
Town Topic, FD—Magenta purple with 
some blooms tipped white. Tall bush 
with 9-in blooms on stiff stems. 
Miniature Dahlias—Lovely 3- to 4-in. 
blossoms, just like the large ones in 
BULBS and TUBERS 
GLADIOLUS 
Bagdad — Smoky old rose, deeper at 
edge of throat, lighter in throat. 6 to 8 
immense blooms open at one time. 
Beacon —Clear bright scarlet, with 
large creamy throat blotch. 8 to 10 
medium size florets, moderately ruffled. 
Bit o' Heaven—Very nice orange with 
yellow throat. Opens 9 to 12 medium 
sized blooms on tall, straight spike. 
Blue Beauty — Light blue, edges of 
petals lined with violet-blue. Throat 
somewhat lighter on upper petals, 
darker on lower. 
Corona — Creamy white with halo of 
rose stippling on edge of petals. Opens 
6 large rather loosely attached blooms 
on a head of about 19 buds. 
Dream o' Beauty—Large rose red. A 
very popular shade. Tall strong grower. 
Often a double row of flowers. 
Elizabeth the Queen — Clear mauve- 
ruffled flowers with dark lines in the 
throat. Large, fine form and opens 7 
to 8 blooms at a time. 
Gold Dust — New deep yellow, early. 
Medium sized blooms on tall spikes. 
Golden Dream — Clear deep yellow. 
Midseason. Very tall spike with many 
flowers open at one time. Distinctive. 
King Arthur —Immense ruffled rosy 
lavender of a distinct form and color. 
4 or 5 blooms at a time. 
King Lear—Clear deep reddish purple 
with silver line on edge of petals. Ex- 
tremely large, heavily ruffled. Early. 
Margaret Beaton—Huge snowy white 
florets with a very small vermilion-pink 
blotch deep in throat. 
New Europe — Vivid garnet red with 
small purple stripe in throat. Enormous 
florets, 10 open at one time. 
Phyllis McQuiston—Large deep glow- 
ing shrimp pink shading a little lighter 
in throat; 5 or more open on long spike. 
Picardy — Soft shrimp pink without 
flecking. Blotch of flesh pink shading 
to shrimp pink at edges. Soft incon- 
spicuous feathering of rose. Very large. 
Red Lightning — Bright pleasing red 
with cream blotch in the throat. 
Rewi Fallu—Deep blood-red very large 
blooms on tall straight spike. Early. 
Rosa Van Lima—Light rose with a few 
lines in throat. Up to 8 or more large 
blooms open on tall strong spike. 
Shirley Temple — Lovely cream with 
dark throat. Immense ruffled blossoms 
on long strong spike. Midseason. 
Snow Princess — New fine white of 
good size and form. Many open blooms, 
perfectly placed. Stems never crook. 
Stoplight — New brilliant red, lightly 
ruffled blooms, flat and wide open. 
Consistent performer and heat resistant. 
Sweet Alibi — Deep geranium-pink. 
Magnificent large wide, ruffled florets 
on tall straight, strong spike. 
Vagabond Prince — An unusual irri- 
descent garnet brown color, lighter in 
upper throat and with small blotch of 
glowing flame scarlet on lip petal. 
DAHLIAS 
Key to Types 
ID — Informal Decorative 
. FD — Formal Decorative 
SC — Semi-Cactus 
California Idol, 1D—Clear lemon yel- 
low. Deep flowers with high full cen- 
ters. Strong bush, profuse bloomer. 
Dixie's Wine Dot, ID—A delightful 
variegated Dahlia. White wavy petals, 
flecked and dotted rosy magenta. 
Darcy Sainsbury, FD — Large pure 
white. Good stems that hold flowers 
facing. Withstands heat. 
Evelyn Chandler, FD—Golden apricot. 
The large blooms are way above bush 
on very stiff stems. 
Jean Trimbee, SC — Beautiful Petunia 
purple. Massive yet artistic with long 
revolute petals that curl and twist. 
Mrs. Geo. Le Boutellier, FD—One of 
the largest bright reds, but blooms are 
a little heavy for the stems. 
Monarch of the East, FD—Extra large 
candium yellow blooms with coral red 
shading on reverse. Come partly on top 
of cane like stems. Robust. 
Rose Glory, FD—Large deep old rose 
on good stems. Fine keeper. 




form and shape. All have good stems. 
A wide range of colors. Try them! 
Pompon Dahlias — Charming “button” 
dahlias that require little care. Gor- 
geous cut flowers. In mauve, pinks, 
red, white, bronze, yellow. 



Short supplies of many Dahlia varieties 
this year may make it impossible for us 
to keep all listed varieties in stock. We 
will, however, have representative assort- 
ments of the best and most popular va- 
rieties available. 
CANNAS 
King Humbert — (Orchid-flowering). 
Orange-scarlet with bright red mark- 
ings; deep bronze foliage. 4 feet. 
Yellow King Humbert—Beautiful yel- 
low with red spots. 4 feet. 
President—Immense bright red in large 
clusters. Green foliage. 4 feet. 
Hungaria—Large dainty rose-pink, fre- 
quently edged cream. 4 feet. 
Wintzer's Colossal—Largest flowering. 
Vivid, blazing scarlet. Green foliage. 
CALADIUM 
Fancy-Leaved — Rich ornamental 
leaves, marked, veined and striped with 
white, pink and dark red. 
Elephant's Ear— One of the largest 
ornamental plants for beds and borders. 
Huge green leaves give unusual effect. 
TUBEROSES 
One of the most fragrant of all flowers. 
Tall spikes of white blooms. 




No garden is complete without GLADS 

PLANT HIGH-CROWNED CORMS 
Vigorous young bulbs are high- 
crowned like the picture at the 
upper left. Old, flat corms, like the 
lower picture, are not as good. When 
treating bulbs for pest or disease 
control, peel them as shown at upper 
right. 


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Plant your glads 4 to 6 inches deep. 
Avoid air pockets under the bulbs. 
It's best to have the bulb rest on 
sand and humus, at the bottom of 
your trench or travel-dug hole, with 
4 inches of soil above top of bulb. 

pLOse CANS 
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PREPARING THE SOIL 
Work some sand, cinders, or leaf mould 
into lower soil, to get good drainage. 
Gladioli grow better and bigger when 
properly drained. 




LIFTING 
AND STORING 
BULBS 
Lift your glad corms about when tips 
of leaves turn brown. Do not remove 
stalks while leaves are still partly 
green. Store in bunches in open-slatted 
trays, and in a cool place. For over- 
winter storage cover bulbs with dry or 
nearly dry peat moss or sand. Avoid 
over-heating, 
