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THE GARDEN CENTER — 53 LASALLE ROAD, WEST HARTFORD, CONN. — PHONE 32-4272 
Easy to grow — colorful — indispensable. 
These wonderful flowers will thrive in any 
sunny garden. A weekly spraying with DDT or 
chlordane to discourage thrip will keep them 
in perfect condition. In our list which contains 
the best representative in each color group, 
the number following the variety name repre- 
sents the relative size of the florets — from ‘1’ 
designating the miniatures (floret size under 
214”) thru to ‘5’ which signifies the largest 
florets (5” or larger). 
BOUTON D’OR (4) Rich deep yellow. 
BUCKEYE BRONZE (4) Unusual bronze 
with orange shadings. 
CHAMOUNY (3) Cerise rose with silvered 
edges on all petals. 
CONNECTICUT YANKEE (4) Light blush 
pink with a deeper rose throat. 
DAISY MAE (5) Orange pink with a cherry 
throat blotch. 
DEBORAH SAMPSON (4) Delicate pink and 
buff. 
DUSTY MILLER (4) Smoky old rose with 
light red blotch. 
ELIZABETH THE QUEEN (5) Beautiful 
lavender with darker lines in the throat. 
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FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE (4) Marvelous 
frosty white, 68” tall. 
GOLDEN ARROW (5) Clear light creamy 
yellow. 
HIGH FINANCE (5) 
with a cream throat. 
HIGH LIFE (8) Early light blue with a 
deeper throat. 
INVICTUS (4) White shading to vivid pink 
with large scarlet throat. 
Ee Nae (4) Luscious clear rose 
pink. 
MOUNT INDEX (4) Perfect early flowering 
glistening white. 
NILA (4) Almost a black red like rich dark 
velvet. 
PICARDY (5) Melting salmon pink of tre- 
mendous size. 
RED CHERRY (4) One of the finest of scar- 
let reds. . 
SALMAN’S GLORY (5) Pure light cream 
with a carmine blotch. Giant flowered. 
VULCAN (4) Deep purple with a blue over 
cast. all the above: each 10¢, three for 25¢, 
six 40¢, dozen 75¢, 100 $6.00 
GARDEN CENTER RAINBOW MIXED A 
superb mixture of large flowered types in- 
Smoky orange-grey 
cluding the whole wonderful range of gladi- 
olus colors. each 10¢, three for 25¢, six 40¢, 
dozen 75¢, 100 $6.00 
pE GLADIOLUS 
ATOM (2) scarlet with white edge, BO-PEEP 
(2) ruffled salmon pink, BROWN ORCHID 
(2) smoky chocolate, FLICKER (2) orange 
with scarlet blotch, LITTLE GOLD (2) 
deep yellow, LOVELINESS (1) pale pink, 
QUEEN OF BREMEN (2) purple, SNOW 
BABY (2) purest white. 
All at: each 15¢, 3 for 40¢, 6 for 75¢, 
dozen $1.50, 100 $12.00 
STATUETTE (2) The most delightful of all 
miniatures. This creamy yellow beauty has 
a contrasting red throat. Unexcelled. 
each 50¢, 3 for $1.25, 6 for $2.00 
doz. $3.50, 100 $28.00 
THE GARDEN CENTER — 53 LASALLE ROAD, WEST HARTFORD, CONN. — PHONE 32-4272 
