THE WAYSIDE GLADIOLUS GARDEN 
ELLA’ W, WRIGHT, PROP, 
CANTON, MAINE 
Hello,"Glad" Folks: 
Time to select the glad varieties you want to plant in your garden 
this spring, We hope our selection of varieties for 1954 will please 
you, In order to keep our list Tight up to the minute, we have dropnped 
many of the older varieties, If you saw some varieties in our garden 
last summer that you liked and we have not listed them, please do not 
hesitate to write us about them, as we may have them, 
Not all of the more recent introductions that we tried in our gar- 
den have come up to our expectations er the claims of the originator, 
but we did have many fine ones, Among those which found special favor 
with us are: SALMAN'S SENSATION, a clear violet-blue, tall and straight 
appears to be very healthy, and easily holds 8 open; MENSA MIST, a 
large soft gray, beautiful combined with shades of rose and pink; 
CORAL ACE,just what its name implies; GLAD TIDINGS, a clear cerise 
rose, the best of its shade we have ever raised, a tall husky grower 
with perfect placement; CATHERINE BEATH and GOLD are fine additions 
to the deep yellows; SUNNY CHIP, as far as color goes, is a beauty, 
appears to be just as rugged and healthy as ORANGE GOLD, but our one 
and only spike was so crooked that it would have delighted the heart 
of an "arranger", THUNDERBOLT,just a darker BUHMA, was very nice but 
not as black as we had expected: PASSION, ROYAL SCOT, KING. DAVID, and 
THE RAJAH are all very fine purples: LEIP ERICSSON, in the cream class 
we think is tops, 
Here at "THE WAYSIDE" we had an especially busy season, In addition 
to our usual tasks of planting, weeding, spraying,etc., we built a 
combination bulb storage house and garage, AS our building developed, 
we decided that the storage room would make a good.."Flower Shop", so 
We slinished 44 up with that in mind, By the time the glads were bloome- 
ing in good shape we were ready to move in, and we had a "Gravd Open- 
ing", The garage is very handy to use when we need extra space and we 
hope to make good use of it this season,Along with our "Flower Snop's 
we plan to have a "Gift Shop" where we will sell. handmade articles 
and novelties, We also have caught the African Violet "bug" and have 
over £00 plants growing as a starter for our "Flower Shop", Visitors 
are always welcome! Come and see us{! 
READ CAREFYLLY BEFORE MAKING OUT YOUR ORDER 
Our terms are CASE WITH ORDER on orders 2¢6ss than $10.00, Larger 
orders,25% deposit, balance before Shipment, Orders from the retail 
list amounting to $3.00 will be sent postpaid, On orders less than 
$3.00 add 50¢ for postage. On orders for Collections allow postage 
for 8 lbs,per 100 large bulbs and 4 Lea, for; DOO medium, bullbs,It is 
cheaper for you to have them Shipped by Parcel Post than by Express, 
Orders will be acknowledged by postcard as soon as possible after re- 
ceéipt, Keep a copy of your order, Please select a seeond choice if you 
are Willing for us to substitute, Balbs in the retail list are large 
size(iz" and up), All stock ts certified by the State of Maine Dept, 
of Agriculture to be apparently free from injurious insects and dis- 
eases, It is our intention to send out only healthy bulbs, true to 
name, If bulbs are not Satisfactory on receipt, please return them 
and we will gladly refund purchase price, We cannot guarantee results 
however, as planting and Srowimg conditions are beyond our control: 
We are always glad to help you. with your culture problems as far as 
we are able, A culture leaflet; will be included in each order, Do not 
split quantities as listed, Where a variety is listed at 2 for 25¢ 
do not order 1 at half the price, We do not offer cash discounts, but 
we do send extras depending on the size of your order, Send us a list 
of any varieties you might like as extras and we will do our best to 
please you, PLEASE order Carly, Bulbs will be shipped after danger of 
freezing is over, unless othervise requested, If you are interested 
in Quantity prices a posteard will bring you my Wholesale List, 
IF YOU LIVE IN THR STATE OF .MAINE ADD 2% SALES TAX TO THE AMOUNT 
OF YiOUR ORDER, 
