FAVORITES OF 1949 
Here are four lists of varieties representing each person’s favorite 
ten as they saw them this year. Mrs. Arenius and Helen (Mrs. Art, Jr.) 
both have seen all the varieties in our field as well as at the many shows 
so are well qualified to comment. They have the added advantage of liking 
a glad only because to them it is the most beautiful without the influence 
of statistics such as the size, number open, number of buds, height, etc. 
ART JRS THE OLD MAN’S 
Prosperity Topflite 
Manchu Skyway 
Connie G. Florence Nightingale 
Florence Nightingale 
Skyway 
Gorgeous Deb 
Leading Lady 
Red Wing Conn. Yankee 
Lila Wallace Pactolus 
Topflite Connie G. 
Kathy Lee Sunday Best 
Gorgeous Deb 
Spic and Span 
HELEN’S MRS. ARENIUS 
Parthiena Topflite 
Florence Nightingale Elizabeth the Queen 
Spotlight Buckeye Bronze 
Topflite Chamouny 
Miss Wisconsin Janet Lee 
Peggy Mother Machree 
Burma Purple Supreme 
Kathy Lee Margaret Beaton 
Royal Windsor Conn. Yankee 
Siboney Magnolia 
GLADIOLUS SEEDS 
More and more glad growers are getting a kick out of growing glads 
from seed. This is a very interesting hobby as each seed produces a brand 
new variety; and with seed selected from good parentage, many worthwhile 
seedlings may be expected. | 
The seeds which we offer you are exceptional in that they have been 
selected from the best and newest of named gladiolus, as well as from our 
most promising and vigorous seedlings which have not yet been introduced; 
in fact, these are the seeds which we plant ourselves. 
We assure you that keeping records of the sources of these seeds 
would be a laborious and costly procedure, which would not improve their 
quality one iota. So, to keep the price low, we are offering them to you 
in unnamed, mixed lots. 
Furthermore, a package of these mixed seeds assures you of a far 
greater variety of colors than you would receive from a packet of seed 
from only one cross. 
A generous count of 35 seeds for $1.00 Six packets for $5.00. Com- 
plete planting instructions on each packet. 
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