THE GLADLAND 1949 OFFERINGS ARE GROUPED BY COLOR CLASSIFICATION 
Only three digits are used to convey the essential information. The first of the 
three digits shows the size of floret. The second denotes the hue or color group, as “0” 
white to cream, “1” yellow to buff, etc. The third denotes the depth of color as “0” light 
red, “2” deep red, “4” black-red. An even final digit, (0, 2, 4, 6, 8), denotes a variety 
with or without markings or without conspicuous markings. An odd final digit (1, 3, 5, 
7, 9), denotes a variety of same shade as preceding EVEN final digit, but with con- 
spicuous markings. Example: BIG TOP is a pink of same shade as a class “40” although 
its class number ‘41” does indicate that it has a conspicuous throat mark of darker 
shade. A complete table of the size, hue, and color shades as used herein, and which 
are those in use for classification in most major gladiolus shows to assign placement 
of entries at the present time, is given below. 
lf, for example, you are interested only in glads of the giant size, you may 
eliminate all varieties except those whose first digit is 5’ as this is the key number 
which places the variety in the Giant Class. If you are interested in only a certain 
shade of color as deep pink, you may eliminate all of those in the pink section whose 
ending digit is not “2” or “3”, and if you do not care for conspicuous darker throat 
markings, you may eliminate all those ending in “3”. In this way even with our listing 
of 540 varieties, by far the largest selection offered by any cataloger, you may quickly 
and easily select only those that meet your requirements of size and color. The miniature 
glads now so very popular are not included in the regular color classes, but are listed 
separately in a group for quick and easy reference. 
The initial digit of the three digit numbers denotes the floret size class. Five classes 
are in use at the present time, designated by 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. The smaller the digit, 
the smaller the floret size. The giant size “5” contains all varieties with floret sizes from 
5\2 inches, but when these are really huge, as from 7 to 10 inches, we give this informa- 
tion in our description of the variety. 
SIZE CLASSIFICATION COLOR CLASSIFICATION 
100 Miniature Glads — Florets under 2)” 40 Pink 40 (Light) without markings 
200 Small Glads— 2%" through 3%” Pink 41 (Light) with conspic. markings 
300 Medium Glads— 3%” through 4%” Pink 42 (Deep) 
400 Large Glads— 42” through 5%” 50 Red 50 (Light) 
500 Largest Glads — 5%” or larger Red 52 (Deep) 
Red 54 (Black) 
COLOR CLASSIFICATION 60 Rose 60 (Light) 
00 White 00 without conspicuous marking Rose 62 (Deep) 
White: 01 with conspicuous marking Lavender 66 
Cream 06 70 Purple 70 
10 Yellow 10 (Light) Violet 76 (Light) 
Yellow 12 (Deep) Violet 78 (Deep) 
Buff 16 80 Smoky Shades 
20 Orange 20 (Light) Smoky 82 (Orange Smoky) 
Orange 22 (Deep) Smoky 83 (Salmon Smoky) 
Orange 24 (Red Orange) Smoky 84 (Pink Smoky) 
30 Salmon 30 (Light) Smoky 85 (Red Smoky) 
Salmon 32 (Deep) Smoky 86 (Lavender Smoky) 
Scarlet 36 90 Any Other Color 
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