 LHE DEDROLESNEWSs 
— 1946 — 
Maid of Orleans x Moorish King 
Winner of Award of Merit and The American Home 
Achievement Medal at the 1945 Show of the Southeastern 
Michigan Gladiolus Society. 
Blue Ribbon winner in the I-spike, 3-spike and Recent 
Introduction classes of the 1946 S. E. M. G. S. Show. 
Description — Light Lavender Rose overlaid with Rose Purple 
Stripes radiating from a small throat blotch of the same 
color. Long flower head with up to 21 buds with 6 to 8 
open at one time. Blooms 41% to 434 inches, plain petals 
of excellent texture. Blooms in 80 to 85 days. 
Growing Habits — Tall grower with strong, straight, very long 
stems which never crook. Foliage upright and _ very 
healthy. Bulbs disease resistant. 
Propagation — Heavy bulblet producer which germinate prac- 
tically 100 per cent. 
“The Detroit News” is something new in the color classes 
of the gladiolus world. It was chosen by the Florists judges 
at the 1945 Southeastern Michigan Show as one of the four 
best cut-flower varieties in ‘He seedling classes. One of 
Detroit’s leading florists took all the blooms of this variety I 
could grow the last four seasons. You will want “The Detroit 
News” ee its beauty in your garden, for its outstanding artistic 
qualities and as a prize winner for you on the show fable Té 
will open indoors when cut in tight bud. Excellent keeping 
qualities aS-a. Cut lower: 
Prices: Large, $1.00; Medium, 75c; Small, 50c. 
Bulblets, 2 for 15c; 10-for 60c; $4.50 per 100; 
Pt., $60.00; Qt., $100.00. 
10 Bulbs eight times the single price. 
