FASHIONS IN GLADIOLUS 

FORWARD 
TO ALL OUR FRIENDS: 
The past year was, by and large, a good one. It was very satisfactory for us and we 
thank you for helping to make it so. We deeply appreciate your patronage and hope that you 
liked our service and our bulbs. . 
In recent years, many new gladiolus have been created and introduced, so many in fact 
that it has become increasingly difficult to separate the chaff from the wheat. Show records 
were once a help in selecting a good flower, but of late, so much bias and poor judging have 
been observed at shows, that such records have ceased to be reliable. Trial gardens, being 
still in their infancy, face many problems which will be ultimately solved. 
Therefore the purchaser of new gladiolus varieties must rely more than ever on the 
past reputation and integrity of the firm with which he deals. We want you to feel when 
you purchase from Glad Meadow that we are thinking of your investment in terms of years 
of productive yield and that we have made every sincere effort to grow and introduce those 
varieties, which in our opinion, will not be grown for only a few seasons and then cast aside, 
but which will be a real contribution to gladiolus through the years. 
Among the new creations are more vivid and dependable reds, finer pinks, purer and 
earlier yellows as well as exotic lavenders which rival orchids in their beauty. 
Add a few of these startingly beautiful new gladiolus to your garden each year. They 
will give you a real thrill and immeasurably increase your personal interest and enthusiasm. 
New varieties mean to your garden what a shot of liver means to your body, so plant 
a few new faces among the old. Flowers appreciate new blood too. 
Since it is becoming increasingly difficult to acquire that first million, you might as 
well relax and be happy and where can you better accomplish this than in your garden? You 
can store up a wealth of garden memories, so get those new ones you have been yearning for, 
but hesitated to buy. 
We received many compliments during 1949 concerning the excellence of our bulbs and 
the extras, which were included with each order. We try our best to make every contact 
courteous and friendly, because our wish is to make as many satisfied customers as we can. 
We value highly the reputation so long associated with Glad Meadow of having the 
finest of the new and more recent introductions to be found anywhere. We intend to keep it 
that way. 
We wish for you a year of success and happiness and trust that the beautiful gladiolus 
in your garden will bring you pride and joy. Working among them and enjoying their 
beauty will bring you closer to your Creator and impart to you true happiness and the 
strength to better play your role on the stage of this complex world in which we live today. 
FRANCIS X. GRAFF 
