40 LIGHT PINK. Avalon, Blessed Damosel, Corona, Criterion, Ethel Cave 
Cole, Fiancee, Fort Ti, Greta Garbo, Laddie, Lady Luck, Legend, Myrth, 
New Era, Phyllis McQuiston, Puritan, Stella Antisdale, Susannah. 
41 LIGHT PINK With throat blotch. Big Top, Connecticut Yankee, General 
McArthur. 
42 DEEP PINK. Carillon, Cover Girl, Peggy Lou, Pink Charm, Pink Picardy. 
43 DEEP PINK With throat blotch. Cherry Jam, Fabulous, Wings of Song. 
50 LIGHT RED. Hawkeye Red, Master Myron, Rocket, Royal Windsor. 
52 DEEP RED. Amador, Burgundy, Firebrand, Kenwood, King Click, Red 
Charm, Stoplight. 
54 BLACK RED. Black Opal, Black Panther, Mohawk, Rewi Fallu, Royal 
Garnet. 
60 LIGHT ROSE. Ballad, Astrid, Chamouny, Frances M. Irwin, Magnolia, 
Miss Wisconsin, Rosa van Lima, Rose Ruffles, Sensation. 
62 DEEP ROSE. Burma, Early Rose, Guerdon, Leona, Rose Gem, Rosy Red. 
66 LAVENDER. Badger Beauty, Elizabeth the Queen, Elwood, King Arthur, 
Lavender and Gold, Lavender Prince, Lavender Queen, Lavender Ruffles, 
Poet’s Dream, Rose O’Day. 
70 PURPLE. King Lear, Purple Supreme, Vulcan. 
476 LIGHT VIOLET. Blue Beauty. 
80 SMOKY. Chief Multnomah, High Finance, Irak, Misty Dawn, Tunia’s 
Mahomet, Zuni. 
83 SALMON SMOKY. Bagdad. 
90 ANY OTHER COLOR. Buckeye Bronze, Brazil, Color Marvel, King Tan, 
Oklahoma, R. B., Robinson Crusoe, Sahara, Tony, Vagabond Prince. 
PERENNIAL QUESTIONS ANSWERED 
1. Do glads change color? I once upon a time said positively, NO. How- 
ever, so many have insisted that their’s did that I now say in reply, “I have 
never had them change for me in twenty-five years, and don’t know.” And 
I have yet to run across a gladiolus grower who has seen their’s change color. 
I have asked scores of inquirers if they grew their glads under label, or as mix- 
tures where these supposed changes occurred, and invariably the answers 
are always “in mixtures.” I am sure, in my own thinking, that they do not 
change, although they may deteriorate, and maybe lose some of their original 
characteristics due to age of bulbs, or climatic or soil conditions. The best 
preventive of “color changing” is ‘to grow your glads by label. Then when one 
kind becomes too plentiful the stock can be reduced without disturbing the 
other varieties which are less prolific. You can also by that method discover 
the less hardy varieties which gradually decrease in numbers through decay 
and disease in the ground. 
2. Should varieties be kept separate in storage to prevent mixing? No. 
They do not mix in that manner. 
3. How can I lengthen the flowering season? This can be accomplished 
by three methods— 
First, divide your bulb stock into several batches, and plant at inter- 
vals, say of two or three weeks. Planting can be done as late as July first 
and secure fine bloom and fully developed bulbs. , 
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