GLADIOLUS 
I have an amateur specialist in gladioli with a trunk full of ribbons and 
no visible interest in money. I understand he took 17 of the 23 ribbons 
offered at the Boston show last year and is quite indifferent about whether 
I sell his corms or not. But he does a beautiful job of raising them. 
Of course, he has all the equipment needed to grow them, to keep them 
thrip-free and healthy, and to properly store them. Fortunately for us, 
he also has a surplus of 10,000 large No. 1 size (14”) corms of these 
varieties: 
Number You Want 
... Abu Hassan—about the best in the dark violet class. 
.... Arthur Rank—libht soft pink with creamy lip. 
.. .Atlantic—vivid red-orange. 
.. .Aureole—medium shade of yellow, nicely ruffled. 
.... Benj. Britten—deep lavender with white pencil marks on lips. 
.. .Betty’s Choice—light orchid-rose, nicely ruffled. 
.. -Boise Belle—creamy yellow with pink halo, lips edged pink. 
. .Bold Face—deep salmon with white throat brushed black red. 
... Buckeye Bronze—beautifully ruffled bronze. 
.. .Burma—deep dark rose shading to lighter throat. 
. .Butterscotch—buff with soft salmon tinge and rosy salmon blotch. 
. .Chamouny—-silvery edging on cerise rose petals. 
...Conn. Yankee—a nice pink with rather sharp orange blotch. 
.. .Color Marvel—orange yellow with an 18 to 20 bud spike. 
...Connie G.—heavily ruffled cream with yellow throat. 
.. .Corona—cream white shading deeper in throat, rose edging. 
. .Cover Girl—medium pink, nicely ruffled. 
.. .Daisy Mae—orange salmon with blotch of cherry-red. 
. .Dieppe—dark salmon red with darker blotch in throat. 
... Eliz. the Queen—light mauve lavender ruffled, reddish feather in 
throat. 
. .Evangeline—pink, between a light and pale shade. 
.. .Firebrand—fiery glistening red, white stripe on lower petals. 
.... Flo. Nightingale—large ruffled white with touch of cream in throat. 
.. .Golden Beauty—deep golden yellow. 
.. .Great Lakes—clear unflecked light blue shading lighter in throat. 
....Greta Garbo—very light soft pink on the rose side, with creamy lip. 
.. .Havelock—deep rich purple. 
....Ivy Robertson—light pink with yellow and cream in throat. 
.. .Kawatiri—creamy buff with yellow throat, tinge of pink at edges. 
.. .Kittyhawk—delicate lavender with light peppering in throat. 
.. .Lady Jane—cream, on the yellow side, with light yellow lips. 
.. .Leading Lady—cream, almost white, shading deeper in throat. 
.. .Lila Wallace—deep rose red, nicely ruffled. 
. .Madeline Hefty—lavender with rose cast, deep rose-lavender lip mark- 
ing. 
.. .Margaret Beaton—snowy white with attractive scarlet blotch. 
... Mrs. R. G. Errey—black-red. 
...New York—deep rose on reddish side. 
.. .Partlenia—deep lavender, lightly ruffled and frilled. 
... Phantom Beauty—clear shell pink with darker throat. 
...Polynesia—deep pure salmon, slightly ruffled. 
..Red Charm—medium shade of red shading darker in throat. 
.... Red Wing—radiant scarlet red, lower petals slightly darker. 
.. .Silcherlied—LaFrance pink with dark red blotch. 
.. Silver Wings—pure white, large ruffled florets. 
. .Spic and Span—salmon pink. 
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March 1954 
