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THE FOSS HEATON GLAD GARDENS, CRESTON, IOWA 
ROYAL LAVENDER 
(Schleider). Late mid-season. Ridgway: Mallow Purple. 
The largest of the lavenders except Jane Addams. The spike is not so tall as the 
others. The color is a deep lavender, bright and clear. 
PURPLE 
CHAS. DICKENS 
(Pfitzer). Late mid-season. Ridgway: Aster Purple, blotch Amaranth Purple. 
(30th). 
The world’s finest purple. Exceedingly tall graceful spikes. Vivid glistening 
deep purple. Fine in every way. 
PAUL PFITZER 
(Pfitzer). Early mid-season. Ridgway: Amaranth Purple. (50th). 
More of a royal purple than Chas. Dickens, but not so prolific and easy to grow. 
A bright gorgeous Glad. 
PURPLE QUEEN 
(Kunderd). Early mid-season. Ridgway: Aster Purple. 
Differs from the above purples in having more open, and the spike is heavier, 
and not so tall. Fine as a cut flower. 
RAMESSES 
(Stevens). Mid-season. Ridgway: Rosolane Purple. 
A giant in flower, on a tall slender spike. A ruffled loosely built monster, like 
a butterfly, of a deep reddish purple color. 
BLUE 
AIDA 'I 
(Pfitzer). Early. Ridgway: Manganese Violet, blotch Aster Purple. (34th). 
The earliest and deepest of the blues, except Pelegrina. Fine growing habits. 
Very dark violet. 
AVE MARIA 
(Pfitzer). Early mid-season. Ridgway: Light Lobelia Violet, feather Rosolane 
Purple. (20th). 
One of the best of the light blues. Easy growing and prolific. The blotch does 
not detract. 
GERALDINE FARRAR 
(Diener). Late mid-season. Ridgway: Lavender, feather Livid Purple (44th 
in 1931). 
The only true lavender color in Glads. Its performance here in Iowa leaves 
nothing to be desired, except that it is not very prolific. Fine spike, fine bloom, and 
fine flower head. 
GERTRUDE PFITZER 
(Pfitzer). Mid-season. Ridgway: Pale Lobelia Violet, feather Hortense Violet. 
A light blue that never fades. Tall graceful spikes, large blooms of fine form. 
Very dependable and easily grown. 
MRS. VAN KONYNENBURG 
(Pfitzer). Mid-season. Ridgway: Deep Lavender, feather Rosolane Purple. 
(29th in 1932). 
Usually regarded as the nearest to blue in Glads. The spikes are very tall, and 
should be staked. Blooms sometimes irregularly placed, but are very large and wide- 
open. 
PELEGRINA 
(Pfitzer). Early mid-season. Ridgway: Bradley’s Violet. (23rd). 
By far the best of the dark blues. Many open at one time, with all buds show¬ 
ing color. A fine straight spike, with fine placement. A very dark blue, almost black 
in the bud. Easy grower and rapid multiplier. 
