BRIDAL 
ORCHID 
“Second spike of Bridal Orchid open 
to-day. Just 5 feet tall, 6 open, 12 in 
color, 21 buds. Wonderful! Flower 
head 35 inches. What more can a fel- 
low ask? All spikes are STRAIGHT. 
Color ???? PERFECT. Placement just 
as the doctor ordered. The first Glad 
that has caused me to say, if I were to 
grow but one, it would be so and so, 
I'll make mine Bridal Orchid.” 
(Washington) 
My great enthusiasm for Bridal Orchid, when it was introduced a year 
ago, has proved well founded. Excellent reports of its fine performance 
have come to me from many sections of the country. 
It gathered two grand championships and many other awards dur- 
ing the past show season. 
The pictures on the opposite page are (center) Diane Krueger of Re- 
liance Gardens with Grand Champion spike of the South Wisconsin- 
North Illinois show. The single spike with the rosettes is an enlarge- 
ment of the same spike. The one on the right is from Sydney Mode of 
VanKleek Hill, Canada. Bridal Orchid won for him at the Canadian 
shows. It was also best three-spike recent introduction at the Garfield 
Park Show in Chicago. The other Grand Champion spike was exhibited 
by Mr. B. B. Bunn at the Le Roy, Ill. show. 
Of the many lavender varieties which I grow Bridal Orchid tops 
them all for commercial qualities. It is most vigorous, has fine, clean 
foliage and produces firm, healthy bulbs and many bulblets which ger- 
minate easily. Given a good growing season you can cut marketable 
spikes from bulblets. In the field you can barely distinguish plants 
grown from large and small bulbs, so vigorous is its growth. When the 
chips are down on a commercial market, retail florists will pick up 
Bridal Orchid every time. It has the necessary size, length, the beauty 
of color and florets, ruffling and substance and many open florets to 
qualify it as a top grade cut flower. It has great opening power when 
cut in bud and also has good keeping qualities. 
I think that probably the finest recommendation of this great glad 
was given in the Popular Gardening symposium when it said ‘Bridal 
Orchid was so consistently rated “excellent’’ that it worked its way into 
the select group even though, for some reason, we failed to get it on 
the mimeographed list sent to the experts.” 
A little investment in Bridal Orchid will go a long way in assuring 
future flower happiness for you. 
Prices - Large $3.00 Med. $2.50 - Small $2.00 
Bulblets $ .50 each - 10 for $4.00 
100 for $32.00 
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