CHAMPLAIN VIEW GARDENS 
BURLINGTON, VERMONT 
Sere ano vere 
ALSO ANSWERING SOME QUESTIONS THAT ARE OFTEN ASKED ME. 
Why Grow Glads? 
Because they give you more general garden satisfaction and joy than any other flower | 
know. There is something intangible about them that gets under your skin as no other flower 
does. To go out in the morning and see blooms that have opened up during the night, especially 
on varieties you have never seen before, is a joy hard to describe and one the non-glad grower 
will never know. 
They are easy to raise. 
Cost is not excessive and they increase well. 
With this best of all hobbies you will not grow old. They say glad fans seldom die as they 
always want to see more new varieties open up. 
Uses of Glads 
Glads are used for about every purpose imaginable, from corsages to funeral work, from 
small dainty arrangements in the house to huge decorations. There is no limit to the uses to which 
they can be put. 
Types of Glads 
There are types for any purpose from the little miniatures 1-114” in diameter to 
the huge blooms sometimes measuring 8”’ or over and there are many different forms. 
So there should be something to suit everyone. Human nature being what it is the large 
ones will probably always be the most popular but | find there is a strong growing de- 
mand for the smaller and medium sized ones. They are much more suitable for the 
average house than the giants. 
Which Varieties for Where? 
Many people ask me to recommend varieties that will do well in their localities. As a gen- 
eral rule varieties do equally well everywhere. However a variety that naturally has a weak 
stem and is liable to crook in extreme heat would not be so good in a hot climate. Also a very 
late variety wouldn't be so good for the northern tier of states. But these exceptions and a few 
others just prove the rule that you may safely buy most any variety for any part of the country. 
Sometimes a grower will say that he can't grow a certain variety but | think perhaps the real 
reason is that he has some poor bulbs. 
What Varieties to Grow 
This is something that | can’t tell you. There is such an infinite variety of color, form, 
size and types that no one can tell you just what you will like. | make the descriptions 
as accurate as | can without going into too much detail. In the descriptions the first 
figures after the originator s name gives the classification. If you just want a good gar- 
den of glads and haven't become enough of a fan to want to keep the names separ- 
ate | recommend the unlabeled collections listed on page 19 of the price list. These 
contain mostly the same varieties that are listed under name but are not labeled and 
are sold at a lower price. These collections are not to be confused with the ordinary 
collections put out by most growers. They are really good varieties. And in the No. 3 
or de luxe collection there are bulbs that sell as high as one to three dollars each 
when labelled. 
