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Title: California gardening
Identifier: californiagarden1933germ (find matches)
Year: 1933 (1930s)
Authors: Germain Seed and Plant Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Germain
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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The Gladiolus is invaluable as a summer flower both for the garden and for cutting, and its popularity has increased tremendously in the last few years. New and improved varieties are being offered each year in America as well as in Europe, Australia, etc., and exclusive Gladiolus shows are now staged in all the larger cities throughout the world. Especially in California the Gladiolus has much to endear it to the garden and flower lover. Its ease of culture, beauty and variety of bloom, exceptional keeping quality and its extreme adaptability to our climate which enables it to bloom in our gardens almost twelve months in the year, are qualities unequaled by any other flower. We are large growers of Gladiolus, and Japanese Silk our growing fields at Camarillo, where over a million bulbs are grown annually, are visited by thousands of interested visitors every spring. The bulbs offered below are first size, al grown from young, clean, Semesan treated planting stock and the varieties included in our list are those which by their prominence in National Ex- hibitions and their constant use by florists have proved themselves to be the finest Gladiolus in cultivation. Novelties for 1933 These four new sorts are most unusual and striking in form as well as color. They will appeal to all who delight in the novel as well as the beautiful in flowers. Price 50c each; $5.00 per dozen. Japanese Silk. Old rose on outside and oyster white inside, with a fine line on edge of petals of rose. Entirely different and unique type of gladiolus. Mrs. Clifford Moore. The color of an opal. Creamy pink shaded with bluish gray. Purple Empress. Giant royal purple, long pointed petals, large spike and tall grower. Fairy Fancy. Beautiful extremely laciniated cream with pink stripes in throat, very fine and decorative. The Collection of 4 Novelties $1.50 Ten Rare Gladiolus This assortment contains some of the most unusual sorts ever produced. They are all large, modern varieties, ranging in color from the finest snow white of albatross to deep violet and the exquisite self-color of Salbach's pink to the strange beauty of Hinemoa and Mother Machree. A superb collection for home garden and Gladiolus fan. Albatross. Very large and beautiful, pure snow white. 25c each; $2.50 per dozen. Coronado. An unusually large, heavily ruffled white with a royal purple throat. Single flowers are very large, measuring from six to seven inches in diameter. 20c each; $2.00 per dozen. Coryphee. This full-petaled exquisite Glad, is unsurpassed in its ravishing tint of clear light pink. 20c each; $2.20 per dozen. Hinemoa. A New Zealand origination of strikingly distinct appearance. Deep pink ground flaked with dark chocolate crim- son; a large, clean-cut, clear yellow blotch standing out in strong contrast. 35c each; $3.50 per dozen. Mother Machree. A fine "Smoky," a blend of salmon and silver grey with just a touch of lavender. 35c each; $3.50 per dozen. Mrs. Van Konynenburg. The best blue Gladiolus to date, in our opinion. Tall, elegant spike. Color a clear bluish violet. 25c each; $2.50 per dozen. Pfitzer's Triumph. A superb bright red. One of the largest and most prolific in cultivation. 20c each; $2.00 per dozen. Salback's Pink. A late introduction of great beauty. Tall, large flowered and a lovely clear salmon pink. 35c each; $3.50 per dozen. Veilchenblau. Good blue, deep violet purple in color. 25c each; $2.50 per dozen. Winged Victory. The largest flower yet produced; single blooms measure 8 inches in diameter when perfectly grown. The finest, clearest, esoine pink with no blotch or throat markings—abso- lutely self colored. Form is unique, the flower having giant re- flexed long pointed petals. 15c each; $1.50 per dozen. Collection Offer—One each of the ten Rare Gladiolus, complete Coronado for $2.00.
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Choice Collection of Gladiolus Bulbs Alice Tiplady. A lovely orange saffron. 6c each; 60c per dozen. Arlon. Fine spike, rich salmon with red throat. 6c each; 60c per dozen. Balboa. A clean glowing apricot pink, blending into a warm yellow throat. 10c each; $1.00 per dozen. Belinda. Soft cream color. Large, broad flowers. Perfect spike. 10c each; $1.00 per dozen. Berty Snow. Superb new lavender, large and beautiful spike. 10c each; $1.00 dozen. Betty Nuthall. (New.) Beautiful warm light coral, with pale orange throat. The flower spikes are tall and graceful, carrying from six to eight large, well expanded blooms open at one time. 15c each; $1.50 per dozen. Catalina. A clear, bright shade of Cherry rose with yellow throat. 10c each; $1.00 per dozen. Charles Dickens. A fine silky, red-purple with deeper blue-purple throat. 10c each; SI.00 per dozen. Dr. F. E. Bennett. Fine large spike. Flame scarlet with dark red throat. 10c each; $1.00 per dozen. Dr. Moody. Light lavender with very fine penciling of a darker shade. Sometimes flaked with dark lavender. 10c each; $1.00 per dozen. Elf. Large, perfectly built spike. Color lemon yellow to pure white. 8c each; 75c per dozen. Ethelyn. A splendid shade of orange flush- ed gold. 6c each; 60c per dozen. Evelyn Kirtland. Charming bright coral pink, tall graceful stalk. 8c each; 75c per dozen. Giant Nymph. Tall soft rosy pink, creamy yellow throat, elegant flower. 10c each; $1.00 per dozen. Golden Dream. Rich deep yellow, tall and large flowered. 6c each; 60c per dozen. Golden Frills. A golden yellow, attractively frilled. 5c each; 50c per dozen. Herada. A rare and stately flower. The pure mauve color is exceptional. 10c each; $1.00 per dozen. Gretchen Zang. Beautiful rose pink. 6c each; 60c per dozen. Karl Volkert. Rich scarlet red. 8c each; 75c per dozen. Lady Byng. Very large, tall growing va- riety, of a lovely soft pink. 8c each; 75c per dozen. Le Marechal Foch. Flesh pink. 6c each; 60c per dozen. Lily White. Snow white, lower petals tinged cream. 5c each; 50c per dozen. Los Angeles. Lovely flower, beautiful shrimp pink with carmine blotch. 5c each; 50c per dozen. Collection of Twenty Twenty distinct varieties all different—but not individually labeled—complete for $1. — 47

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