Yladiolus 
You'll Want a Planting of these 
Gorgeous Summertime Beauties 
All named varieties: Each, 10c; doz., 90c; 100, $6.00. 
Algonquin. Early. Brilliant glowing scarlet with 8 or 
more wide open, well placed, ruffled, needle-point blooms 
on a tall straight spike. 
Blue Beauty. Light violet blue, vigorous grower. Most 
blues are temperamental, but this one is consistently de- 
pendable in performance. 
Burma. Sensational large deep rose, shading to lighter 
throat. Heavily ruffled and will open up to 10 blooms. 
Chamouny. Beautiful distinet shade of cerise-rose with 
a silver line around all petals. Opens up to 10 blooms on 
a long spike. 
Colonial Maid. Light lavender, up to 8 medium sized 
blooms on a tall straight spike. 
Corona. Creamy white shading more creamy towards the 
throat with rose picotee edge on all petals. 6 to 8 very 
large well open blooms on a head of 18 buds. Tall strong 
grower. 
Elizabeth the Queen. Beautiful clear lavender-mauve 
with darker lines in the throat. Nicely ruffled and needle 
pointed. 
Ethel Cave Cole. Pure light pink shading to a creamy 
throat. Opens up to 10 well-spaced blooms. 
Gen. Boug’as MacArthur. Light salmon-rose. Tall strong 
grower with up to’8 6-in. round somewhat ruffled blooms 
open at once. 
General Eisenhower. Brilliant clean shade of begonia-rose. 
Open 8 to 10 huge blooms sometimes 7 in. across. Very 
tall plant. 
High Finance. Smoky light orange-gray with creamy 
throat. Beautiful and one of the finest smokies. Open 
9 ruffled blooms on a very tall plant. 
King William. A soft salmon and apricot blending beau- 
tifully into a clear unmarked cream throat. It is a tall, 
healthy, vigorous grower. 
Lady Jane. Clear cream with yellow lip petals which 
gives the flower the appearance of yellow. Open 6 to 8 
large slightly ruffled blooms at once. 
Margaret Fulton. Superb, early blcoming salmon-pink. 
A distinctive shade, different than the color of any other 
variety. Opens 6 to 8 blooms at once. 
58 Gladiolus . 
Musio Clementi. Lobelia-blue overlaid with gray.. Opens 
6 to 8 medium sized blooms on a fine spike. Unusual 
color. 
Pactolus. Apricot-cream with orange-red blotch. Opens 
8 to 10 wide open, well-placed blooms on a medium tall 
spike. 
Picardy. Clear soft salmcn with flesh throat on which is. 
a soft inconspicuous feathering of rose. 7 to 9 very large 
well-placed blooms open at once. The most popular va- 
riety grown. 
Purple Supreme. Very outstanding purple with silvery 
edge on the petals. Wiil open 10 on a shoulder high plant. 
Ravel. Violet-blue with reddish brown markings. Tall 
straight spike. 
Red Charm. One of the best niedium reds. Opens 8 to 9 
well-placed blooms on a tall straight stem. 
Rosa Van Lima. A pure, clear pink of such loveliness as 
is seldom seen. A touch of light lavender in throat. 
Salman’s Glory. Large showy creamy white with a big 
red blotch edged yellow. Tall strong husky grower with 
big head of blooms. 
Snow Princess. One of the finest of the creamy whites. 
Has long spikes with about 6 large florets well arranged 
open at once. 
Spic and Span. Tall ruffled medium deep pink of an un- 
usual shade. Opens 10 with 8 to 10 buds showing color. 
Spotlight. Dark golden yellow with a small flaming scar- 
let blotch. Opens 6 to 7 on a very tall straight willowy 
spike. 
Stoplight. Clear brilliant red of good texture. Flat, wide 
open and well-placed slightly ruffled blooms on a tall 
spike. 
White Gold. Very large clear light cream shading to a 
golden throat. 4 to 6 enormous well-placed blooms on a 
long flower head. Can be grown to amazing size. 
Yellow Herald. Amber-yellow with light carmine throat 
lines. Opens 6 to 8 slightly ruffled medium large blooms 
on a tall spike. 
Mixture. A mixture of popular named varieties, selected 
from all classes, unsurpassed in diversity of colors and 
types of blooms. Each, 8c; d0z., '75c; 100, $5.00. 
ROSS BROS. CO., Worcester, Mass. 
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