet, inner half bright canary yellow, 
frilled, was the gayest bit of color in the field; brightens up the sun porch wonderfully. PATRICIAN, to my way of 
thinking, is the most beautiful lavender I’ve seen, what I’d call a true lavender. TWILIGHT, of Kaylor’s, very pale, 
is a different soft shade. Quite a few good lavenders here on trial, all interesting. KAWATIRI, new buff from New 
Zealand, very decorative, bears watching. 
We've suddenly had a number of good oranges. Noted ORANGE GOLD, very tall this year, as clear a true orange 
shade as we’ve seen. ORANGEADE, just the shade of “Orange-Crush’’, looks like it will be a winner. ALL GLORY, 
deep tangerine with royal purple throat, heavily frilled, is a startling color combination. SUNLIGHT, is a beautiful 
combination of yellow-peach orange, and JAY’S JOY, tall and dependable. By the way, MARQUEETA gave us several 
spikes with 7 to 8” flowers. Finest I’ve ever seen it come. 
Yellow is still weak. CRINKLE CREAM still very good. GLEAM; the loveliest individual flower, could be taller. 
ELIZABETH MAIER; many open, consistently good. VAN GOLD; our best deeper yellow to date. 
EGLANTINE was as perfect as I’ve ever seen it. Dr. Scheer says to use “Rootone” to help the peeled bulblets 
oth J) et yk eer ol hs Pes Sac eatin odie flower, uniform, with LADY LUCK, soft blush and cream sport of 
icardy, and T , buff-pink, right up there too. Shading deeper. AURORA, CRESCEND - 
CONSIN, and BURMA were all outstanding. See 2 eer 
RED RASCAL looked good. FIREBRAND sent up amazingly long spikes. I like CRIMSON TIDE with its ver 
white throat. INTRUDER and MERCURY are brilliantly clear. SUNSPOT is a beautiful apricot-buff with a Ce 
spot in throat. Think this will be a much sought after variety. STORMY WEATHER, a new rose-ash and cream 
ruffled smoky, tall, straight, looks good. New one of Barrett’s. — : 
We are stressing uniformity of growing habits and we intend to cut our planting down to only those that h 
this characteristic. We shall continue to test many of the newer varieties, but we intend to list Hathly this type aid 
a few others which we think should be grown for specific reasons. 
We are discontinuing WHITE HOPE; it was the originator’s wish. 
Join the North American Gladiolus Council, N. E. G. S., or your State Glad Gociet for the b i i = 
erature, on up-to-date Glads and Glad findings. 4 a Ba mabey Sete 
1947 PREPAID PRICE LIST ON OTHER SIDE. 
