New hybrid Gladioli : special pan-American catalogue of Groff's hybrids / Arthur Cowee

              You will remember sending me a selection of bulbs last Spring. These
plants have now bloomed. They are the most beautiful and most perfect
flowers which have ever been my pleasure to see. The size and variation in
color seemed to excite the most comment, then again I have not a single
duplicate.
Springfield,  Mass.,  Aug. 8th,  1905. H. W. S .
I want to write and thank you for the very beautiful flowers (Gladioli) I
am getting every day; in color and size they are a wonder. Among them is a
lavender as handsome as any Orchid 1 ever saw. I shall hope to order more
another year.
Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 24th, 1905. MRS. E. T. T .
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They were the finest Gladioli I ever had, and I have had some very fine
ones.
Fort Recovery, Ohio, July 24th, 1905. G. P .
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Last year I got a number of new yellows and blues and they were magnificent, also Buffalo and Midway Collection. I have a very fine Collection
on a small scale, but those I purchased of you were beyond any I had in
size and beauty.
Westboro, Mass.,  March 17th, 1905. MRS. E. M. G .
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I wish to tell you how much I have enjoyed the Gladioli I had of you last
Spring. I am not a new grower of Gladioli, having grown them many years
and at one time had over 200 named ones and have raised many Seedlings.
Those you sent me are simply grand, some of them wonderfully large and with
exquisite colors and markings, and some the finest I ever saw. I think you are
entitled to great success in the Gladiolus field and you certainly have my
best wishes to that end.
Vernon, N. Y., Aug. 22nd, 1905. L. A. G .
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The Silver Trophy Strain which I received from you last Spring were the
finest ever seen in this vicinity, all bloomed and many had three spikes. The
flowers were extremely large and magnificent in coloring and marking. Words
fail to describe their great beauty and the great variety of shades. They
have been much admired by a great many people. I hope to send for other
varieties next Spring.
Clinton, Mich., Sept. 20th, 1905. C. E. J .
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