KLONDIKE 412-70 (G. V. Snyder 47) Deep golden yellow. Florets are lightly 
ruffled and of heavy texture. L 1—75e M 1—50c S 1—85c 
LAKE PLACID 406-90 (Wilson 45) Splendid, lovely ruffled creamy white with 
yellow throat. Many florets open. L 1—25c M 2—35c S 2—25c 
LANTANA 420-75 (Palmer 43) An early pastel orange shading through orange 
salmon to a yellow throat. A really fine combination. L2-—25c M 3—25c S 4—25c 
LAVENDER PRINCE 466-85 (LaSalle 44) Deep violet lavender, occassionally flecks 
but usually clear. Makes an excellent spike. L 2—25ce M 3—25c S 4—25c 
MARIMBA 416-85 (Palmer 85) Light buff,, sometimes tinged pink. Will open up 
to 12 florets in the field. Unusually long flowerhead and a fine tall spike. L 2—25c 
MARION PEARL 532-85 (Benedict 43) Large salmon pink with a lighter throat, 
very beautiful. L 1—35ce M 1—25c S 2—25c 
MARSEILLAISE 536-95 (Scheer 41) Glowing, deep crimson-scarlet, cream lines 
on the lower petals. Large, straight, fine spikes L 2—25e M 3—25c S 5—25c 
MERMAID 442-85 (Palmer 41) Medium pink with a cream throat. Florets slightly 
ruffled. Exceptionally long spike. L 2—25c M 3—25c S 5—25c 
MINSTREL 566-85 (Palmer 44) Huge lavender pink sometimes flecked darker. 
Florets ruffled and needle-pointed. L 1—25s M 2—25c 
Wiss Abeta... 
MISS ALBERTA 401-80 (Torrie-Flad 
50) Picard x Rosa van Lima 
Originator’s description: A pure 
informal white with a strikingly 
splashed lavender throat. Florets 
414 to 434 inches, ruffled with lower 
petals fluted. Flowerhead is 20-24 
inches and carries 17 to 19 buds, of 
which 5 to 6 are open, and 6 to 8 
show color. A vigorous grower, it 
produces almost 100%  cuttable 
spikes which never crook and rare- 
ly have a misplaced floret. The light 
greenish cast of the many buds, to- 
gether with the lavender throat 
against a clear white background 
produces perfect color harmony. 
NAGC rated Miss Alberta high in 
1948: Wisconsin Seedling Show, Sun 
Prairie, Excellent in 1946 and 1948; 
Madison 1948, Excellent; Wisconsin 
1949, Excellent; Waterloo, Iowa, 
1949, First. 
Prof. “Jim” Torrie has been hy- 
bridizing for a number of years and 
has produced some fine gladiolus. 
Now that he has decided to intro- 
duce some of his work we can ex- 
pect other very good varieties to 
come from his garden. 
L—$3.00 M1—$2.00 Blbts. 10—$3.00 
1L,1M, 1S, and 10 Blbts. for $5.00 
Growers’ unit: 
5 L, 10 M, 15 S, 100 Blbts. for $40.00 

