Miniatures in Glads 
A small Gladiolus — with 
Exceptional merits for 
FLOWER ARRANGEMENT. 
WIN A MOSES’ AWARD 
With These Lovely Miniatures 
For the best photograph of an arrangement in 
miniatures for home or exhibition, we will award 
to the best glossy print submitted a 
First prize of $25.00 in bulbs in assorted colors 
as listed in our catalog. 
Second Prize—$15.00 in bulbs.: 
Third Prize—$10.00 in bulbs. 
All photographs for judging must be in by 
September 1, 1951. 
Winning photographs will be exhibited in our 
annual catalogue. Decision of the Judges will be 
final, and all photographs become the property 
of Alfred L. Moses. 
MINIATURES 
Several years ago I began growing the smallest Glads 
I was able to find. There was something about these 
little ones that gave me the urge to continue to grow 
them even though I could get no encouragement. 
They were shunned, few if any were seen at the shows. 
I realized the colors were not so good, they were badly 
hooded, showing they were not too far removed from the 
old primulinus species. But the trend was for big and 
still bigger ones. 
Only in recent years have the hybridizers realized that 
this was a wide open field, and as a result of their efforts, 
we now have a few miniatures of the big Glads. A few of 
them lack the objectionable hooding, but have wide open 
florets, bright and brilliant colors, and possess a beau- 
tiful little slightly informal or formal flower head. 
In the last three years the show tables have been load- 
ing up with these Baby Glads and they are now enjoying a 
realm of real popularity among the Glad fans them- 
selves. The public as yet hasn’t had a chance to acclaim 
or veto the new creations. The florists haven’t yet dis- 
covered that these miniatures have a use. They are still 
too busy making funeral pieces out of a dozen giants, 
a little green and a ribbon. Don’t they realize the 
American public is always looking for something differ- 
ent? 
If You Are Growing Commercially— 
Depend on Alfred Moses’ Fine Selections 
You must have good varieties. You can’t afford to plant 
1000 bulbs and cut three to five hundred good spikes. It 
must be better. We are asked so many times to name a 
good commercial list that I feel it’s in order to do it here. 
EARLY VARIETIES 
WHITE: Anna Mae, Alpine, Mt. Index, *Heavenly 
White, *Snow Princess, Lady Ann, White Gold. 
CREAM and BUFF: Salmon’s Glory, Pactolus. 
SALMON and PINK: Friendship, Ethel Cave Cole, 
June Day, Salutation, True Love, Skyway. 
ROSE: Rose Charm, June Rose, Early Rose. 
LAVENDER: *Huntress, Myrna Fay, Lavender and 
Gold, *Wedgewood. 
BLUE: Blue Beauty. 
YELLOW: Cynthia, Gene, Early Gold, Gold Dust, 
*Yellow Harold. 
SCARLET: Valeria, Radiance. 
RED: Midnight Red. 
A Display of Miniature Gladiolus 
Grown From Bulblets. 
MID-SEASON VARIETIES 
WHITE: *Leading Lady, Fair Angel, *Snow Flurry, 
Florence Nightingale, *Silver Wings, Athene. 
CREAM and BUFF: Lady Jane, Dr. Whitely, Donna, 
Patrol. 
SALMON-PINK: *Picardy, 
and Span, Montpelier. 
LIGHT PINK: *Magnolia, *Beauty’s Blush, Phantom 
Beauty. 
PINK and ROSE-PINK: *Pink Radiance, Tivoli, Cap- 
sicum. 
Nadia, *Pandora, *Spic 
ROSE: Chamouny, *Gwen, Burma, Boulogne. 
LAVENDER: *Elizabeth the Queen, Lavender Prince, 
Lavender Queen, *Gail, *Silver Lustre. 
PURPLE: Lancaster, Vulcan, Margaret Wood. 
BLUE: Abu Hassan, Ravel. 
YELLOW: *Spotlight, *Mother Kadel, Golden Arrow. 
ORANGE: 
Prince. 
SCARLET: Dieppe, Red Wing, Red Cherry. 
RED: Red Charm. 
DEEP RED: Mohawk, Black Opal, Dusty Miller. 
*October Sunshine, Orange Gold, Orange 
LATE VARIETIES 
WHITE: *Surfside. 
PINK: Marion Pearl. 
RED: *Birch Red, Regal Red. 
PURPLE: Purple Supreme. 
*Indicates varieties that will ship well in tight bud. 
There may be some of the others just as good, but our 
experience is limited with many of the newer ones, but 
all the above are good cutters and should make money 
for you. 
SIZES: You should plant No. 1 bulbs where the earliest 
flowers are wanted, but otherwise No. 2 or No. 3 size will 
make very fine flowers and we highly recommend these 
two sizes. If you are located in the deep south you 
probably will still want No. 1 size as the larger the 
bulb the better the flower for the hotter climates. Even 
No. 4 size will bloom well but the stem will not be 
quite so heavy and it may lack some buds. 
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