2 GLADVIEW GARDENS 
FOREWORD 
To all our Glad friends and oid customers we. desire to express our sincere 
appreciation for your fine patronage the past year. We wish to thank all those who 
have written us letters of commendation for the excellent results obtained from 
growing our bulbs. The good will of our customers inspires us to greater efforts to 
serve you better in the future. 


In presenting to you this our 1948 catalog, we begin our 26th year growing Glads. 
A world of experience has been gained during this time. Hundreds of varieties 
have been grown, and many have been discarded that do not come up to our critical 
judgment. It is for this reason that we hesitate to “push” many of the new introduc- 
tions that have been highly advertised, until we have grown them long enough to 
know that they can be recommended. We have been able to reduce our prices this 
year from 10 to 35% from last year’s prices. 
It has been our policy to send out only the highest quality stock, a policy which 
has established for us satisfied customers throughout the United States. We are 
pleased to offer our customers a list of outstanding glads that we highly recommend. 
In the past few years the development of sensational new varieties has caused 
the public to realize the demand for those that have excellent propagating qualities, 
healthy growth, immunity from disease, good shape of floret, and all around beauty. 
Only those that continue to prove these qualifications can stand the test of time. 
Our descriptions of varieties are not over-emphasized, but as they really are 
from actual observation. We therefore will give you a preview of how different 
varieties performed for us during the past season. 
VARIETY COMMENTS 
WHITE—tThis class had many stellar GENGHIS KAHN, a beautiful ruffled 
performers, with top ranking going to 
LEADING LADY, very beautiful for 
either the show table or as a commer- 
cial ANNA MAE, earliest pure white 
was tops. For cut flowers: SILENTUM, 
tall, graceful with wiry stems, followed 
by SNOW PRINCESS, and MAR- 
GARET BEATON. We especially are 
partial to CASABLANCA, with its 
perfect placement and beautiful ruffled 
florets. 
PINK—Two new pinks, SPIC and SPAN, 
outstanding near perfect deep pink 
{see cut on front cover), and DREAM 
‘CASTLE an exceptional pink with 
many open, has greatly strengthened 
this class. Of the older pinks we con- 
sider ETHEL CAVE COLE one of the 
best, planted early or late it is depend- 
able, a healthy, robust grower, produc- 
ing large well placed spikes consistent- 
ly; even number 4 and 5 bulbs will 
produce lovely blooms. PINK RADI- 
ANCE was another dependable pink 
with a silvery sheen, extra fine for 
cutting. CAMROSE, when planted 
late, produced lovely shell pink blooms. 
pink, was another exceptionally fine 
performer. 
CREAM—ORIENTAL PEARL was all 
that has been claimed for it, a real 
“Wonder Glad,” strong, healthy grow- 
er with plenty of vigor (see cut on 
page 4). LADY JANE, not a giant, 
but has class, color and form. WHITE 
GOLD, a giant cream, produced better 
blooms from medium sized blooms. 
YELLOW—tThis class has been greatly 
strengthened by the addition of several 
new varieties, among these are SPOT- 
LIGHT, a deep yellow with red throat. 
It is large, has color and form. MAR- 
THA DEANE, rated highly in the East 
is a worthy addition to this class. 
Florets not so large, but has long 
straight stems. CRINKLE CREAM, a 
mid-season bloomer, and OREGON 
GOLD, a late variety, both performed 
near perfection. A plain petaled var- 
iety, MOTHER KADEL was also fine. 
RED and SCARLET—There are several 
reds and scarlets, anyone of which are 
well recommended by their consistent 
