Best Commercial Gladiolus 
Hiawatha Only one spike of HIAWATHA has bloomed up to now, but it 
has a long, heavy flower head, with a color similar to old Red 
Atom Phipps. ATOM is the most outstanding small flower variety we 
have tried this season. 
Burma BURMA will still remain the principal deep rose show flower 
Rose Glow but it is not always good for us and is difficult to handle. ROSE 
Venida GLOW has a better spike, taller and will be very popular. VENIDA 
is a very pleasing shade of light rose with a cream throat. A color 
Diadem I have been searching for. DIADEM, a very similar color was nice 
Lancaster and fragrant, too. LANCASTER was new to us this year and one 
of the best we grew. 
Nothing new in blues that I haven’t mentioned in former catalogs. 
Porcelain Blue PORCELAIN BLUE, BLUE ICE and HIGH LIFE have been the 
Blue Ice best I ever grew. Porcelain Blue, standing 4 feet or better, with 
High Life that wide open, round floret, is exquisite. Nothing will surpass 
Blue Ice for color and real beauty, although High Life is real nice 
in a smaller size group. A little deeper color, but a consistent 
srower and spiker. 
Trocadero We have had some exceptional orange varieties. TROCADERO 
simply dazzles everyone who sees it. One of those robust, tall grow- 
Daisy Mae ers that stands right up level with your eyes. DAISY MAE takes 
no back seat in this respect, as it was the tallest of anything in the 
Orange Gold field. Even Big Top held its head in shame. ORANGE GOLD 
is nearest to true orange and a definite color break. Not 
too long a flower head, but a plant that reaches for the sky. 
October Sunshine OCTOBER SUNSHINE is almost in a different color class, being 
nearer to Lantana in color, but a smooth, clean blending of orange 
Flicker and yellow. I have seen nothing better than FLICKER in the 200 
class. Its round, flat, wide open flower is a “must have.” 
Sparks I only had a few bulbs of SPARKS, which is a very interesting 
Sunspot blotched buff. SUNSPOT took the shows by storm, and really 
Donna makes beautiful spikes, while DONNA is the dream Glad in the 
buff class. 
There have been many new yellows make their appearance, but 
Golden Arrow I have seen very few that are clean. GOLDEN ARROW is the ex- 
ception, but haven’t bloomed it from large bulbs. 
Green Mantel GREEN MANTEL was an interesting novelty. It makes beautiful 
spikes with nicely ruffled florets of a distinct greenish yellow color. 
This was exceptionally outstanding at the Canadian Show. Another 
Orion nice thing was ORION from Chase in Florida. Light yellow self, 
very large, wide open florets with recurved petals. 
Mrs.C.W.Gannett MRS. C. W. GANNETT was very nice this season with some 
Pastel spikes as high as my head. PASTEL (Both) is a favorite smoky 
Margaret Wood with its soft pastel shading, and MARGARET WOOD was promis- 
ing as a new shade of purple. 
The varieties mentioned in this article are the high lights of this 
season’s growing, but many others showed up well and may be 
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