
CORONA 
A GLADLAND LETTER TO YOU 
You are nearing the end of our 1948 
GLADLAND CATALOG. We hope that 
you have enjoyed reading it, and that 
you have found in some of the feature 
sections, information that will prove of 
value to you. Certainly you will agree 
that the listings are most comprehen- 
sive. 
The four notable GLADLAND IN- 
TRODUCTIONS of 1948 have deserved 
your consideration, and we hope you 
have decided to try them. Though 
low in price, all are remarkable ex- 
amples of successful hybridization 
achievement, and won‘t be cheaper 
next year. Don’t fail to notify us of 
your wins in the Gladiolus Shows with 
any or all of these. Each BLUE or 
better win with BUTTERSCOTCH, AP- 
RIL, SNOW MAID, or MARY ODELL 
earns you a bulb prize worth $5.00. 
If prices of some of the newer vari- 
eties that you particularly wanted are 
still too high for your 1948 budget, 
let us hope that our growing program 
of next summer will permit of price re- 
ductions of many. And as the sum- 
mer brings proof of new and outstand- 
ing introductions, you may be nearly 
sure that they will be featured in the 
GLADLAND LIST of SUPERIOR GLAD- 
IOLUS for 1949. 
We must express our thanks to all 
of you who have helped us with data 
incorporated in this catalog issue. We 
hope that this summer even more of 
you will give us information and ideas 
that will make our next issue still more 
interesting. Particularly do we want 
good photographs of artistic gladiolus 
arrangements and news of new and 
as yet unreleased seedlings that seem 
to you exceptional in performance. 
May the summer bring you ideal 
spikes, and may the new names in 
your bulb plantings prove worthy 
members of your gladiolus family. 
Cordially, 
GLADLAND ACRES 
By Paul V. Baker. 
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