Plant - Sturdy grower with good foliage, healthy in plant and bulb; good bulblet maker and 
bulblets germinate and grow well. 
Season - 80-90 days. 
Prices for 1947 season - per Each — 
Large - $.75; Medium - $.60; Small - $.40 
Bulblets - 3 - $.25 10 - $.75 
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GARDENIA - ( Maid of Orleans X Apricot Glow ) 
This is one of my very first introductions, having been introduced almost ten years ago. It has 
always been a favorite with growers who admire its chaste artistic beauty and grace and it has made 
such a hit with florists that, in many sections, it is still the leading cream - many growers have 
written me that they are unable to supply the demand for Gardenia. 
Because of its present now wide distribution, the price of Gardenia is now so low that it 
does not pay me to longer grow itvand it will probabiy not be offered in future announcements. 
Description — 
A light cream informal - sometimes formal. 
Color ~- Light cream or milk white, with light gold throat. 
Florets - Medium sized, 4¥2”-5”, 4-6 open, and as many in color; petals artistically waved and well 
placed and spaced on a straight, wiry but strong stem. 
Plant - Healthy, vigorous grower, with rather narrow, blue-green foliage. Bulbs are not as large 
as those of most varieties but they are exceptionally healthy and many throw from two 
to as many as four or five good spikes; bulblet production very free and bulblets run 
-large and germinate 100%. 
Season - 80-90 days. 
Prices for 1947 season — 
Large - 3 - $.25; Medium - 4 - $.25; Small - 10 - $.50 
Bulblets - 10 - $.25; 100 - $1.00 
GLADIOLUS SPECIES - (Primulinus) 
This is the wild species discovered near Victoria Falls in Africa. It was this species which 
made possible the modern gladiolus and it was a Primulinus seedling that helped to give us Picardy, 
the forerunner of our present day glads. 
Primulinus is not a large glad - it is classed as a miniature - but it appeals to those interested 
in arrangements because of its grace, and it is of interest to anyone who likes to experiment in 
breeding. 
The bulbs of Primulinus run considerably smaller than those of most glads, being rarely more 
than 14%”, and it makes few bulblets, seldom more than 5-6 per bulb, but the bulblets are quite 
large and one peculiarity about Primulinus is that the bulblets are produced on the ends of quite 
long underground runners. 
To anyone interested, I can offer a limited amount of bulbs of Primulinus, %4” and upward (all 
blooming size), at 40c each, also a limited amount of bulblets at 50c for 10. 
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ACIDANTHERA MURIELAE 
The acidantheras are very closely related to the gladiolus, in fact, the English call the above 
Gladiolus Murielae. Their corms resemble those of gladiolus quite closely and, like glads, they 
produce bulblets freely and in the same manner as do glads. 
