SUNLIGHT 416-85 (Spiller 46) Blend of orange and yellow giving the general color 
effect of light orange shading to a golden throat. L 1—75c M 1—50c S 1—35c 
SUN SPOT 417-80 (Roberts 48) Ruftled yellow apricot buff, rose-red throat mark. 
L 1—75e M 1—50c S 1—30c 
TAHLAHNEKA 410-85 (Kaylor 42) Medium light yellow, excellent growth, straight 
spikes with many florets open. A very fine glad. L 2—25e M 3—25c S 5—25c 
TUNIAS MAHOMET 580-75 (Both 41) Deep velvety plum rose with orange scarlet 
throat. Produces immense spikes with huge florets. One of the earliest and 
most desirable smokies. Must be cut in bud for it will burn in the sun. 
L 1—25ce M 2—40c S 2—25c 
VOODOO 480-80 (Kadel 44) Voodoo is a novelty and exhibition glad. The color is 
hard to describe but a wine-bronze smoky comes close. Very unusual and pleasing. 
L 1—35c M 1—25c S 2—25c 
WEDGEWOOD 366-75 (Fischer 47) Beautifully ruffled lavender with a cream throat. 
Florets are lovely and precisely arranged. L 1—50c M 1—35c S 1—25c 
WHITE CHALLENGE 501-80 (Arnett 48) Heavy textured white with a very light 
rose pink blush and a pleasing rose throat. L 1—$1.50 M 1—$1.00 S 1—50c 
WHITE EAGLE 300-80 (Ellis 39) An exquisite, medium size white, heavily ruffled. 
Long graceful spikes that are very beautiful. L 2—25c M 4—25c S 6—25c 
WHITE GODDESS 500-80 (Roberts 48) Heavily ruffled white, shading to a light 
cream throat. Large florets on a large spike. L 1—$1.00 M 1—75c 
WHITE MAGIC 500-80 (Kuhn 47) Heavily ruffled, clear white. Has a cool, crisp, 
breath-taking beauty. Opens six large florets on a tall straight spike. 
L 1—$2.00 M 1—$1.00 S 1—50c 
WHITE SATIN 100-70 (Koerner 42) Cream white with white stamens and pistil. 
A true face-up glad. Wiry stems carry 134 to 2 inch florets. 
L 2—25c M 3—25c S 4—25c 
YANKEE LASS 440-85 (Schenetsky 40) Beautiful bright, tall pink which opens up 
to 10 five inch florets on a long flowerhead. A sensational glad. The light shell 
pink florets have no markings. L 1—$1.50 M 1—$1.00 S 1—50c 
The following suggestions apply to normal growing conditions and necessarily 
must be rather general. 
Stock for Planting: Secure healthy bulbs from a reliable grower specializing 
in growing quality gladiolus bulbs. Maximum size bloom are obtained from large. 
plump, high-crowned bulbs of at least an inch or more in diameter, A large bulb 
is simply a larger storehouse of food for the plant than a small bulb. Also a 
large bulb usually produces two or more flower spikes. Medium size bulbs, 
planted early and given good care, will produce good spikes. Bulbs under an inch 
in diameter are planted to produce large bulbs for the following year and not 
for the purpose of giving a cuttable spike. 
If you want good glads in your garden, hesitate to fall for an offer which 
advertises 100 ‘blooming size’ bulbs ‘one and one half inches in circumference’. 
Such advertisements are misleading for gladiolus bulbs are sold by diameter 
size and not by circumference. A ‘large’ bulb is roughly four and a half inches 
in circumference; a ‘small’ bulb one half inch in diameter is one and a half 
inches in circumference. A large bulb contains approximately 30 times the food 
store of a small bulb. In checking over bulbs received from such advertising last 
spring we found that two large bulbs actually weighed more than the 100 bulbs 
received. 
When you receive your bulbs, open the package to admit air and leave the 
package open until you plant. Sealed in an air tight package, bulbs will, after 
a time, mold. 
Planting: Plant your bulbs when the trees are leafing out and the soil has 
warmed. In Madison we plant from early in April until the middle of June, altho 
we make our main planting during the month of May. We always save a few 
