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. Veep rose, one of the earliest to bloom. 
ETHEL CAVE COLE. [arge. 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. 
SILENTIUM,. 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. 
ALGOMA. Color novelty and exhibition variety, buff-pink with red throat 
otch. 
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. 
ELIZABETH THE QUEEN, Exhibition. Giant ruffled lavender. 
DR. WHITELEY. Large yellow-apricot or buff, tall stems. 
GENGHIS KHAN. Rich salmon, heavy substance and intensely ruffled. 
HEAVENLY WHITE. Exhibition. White flushed with lavender. 
HIGH FINANCE. Exhibition. Light smoky orange-gray with cream thr 
A beautifully distinctive shade, and opens up to light y poe 
rolled back petals: P P 9 lightly ruffled blooms with 
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-yell 
Real large. Similar to Picardy, except in color. SD hae mca 
MOTHER KADEL. Long spike of soft yellow, many open. 
ORANGE GOLD. Genuine orange self, smooth, tailored flower on tall stems. 
PANDORA. Clear, soft geranium-pink, with darker lines in throat. 
PAUL REVERE. Very unusual and lovely shade of red. Very popular. 
PICARDY,, Exhibition. Delicate apricot-pink. Flowers 1 
and of heavy waxlike substance. : Ae area ete 
RED CHARM. Exhibition. Very attractive shade of medium red. Fast be- 
coming the most popular all-purpose red. 
