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THE FOSS HEATON GLAD GARDENS, CRESTON, IOWA 
and blues were developed in Germany. The Australian type is many flowered, but are 
a little hard to get used to our climate. 
THE SEASON’S BEST TWENTY-FIVE 
The following were the best in my garden this year, not counting seedlings. Mr. 
W. H. Phipps, Minuet, Dr. F. E. Bennett, Betty Nuthall, Mammoth White, Golden 
Dream, Pelegrina, Marmora, Commander Koehl, Albatros, Picardy, Veilchenblau, 
Jane Addams, Crinkles, Mrs. F. C. Peters, Paul Pfitzer, Charles Dickens, Mrs. P. W. 
Sisson, Ruffled Gold, Orange Wonder, Salbach’s Orchid, Mother Machree, Geraldine 
Farrar, Red Glory, and Berty Snow. 
QUALITIES OF THE IDEAL 
Color is the first consideration. It is in a category by itself. All these quali¬ 
ties of plant and flower exist for the sole purpose of furnishing the proper setting 
for the color beauty. They are the means to an end, which is the presenting of the 
color beauty to the best advantage. 
The three big things a modern Glad must have are color beauty, many onen, and 
lasting ability. All other qualities are centered around these three essential points. 
Very few Glads measure up to all of the following ideals. 
(1) Prolific and easy growing. 
(2) Healthy, heavy foliage. 
(3) Responds to intensive culture. 
(4) Not affected seriously by conditions of drouth. 
(5) Will not wilt nor burn in the summer heat. 
(6) Stems do not crook. 
(7) Tall stretchy spike reaching up out of well bunched foliage. 
(8) Florets well opened and of fine form. 
(9) Stiff, sturdy and wiry, but graceful, stem. 
(10) Florets regularly faced and spaced on the spike. 
(11) Bulb does not divide into more than one or two spikes. 
(12) Five to eight florets open, and as many more showing color. 
(13) Plenty of size and harmonious proportions in petal, flower, and spike. 
(14) At least twenty buds to the spike. 
(15) Blooms out when cut clear to the tip without loss in size and color. 
(16) Plenty of substance to withstand the necessary handling. 
(17) Does not fade nor streak nor fleck. 
(18) The wilted blooms do not detract. 
(19) Colors uniform, vivid and clear. 
* (20) Colors bright under artificial light. 
(21) Possesses that indefinable something called charm. 
REGAL LILY 
This fine lily was discovered in Western China a few years ago. Four to five 
feet high, with a dozen, or more, big white blooms, tinted pink and yellow, on each 
stalk. Probably the most popular of all lilies because so easily grown. It is perfectly 
hardy. Blooms the last of June or the first of July. Lay bulbs on side about 8 
inches deep in a well drained place. Large bulbs ready for the finest bloom, 15c each, 
$1.50 per dozen. Seed, 25c an ounce. 
