(483) (Mid-season) Soft smoky salmon with a darker but brilliant. 
Tecumseh salmony blotch. Heavily ruffled, waved, needlepoint and often lacin- 
lated. Opens 5-7 blooms of very heavy texture on a tall straight slender spike. Entirely 
distinctive in form and color and I consider it the most beautiful smoky on the market. 
(400) (Late) An unmarked creamy white, nicely ruffled. Spike and 
Templa r plant habits are especially good. It is the tallest ohite I know of reach- 
ing 5/4 feet or over with an always straight stem. Opens 6-7 well placed blooms with 18-20 
total buds. A fine addition to the late whites. 
Titan (532) (Mid-season) Huge salmon rose. Opens up 9 enormous blooms on a 
very tall plant. But for the fact that this variety doesn’t propagate very fast 
it would be one of the most popular on the market today. Wonderfully fine cut flower and 
good for exhibition also. 
Vagabond Prince (391) (Mid-season) This is a very distinctive colored 
variety, an irridescent mahogany brown shading lighter 
in the throat and with a small vivid clear red blotch. Opens 8-10 well placed blooms. This has 
been a popular variety for some years but I have had some trouble with the bulbs. This year 
however I think I have a nice clean stock. If you want something different Vagabond Prince 
is it. 
Wi (406) (Early) Clear bright cream shading to a lemon throat. 5-6 large 
inston wide open beautifully waved and ruffled blooms on a medium Beant 
spike, tho I have had it when well grown reaching up to nearly 5 feet. It is the most beautiful 
cream variety I have seen. Wonderful for local commercial use and for the home garden. 
1948 Introductions 
FROM LAWRENCE ALLEN 
(Offered in conjunction with Jerry Polinsky) 
Sibone This is an advance in lavenders. Clear rosy lavender, heavily ruffled, 
¥ giant blooms. A fine show flower and a dream for florists’ use. More rosy 
color than Elizabeth The Queen. Opens 8 on a long flower head. The picture on inside front 
cover shows 22 or 23 buds but it should have been taken a day later when it would have had 
2 or 3 more open blooms. The color in this picture is very good. 
SIBONEY has attracted lots of attention at the shows the past two years and has 
won its share of top awards. It won 2 awards of merit and 2 seedling championships in one 
week. Was scored 89, 88 and 87 at three shows. Can you beat that? 
There is going to be a big demand for this variety so get your order in early. 
Price $5.00 for any size. No bulblets. 
FROM RALPH BAERMAN 
Distinction (366) This is a very beautiful light lavender decorative. Grows 
eee «fairly tall with 5 or 6 blooms open in nice/formation: If you are 
interested in real beauty you can’t go wrong in DISTINCTION. This is one of Mr. Baer- 
man’s favorites and for its purpose one of the very best. Slightly ruffled but not heavily 
so, Just enough to make it beautiful. $1 each for any size. 
Linda (340) (Mid-season) This is another beautiful decorative variety. Clear hight 
ee ~6d PINK. Grows about 31% feet tall with 5 or 6 open and a total of about 14-15 
buds. This variety is not so much different in color from some others but is very dainty 
and beautiful for florist’s work and decorating. One of the leading florists here in town has 
used all he could get for wedding work. If you like this type you will surely like this one 
$1 each for any size. 

“I got one of your No. 1 collections last year and we have never seen a more wonderful col- 
lection of glads anywhere. It was the talk of the town.” —H, J. Kuhn, Ohio. 
“The parcel of corms you sent me arrived a month ago and | was more than pleased with the 
quality of the corms and the generous count. They were the cleanest, healthiest corms | planted this 
season. It is only a month now since | planted them and already they are six to nine inches high with 
three leaves and making steady growth.” —Aurora Gladiolus Gardens, New Zealand. 
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