24 THE TILLINGHAST SEED COMPANY, LA CONNER, WASHINGTON 
LEADING LADY 
GENERAL GLADIOLUS LIST 
The Cream of the World’s Best Varieties 
SOME RECENT INTRODUCTIONS 
Abu Hassan. Clear dark blue. Open several 
medium size blooms on a tall straight plant. 
6 for 55c; 12 for $1.05. 
Elizabeth the Queen. Very large ruffled clear 
lavender with a touch of rose in the throat. 
Plants are medium tall with a long flower 
spike. 6 for 55c; 12 for $1.05. 
Ethel Cave Cole. One of the finest new light 
pinks. Large round blooms with many open. 
-'fall plants with long straignt flower spike. 
Good grower. 6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Harry Hopkins. Large Bordeaux wine red 
with slight purplish shading. Open 6-8 well- 
placed blooms on a tall strong stem. Very 
nice. 6 for 55c; 12 for $1.05. 
Leading Lady. Tall, creamy white, that is 
tremendously popular, especially as a cut 
flower. 6 for 55c; 12 for $1.05. 
Lady Jane. Large clear cream with yellow on 
the two lower petals. Six to eight well placed 
blooms open at once. Tall plants, long flower 
spike. 6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Lavender Dream. Clear light lavender, with 
darker lavender streaks. Huge flowers, 
many open at one time. 6 for 55c; 12 for $1.05. 
Mansoer. Blood red on brown ground over- 
laid by a dark brown glow. Some might call 
this a smoky. 6 for 55c; 12 for $1.05. 
New Europe. Bright orange scarlet. Nicely 
ruffled, with 6-8 flowers opening at one time 
on a tall straight stem. 6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Salman’‘s Glory. Early, large creamy white 
with large showy red blotch edged yellow. 
Very tall strong grower with up to 7 huge 
flowers open on a tall strong plant. 6 for 
55c; 12 for $1.05. 
Spotlight. Clear medium-deep golden yellow 
with a small feathered blotch of scarlet. 
Large blooms, about 6-7 open at one time and 
about 18 buds. 6 for 55c; 12 for $1.05. 
TIME PROVEN FAVORITES 
Bagdad. Smoky old rose, deeper at edge of 
petals and lighter in the throat. Lip petals 
have a faint creamy blotch marked with 
pencilings of begonia-rose. 6 for 50c; 12 for 
95c. 
Barcarolle. Clear, large, ruffled grenadine 
orange of an absolutely clean, clear shade. 
6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Beacon. Clear bright scarlet with large 
cream blotch. Eight to ten partially ruffled 
blooms borne on a straight stem. 6 for 50c; 
12 for 95c. 
Betty Nuthall. A warm light coral with pale 
orange throat and a. light feathering of 
carmine. The flowers are often 6 inches 
across. 6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Commander Koehl. A beautiful large clear 
light blood red. Probably the best variety 
in its color. Tall, straight, massive spikes, 
many open ata time. 6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Chief Multnomah. Reddish smoky with a 
cherry blotch. Very large and fine. 6 for 50c; 
12 for 95c. 
Corona. Creamy white with rose picotee edge 
on all petals. Large flowers; long stems. 6 
for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
3 COLLECTION VALUES FOR 
Rainbow Gladiolus Mixture 
Hand selected from our list. All No. 1 bulbs. 
12 bulb order, 1 each of 12 varieties, $ .95 
25 bulb order, 1 each of 25 varieties, 1.85 
50 bulb order, 2 each of 25 varieties, 3.65 
100 bulb order, 4 each of 25 varieties, 7.25 
Fancy Mixture 
A field grown mixture. Contains a complete 
color range of proven, outstanding varieties, 
all topnotchers. 12 for 80c; 25 for $1.55; 50 
for $3.00; 100 for $5.75. 
Dr. F. E. Bennett. Peach red overlaid with 
flame scarlet. The throat is striped ruby 
and white. Very large and striking. 6 for 
50c; 12 for 95c. 
Early Rose. Early. A splendid cut flower of 
blended rose shades. 6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Greta Garbo. Beautiful exhibition flower of 
rose buff tinted pink. 6 for 50c; 12 for 95c.° 
Margaret Beaton. Pure snow white with 
small orange scarlet blotch in the throat. 
Six or more large well placed blooms open 
on a long flower head. A strong grower. 
6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Marguerite. Watermelon pink with cream 
throat. 6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Myrna. Heavy ruffled ivory white. Opens 
many well placed heavily ruffled blooms at 
a time. 6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Peggy Lou. Beautiful new light rose. Mid- 
season. Grows about 4% feet tall. 6 for 50c; 
12 for 95c. 
Picardy. A truly sensational flower of deli- 
cate apricot pink. One of the finest gladioli 
in our entire list. 6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Recado. Rosy ash, flecked orange. 6 for 
50c; 12 for 95c. 
Red Phipps. A glowing scarlet. Has the good 
points such as size, length of spike and last- 
ing qualities. 6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Rosa Van Lima. A very fine, large, light 
pink. Early. 6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Royal Gold. Extra fine light yellow with 
golden throat. Excellent placement and 
many open. 6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Shirley Temple. The flower is an immense 
ruffled cream of good substance, borne on 
tall spikes. 6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Snow Princess. Large milky white with 
creamy throat. Early bloomer. Is one of the 
most popular white cut flowers. 6 for 50c; 
12 for 95c. 
Takina. An unusual and striking purple of 
great size. 6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
White Gold. A very large clear light cream 
shading to a golden throat. Four to six huge 
well placed blooms open on a long head. Can 
be grown to produce amazing spikes of 
bloom. One of the best creams. 6 for 50c; 
12 for 95c. 
Yellow Emperor. Large, soft yellow, medium 
early. 6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Treatment of Gladiolus 
Bulbs for Thrips 
A good treatment to give the bulbs just be- 
fore planting is the use of Lysol solution. 
Mix 4 teaspoonsful of Lysol to 1 gallon of 
water. Soak the bulbs in this solution for 3 
hours or more. 
We have had good success with a spray con- 
taining D.D.T. for Thrip after the bulbs have 
been planted. Start spraying when the plants 
are 6 to 8 inches high, one application every 
10 days, until the buds appear and then. the 
spraying can be discontinued. We have 
D.D.T. in the liquid, Pest-B-Gon. Refer to 
page 37. 
1951 
Special Collection of Recent 
Introductions 
3 each of 11 listed varieties, 33 bulbs for $2.65 
6 each of 11 listed varieties, 66 bulbs for 5.15 
