Grand Rapids Growers, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan 
Gladiolus 
OUTSTANDING VARIETIES 
State inspected, treated with an insecticide and fungicide, ready 
to plant. 
60c per doz.; $4.25 per 100. 
BAGDAD. Decorative. large flowers and tall. A smoky old rose. 
BEACON. Exhibition. Bright rose-scarlet with a large cream throat. 
Somewhat ruffled, tall and very showy. 
BIT O’ HEAVEN. Exhibition. Flaming orange with yellow throat. 
EARLY ROSE. Deep rose, one of the earliest to bloom. ; 
ETHEL CAVE COLE. Large. wide open florets of delicate pink; 
nice substance. 
*LANTANA, Large flowers in vivid orange shades. 
MAUVE MAGIC. Long slender spikes of deep mauve. — 
+ PURPLE SUPREME, Exhibition. Tall, slender plant with well 
placed, bright purple blossoms. _ ; 
QUEEN OF BREMEN. Decorative. Soft lavender-pink. Makes 
beautiful floral arrangements. 
Exhibition. Flaming scarlet. 
TT Decorative. Pure white with rose blotch, plant 
grows tall and always straight with a slender willowy stem. 
SNOW PRINCESS. 
Exhibition. A very fine 
white of good size and 
form. Tall, with long 
flower spike and many 
open blooms that are 
always perfectly placed. 
Stems never crook. Mid- 
season. 
picardy 
75¢ per doz.; $5.75 per 100. 
ANNAMAE. Early; snowy white; reliable bloomer. 
BIG TOP. Immense light pink with carmine feather. 
BLACK OPAL. Exhibition. Deep maroon-red. 
BLUE BEAUTY. Exhibition. Light blue shading darker toward the edge. 
%* BUCKEYE BRONZE. Decorative. Smoky bronze. 
BURMA, Exhibition. Large ruffled, deep rose. 
CORONA. Exhibition. Cream-white shading more creamy toward the throat, 
with wide rose picotee edge on all petals. Very distinctive and beautiful. Six to 
eight very large, wide open blooms on a head of 18 buds. ‘Tall grower and a 
fine propagator. 3 
¥* ELIZABETH THE QUEEN. Fxhibition. Giant ruffled lavender. 
DR. WHITELEY.. Large yellow-apricot or buff, tall stems. 
HEAVENLY WHITE. Exhibition. White flushed with lavender. 
HIGH FINANCE, Exhibition. Light smoky orange-gray with cream throat. 
A beautifully distinctive shade, and opens up to 9 lightly ruffled blooms with 
rolled back petals. 
JEANNIE, Decorative. Beautiful, distinctive, large clear pink and white 
midribs and creamy throat. Tall, strong grower. 
KING BEE. Exhibition. Beautiful salmon-scarlet with self flecks. Commands 
attention. 
*LADY JANE, Exhibition. Large cream, fine texture. 
LAVENDER AND GOLD. Decorative. Lavender. Medium size. 
LEADING LADY. Decorative. A cream-white, with canary-yellow throat. 
Real large. Similar to Picardy, except in color. 
MARGARET BEATON. Exhibition. Pure snow-white with small scarlet 
blotch in the throat. Flowers very large, on a long spike. 
ORANGE GOLD. Genuine orange self, smooth, tailored flower on tall stems. 
PANDORA. Clear, soft geranium-pink, with darker lines in throat. 
PICARDY, Exhibition. Delicate apricot-pink. Flowers are all extremely large 
and of heavy waxlike substance. 
*RED CHARM. Exihition. Very attractive shade of medium red. Fast be- 
coming the most popular all-purpose red. 
%Starred varieties are among our Grand River Collection. 
