

GRAND RAPIDS GROWERS, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan 

GLADIOLUS 
OUTSTANDING VARIETIES 
All large size bulbs, treated and free from disease. 
60c per doz.; $4.25 per 100. 
BAGDAD. Decorative. Large flowers and tall. A smoky old rose. 
BIT O° HEAVEN. Exhibition. Flaming orange with yellow throat. 
GARDENIA. Exhibition. Creamy white. 
JONQUIL. Decorative. Clear deep yellow. 
LAVENDER QUEEN. Large, tall lavender. 
MAID OF ORLEANS. Decorative. Milky white with cream throat. 
MISS BLOOMINGTON. Dee. Tall, light yellow flowers, well placed. 
PELEGRINA. Exhibition. Deep blue. 
PICARDY. Exhibition. Delicate apricot-pink. Flowers are all extremely 
large and of heavy waxlike substance. 
QUEEN OF BREMEN. Decorative. Soft lavender-pink. Makes beautiful 
floral arrangements. 
ROCKET. Exhibition. Flaming scarlet. 
ROSE SPLENDOR. Decorative. Large, deep rose. 
WHITE BUTTERELY. Decorative. As the name implies, this is a dainty 
white, beautiful for arrangements. 
75c per doz.: $5.75 per 100. 
BARCAROLE. Decorative. Midseason. Large clear orange of unusual 
but most exquisite clean shade. Six to seven heavily ruffled blooms 
open. A gorgeous variety that must be seen to be appreciated. 
BEACON. Exhibition. Bright rose-scarlet with a large cream throat. 
Somewhat ruffled, tall and very showy. 
BLACK OPAL. Exhibition. Deep maroon-red. 
CORONA. Exhibition. Cream-white shading more creamy toward the 
throat, with wide rose picotee edge on all petals. Very distinctive and 
beautiful. Six te Eight very large, wide-open blooms on a head of 18 
buds. Tall grower and a fine propagator. 
DREAM O’ BEAUTY. Exhibition. Large rose-red. 
HINDENBURG’S MEMORY. Decorative. Large clear dark red. 
IRAK. Decorative. Clear gray sport of Bagdad. Very beautiful used with 
yellow or other contrasting shades. 
JEANIE. Decorative. Beautiful, distinctive, large clear pink with white 
midribs and creamy throat. Tall, strong grower. 
KING LEAR. Decorative. Very early. Clear deep purple with silver line 
on edge of all petals. Large, heavily waved and ruffled, 5 to 6 open. 
MARGARET BEATON. Exhibition. Pure snow-white with small scarlet 
blotch in the throat. Flowers very large, on a long spike. 
ROSA VAN LIMA. Exhibition. Light rose with darker lines in throat. 
Opens up to eight or more well-placed blooms on tall, straight spike. 
Morocco 
SHIRLEY TEMPLE. Exhibition. Rich cream, almost 
white, with richer cream throat mark. Six to eight very 
large most beautiful flowers open at a time. As a eut 
flower it stands up with the best of them. 
SNOW PRINCESS. Exhibition. A very fine white of good 
size and form. Tall, with long flower spike and many 
open blooms that are always perfectly placed. Stems 
never crook. Midseason. 
SURFSIDE. Decorative. Nicely ruffled white blooms with 
a fine lavender line in the throat. Tall, straight spike. 
VAGABOND PRINCE. Exhibition. Iridescent garnet- 
brown with a searlet blotch. Most unusual, and is love- 
ly arranged with scarlets. 
$1.00 per doz.; $7.95 per 100. 
ALGONQUIN. Exhibition. Early, brilliant glowing scarlet, 
8 to 10 wide open ruffled, needlepoint blooms open on a 
tall, straight spike. Many people know this one as the 
best scarlet on the market. 
AVALON. Exhibition. Beautiful bright rosy pink, shading 
to a cream throat. Eight to ten heavily ruffled blooms 
open. 

