LUCIAN GOSLING DRAGONS & DOUBLE 
DRAGONS 
Many of you folks have heard of Lucian Gosling, of Ludington, Michigan. A quiet, mild 
mannered, God-fearing man, who is interested only in Nature’s peculiar traits, in creating 
oddities in the glad world. This season, I was privileged to grow them, and they were 
certainly interesting and intriguing. Stocks are small and the year only for the grower who 
is looking for novelties and are not for the commercial grower. If you want some surprises, 
something completely new and different in glads, be sure to try some of these Gosling 
treasures. Here they are: 
1953 INTRODUCTIONS 
WHITE DRAGON: Globular creased and crinkled florets of heavy texture, in ivory white, 
with a pink dot in throat. Complex spurs on this clustered bloom, make it appear 
double, and a rare delight for arrangers. 
Any size corm $5.00, with limited number of bulblets $1.00 ea. 
CARNIOCLA: A miniature, resembling a carnation, with a sheaf of tiny petals in yellow 
flecked with red. Bulbs are tiny, fully developed corms are 1” in diameter. For you 
hybridizers, here is a real gem. Less than 50 corms for sale. No bulblets. 
Any size corm $10.00. First come, first served. 
RELUCTANT DRAGON: Next to WHITE DRAGON, this one is the most beautiful of the 
dragons. A beautifully ruffled and spurred “face-up,” in salmon, with a yellow throat. 
Nice long flowerhead, 15 to 18 buds, holding 5 to 7 open. Another real gem in a novelty. 
Hybridizers please note. Limited stock. 
Any size corm $5.00, No Bulblets. 
MOTHER DRAGON: A lightly spurred, long headed salmon pink “face-up”, with ability 
to produce good seed. This, and Fairy Dragon, are the most satisfactory seed producers. 
Extremely limited stock. 
Any size corm $5.00, nearly all small bulbs. No bulblets. 
TRUE PURPLE: A blue purple breeder of great value to the hybridizer looking for good 
blues. Makes good seeds, which grow to large seedlings in one season, giving a high 
percentage of healthy near blues. Another Gem for you hybridizers. 
Any size corm $3.00. No bulblets. 
RECENT INTRODUCTIONS 
FAIRY DRAGON: This dragon is the key to the fairyland of new shapes, forms and types 
of dragons. Usually t bears elfin needle spurred cupped florets in lavender pink, but 
occasionally it produces creased and fluted petals. 
L $1.00; M .75; S .50; Blbts. at 10 for $1.00 
GREY DRAGON: An orchid type, which makes sprawling florets, folded and spurred, in 
lavender grey smoke. The oddest floret you ever saw, especially interesting in floral 
work. . L $1.00; M .75; S .50; Blbts. 10 for $1.00 
SHAGGY DRAGON: A large bright salmon double. Not as double as CARNIOLA or 
MULTIPETAL, having 12 to 15 petals in cupped “face-ups.” 
L .75; M .50; S .25; Blbts. at 10 for .75 
PINK SPURS: An odd taller Dragon, with mottled spurred buds, which open to coral pink 
cups, facing up. A weird and haunting beauty. 
L .75; M .50; S .25; Blbts. at 10 for .75 
DINOSAUR: This is a variable, ranging from sprawling blossoms like GREY DRAGON, 
to spurred double florets, color always in a bright orangy pink. 
L .75; M .50; S .25; Blbts. at 10 for .75 
PETALS OF EIGHT: A short-headed yellow, usually having two extra petals per floret. 
giving it a peculiar density. Not a dragon. L .75; M .50; S .25; Blbts. at 10 for .75 
VIOBLUE: This is the only violet blue in the giant violet class. Large well grown bulbs, 
will make 7” florets. L $1.00; M .75; S .50; Blbts at 10 for $1.00 
CRYSTRAUM: An ethreal lavender. tinted white of double parentage, useful in breeding 
for doubles. On occasion it doubles its florets. L .75; M .50; S .25; Blbts. at 10 for .75 
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