LEADING LADY 
GENERAL GLADIOLUS LIST 
The Cream of the World's Best Varieties 
Abu Hassan. Clear dark blue. Open several 
medium size blooms on a tall straight plant. 
6 for 55c; 12 for $1.05. 
Bagdad. Smoky old rose, deeper at edge of 
petals and lighter in the throat. Lip petals 
have a faint creamy blotch marked with 
penciliies of begonia-rose. 6 for 50c; 12 for 
c. 
Barcarolle. Clear, large, ruffled grenadine 
orange of an absolutely clean, clear shade. 
6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Beacon. Clear bright scarlet with large 
cream blotch. Eight to ten partially ruffled 
blooms borne on a straight stem. 6 for 50c; 
12 for 95c. 
Chamouny. Cerise rose with a silver line on 
the edge of all petals. Opens 10 or more. 
Beautiful cut flower variety. 6 for 50c; 12 
for 95c. 
Commander Koehl. A beautiful large clear 
light blood red. Probably the best variety 
in its color. Tall, straight, massive spikes, 
many open at a time. 6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Corona. Creamy white with rose picotee edge 
on all petals. Large flowers; long stems. 6 
for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Elizabeth the Queen. Very large ruffled clear 
lavender with a touch of rose in the throat. 
Plants are medium tall with a long flower 
spike. 6 for 55c; 12 for $1.05. 
Dr. F. E. Bennett. Peach red overlaid with 
flame scarlet. The throat is striped ruby 
and white. Very large and striking. 6 for 
50c; 12 for 95c. 
Greta Garbo. Beautiful exhibition flower of 
rose buff tinted pink. 6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Leading Lady. Tall, creamy white, that is 
tremendously popular, especially as a cut 
flower. 6 for 55c; 12 for $1.05. 
Margaret Beaton. Pure snow white with 
small orange scarlet blotch in the throat. 
Six or more large well placed blooms open 
on a long flower head. A strong grower. 
6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Myrna. Heavy ruffled ivory white. Opens 
many well placed heavily ruffled blooms at 
a time. 6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Peggy Lou. Beautiful new light rose. Mid- 
season. Grows about 4% feet tall. 6 for 50c; 
12 for 95c. 
Picardy. A truly sensational flower of deli- 
cate apricot pink. One of the finest gladioli 
in our entire list. 6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Recado. Rosy ash, flecked orange. 6 for 
50c; 12 for 95c. 
Red Phipps. A glowing scarlet. Has the good 
points such as size, length of spike and last- 
ing qualities. 6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Rosa Van Lima. A very fine, large, light 
pink. Early. 6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Royal Gold. Extra fine light yellow with 
golden throat. Excellent placement and 
many open. 6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Shirley Temple. The flower is an immense 
ruffled cream of good substance, borne on 
tall spikes. 6 for 50¢; 12 for 95c. 
Snow Princess. Large milky white with 
creamy throat. Early bloomer. Is one of the 
most popular white cut flowers. 6 for 50c; 
12 for 95c. 
Spic and Span. Tall ruffled deep pink of a 
nice clean shade. Good for both exhibition 
and cut flowers. 6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Spotlight. Clear medium-deep golden yellow 
with a small feathered blotch of scarlet. 
Large blooms, about 6-7 open at one time and 
about 18 buds. 6 for 55c; 12 for $1.05. 
Stoplight. Clear brilliant red of good tex- 
ture. Well placed slightly ruffled blooms. 
6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Takina. An unusual and striking purple of 
great size. 6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
White Gold. A very large clear light cream 
shading to a golden throat. Four to six huge 
well placed blooms open on a long head. Can 
be grown to produce amazing spikes of 
bloom. One of the best creams. 6 for 50c; 
12 for 95c. 
Yellow Emperor. Large, soft yellow, medium 
early. 6 for 50c; 12 for 95c. 
Treatment of Gladiolus 
Bulbs for Thrips 
A good treatment to give the bulbs just be- 
fore planting is the use of Lysol solution. 
Mix 4 teaspoonsful of Lysol to 1 gallon of 
water. Soak the bulbs in this solution for 3 
hours or more. 
We have had good success with a spray con- 
taining D.D.T. for Thrip after the bulbs have 
been planted. Start spraying when the plants 
are 6 to 8 inches high, one application every 
10 days, until the buds appear and then the 
spraying can be discontinued. We have 
D.D.T. in the liquid, Pest-B-Gon. Refer to 
page 37. 
Rainbow Gladiolus Mixture 
Hand selected from our list. All No. 1 bulbs. Fancy Mixture 
A field grown mixture. Contains a complete color range 
12 bulb order, 1 each of 12 varieties................ $ .95 of proven, outstanding varieties, all topnotchers. 
25 bulb order, 1 each of 25 varieties................ 1.85 12 for 80c 25 for $1.55 
50 bulb order, 2 each of 25 varieties................ 3.65 50 for $3.00 100 Ae $5.75 
100 bulb order, 4 each of 25 varieties................ 7.25 ; ; 
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