THE ART OF FLOWER ARRANGEMENT. 
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make a spotty effect. 6—use flowers which are all the » 
Same shape. : Variety in form is more pleasing. -7—be 
afraid to use conventional materials. 8—hesitate to 
cut off unwanted leaves and stems. 9—copy other 
people’s arrangements. 10—be afraid to’ use strong 
lines and bright colors. 
This is necessarily not a complete guide to flower 
arrangement, but it will serve as a sound foundation 
on which to begin—and one may go on learning from 
experience and observation. 
The gladiolus is an especially valuable flower for the 
arranger. It lends itself perfectly to either line or 
mass groupings. The slender bud spikes, the half- . 
opened blooms, and the fully-opened flowers give us a 
diversity in form and size, while their sturdy stems and 
long lasting qualities make them particularly usable. 
Recent improvements in shape and size have made the 
modern gladiolus a most versatile bloom. We may 
have miniature, frilled-petalled forms, or mammoth 
The Gladiolus Classification System 
The number after the name of each variety in © 
our general descriptive list denotes the official 
size and color classification of that variety as 
determined by a committee of the North Amer- 
ican Gladiolus Council. We list these classifica- 
tion numbers because they are helpful to cus- 
tomers in determining the exact size and color 
classification of varieties they may want to buy 
or to exhibit at glad shows conducted under the 
auspices of the N.A.G.C., where this classification 
system is used. 
Glads are classified in five sizes as follows: 
Miniature ______- 100—florets under 214” 
SINGLE aerating 200—2%4” through 3%” 
Medium .-.-...- 300—314” through 43%” 
Large... osc. 400—414” through 53%” 
Giahte....... 06.2). 500—514” or larger 
For instance, turn to page 13. The first variety 
described, Abu Hassan, is followed by the num- 
ber 378. The 300 means it has a floret size from 
314” through 435”. The 78 designates this variety 
as a deep violet. Hence the numbers after the 
variety names tell the story of the size and color 
of the individual floret as grown under field con- 
ditions from large bulbs. 
COLOR CLASSES 
Class 
00 White 00 without conspicuous marking 
White 01 with conspicuous marking 
Cream 06 
10 Yellow 10 (Light) 
Yellow 12 (Deep) 
Buff 
20 Orange 20 (Light) 
Orange (D 
eep) 
Orange 24 (Red Orange) 
30 Salmon 30 (Light) 
Salmon oe (Deep) 
Scarlet 3 
40 Pink 40 eae without markings 
Pink 41 (Light) with c. markings 
Pink 42 (Deep) 
50 Red 50 (Light) 
Red 52 (Deep) 
Red 54 (Black) 
60 Rose 60 pent 
62 (Deep) 
Lavender 66 
70 le 70 
Violet 76 (Light) 
Violet 78 (Deep) 
80 ad ie shades 
mo 82 (Orange Smoky) 
Smo 83 (Salmon Smoky) 
Smoky 84 (Pink Smoky) 
Smoky 85 (Red nea 
Smoky 86 (Lavender Smoky) 
90 Any other color. 
 . florets that are ideal material for the arranger. Used 
‘with their own foliage or other accessory greens, they. 
“are effective when used alone or when combined with 
other seasonable flowering materials or berries to con- 
trast or blend with their forms and colors. 
CUT-FLOWER RECOMMENDATIONS 
Although our rating system tells you which are the 
best cut-flower varieties, we thought it would be 
interesting to find out from a family, which has made: 
an unusual success of their cut-flower business in a 
large city, just which varieties they had found in 
actual practice to-be their best money-makers in each 
color class and at different stages of the cut-flower 
season. They complied by making out the following 
interesting chart to list: 
25% Sales—White and Cream—EARLY: Cupid, Snow 
Princess, ‘Salman’s Glory, Starlet, White Lace, Cru- 
sader—MID-SEASON: Florence Nightingale, Mother 
Fischer—LATE: Snow Princess. 
20% Sales—Pink and Salmon—EARLY: Friendship, 
L; Beauty’s Blush.No. 1—MID-SEASON: Friendship 
No. 3-4, Evangeline, Beauty’s Blush, Spic & Span, 
Tivoli, Sweet Sixteen—LATE: Beauty’s Blush, Spic & 
Span, Tivoli. ; : 
15% Sales—Yellow—EARLY: Gene—MID-SEASON:. 
Aureole, Spotlight—LATE: Spotlight. , 
10% Sales—Rose—EARLY: Rose Charm—MID-SEA- 
SON: Burma, Chamouny, Boulogne, Elmer’s Rose— 
LATE: Burma, Chamouny. 
10% Sales—Lavender and Purple—EARLY: Wedg- 
wood, Magnet—MID-SEASON: Elizabeth the Queen, 
Lavender Lace, Sherwood—LATE: Col. Atkinson. 
15% Sales—Red and Scarlet—EARLY: Radiance— 
MID-SEASON: Red Charm, Red Wing, Velvet Mantle 
—LATE: Birch Red, Red Charm, Velvet Mantle, 
Dieppe. 
3% Sales—Buff and Orange—EARLY: Pactolus— 
MID-SEASON: Manchu—LATE: Manchu No. 5, Betty 
Duncan No. 4, October Sunshine, Patrol. 
2% Sales — Violet, Smoky, A.O.C. — EARLY: Abu 
Hassan, Ravel—MID-SEASON: Abu Hassan—LATE: 
Dusty Miller, High Finance. 
SPECIAL OFFERS 
ON ARRANGEMENT GLADS 
(Each of these varieties was especially 
recommended by Mr. Starker.) 
ab Wedgwood*.:ors.- lavender 
5 L Little Gold* 
> Lletarlet* 008 20. Ju. white 
1 LOWhite LdGe*.... 3: white 
1 L Cream Orchids* 
1 L Pink Dots 
Srl Hraendship® soo. | eG pink 
2 L Lavender Lace* lavender 
5 L Abu Hassan 
scarlet-orange 
Bly. NOCIIiG So eae nna maroon 
Arrangement offer L, 48 large bulbs (a 20 
value) for $5.00. Labelled. Oe 
Arrangement offer M, 48 medium bulbs (a 50 
value) for $3.00. Labelled. So 
Combination offer: Arrangement offer L and 
Arrangement offer M, both for $7.00. 
*Pictured in color elsewhere in the catalog. 
