Every garden should have at least a few glads, and you Iris, Daylily and Lily fanciers can 
treat yourselves to even more pleasure and delight this year by including some gladiolus 
bulbs in your purchases this spring. Besides their tremendous color appeal in the garden 
gladiolus have no equal as cut flowers suitable for any occasion. 
\ Also you can have a succession of blooms for many weeks from midsummer until frost 
by planting at different times. For you flower garden lovers with minimum time for your 
favorite hobby we know of no other flower that will give you so much for so little. 
NO. 1 BULBS 
AD One enema Om 
named varieties of 
Gladiolus will be 
filled with No. 1 
bulbs 14% inches or 
more in diameter. 
This size produces 
thie very finest 
spikes and florets. 
CULO Be Glad: 
OlnsS Ure BUSEusy 
grown in any well 
drained sunny loca- 
tion. Plant bulbs 3 
to 4 inches deep 
and apart from 
other perennials or 
shrubs for best re- 
sults. Most effective 
in specimen groups 
Of @ wo 12 OF Up 
solid beds or bor- 
ders planted like 
lulips or daffodils. 
Tf cut flowers are 
desired be sure to 
leave 3 or 4 leaves 
for bulb produc- 
tion. Planting may 
be done any time 
after danger of 
freezing is past in 
spring until early 
June with equally 
good results. 
SHIPMENT: 
February Ist to 
June Ist. 
Listing of varieties 
COLUMBIA Each .35; 6 for 2.00; 12 for 3.50 
on next page 56. 
Extremely frilled golden throated white with 
deep cerise edges. 
G-54-55 
13 Recent Introductions of Exceptional Beauty 
All Illustrated Here 
1 EACH of ALL 13 VARIETIES.....$ 3.50 
3 EACH of ALL 13 VARIETIES.....$ 9.50 
6 EACH of ALL 13 VARIETIES... . .$18.50 
12 EACH of ALL 13 VARIETIES... . .$35.00 
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