F. C. Hornberger, Home and Garden Service 
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QUEEN LOUISE (Pfizer) (Ex. 
Com. 80-95) A tall, pure white; a 
very fine white. 
QUEEN MARY (Mair) (Ex. Com. 
Dec. 9095) Tall, strong plant; long 
spike set with numerous large buff 
pink flowers; slow propagator. 
RAMASSES (Stevens) (Ex. Dec. 80) 
A very tall plant; purple flowers of 
immense size; 5'6 or more large florets 
open; has wavy and ruffled edges. 
RED LORY (Errey) (Ex. 9SY00) A 
very strong grower with tall spike; 10' 
12 or more open; a carmine rose with 
purplish red blotches. 
RED PHIPPS (Briggs) (Ex. Dec.) A 
good light red; good placement and 
good grower. 
ROSE MARIE PF1TZER (Pfitzer) 
(Ex. Com.) White tinted pink, a 
peaches and cream effect; 8 or more 
open; very popular. 
ROYAL LAVENDER (Schleider) 
(Com. 7075) Deep lavender; good 
grower and propagator; needs very 
good soil conditions for best results. 
RUFFLED GOLD (Goodrich) (Ex. 
Com.) Very good ruffled yellow; 
very fine; when given good growing 
conditions good grower. 
SALBACH’S PINK (Salbach) 
(Com.) Large geranium pink; long 
spike; 6 or more large flowers open; 
strong grower. 
SCHUBERT (Pfitzer) (Com. Dec.) 
Very good cream color with yellow 
blotch. 
SCHWABEN GIRL (Pfitzer) (Com. 
Dec.) Early, large pure pink; 7'8 
open; very fine when well grown. 
SENORITA (Salbach) (Ex. Dec. 90) 
Large, wide open orange red pencil' 
ings; medium height; good propaga' 
tor; similar in color to La Paloma. 
SOLVEIG (Decorah) (Ex.) A tall 
ruffled white, 5-7, open, a very fine 
• new variety (Where it can be grown 
successfully). We have grown it three 
years, and so far it has been most urn 
satisfactory, a poor propagator, we 
offer it with this explanation of our 
THOMAS A. EDISON (Kunderd) 
(Dec. 90) Heavily ruffled, deep veb 
vety red; good grower; medium 
height. 
TRE V ONIAN (Hornberger) (Ex. 
Com. 80'85) A very large, outstand' 
ing new lavender rose; very fine exhi' 
bition and commercial. We have had 
fine reports on this variety. Strong 
grower; good propagator. 
TOBERSUN (Austin) (Ex. Com. 
105'110) Large, clear yellow; tall; 
6'8 open; strong grower; fair propa' 
gator. 
VEILCHENBLAU (Pfitzer) (Ex. 
Com. 90'95) Large, dark blue; a lit' 
tie above medium height; a very pop' 
ular dark blue; good grower; fair 
propagator. 
WASAGA (Palmer) (Dec. 90'95) 
Prim Grand; a strong growing buff; 
flowers somewhat ruffled; 4'5 open. 
WHITE ORCHID (Bill) (Com. Ex.) 
Early, tall ruffled Prim. Grand. 
YVONNE (Krelage) (Ex. Com. 75' 
80) Blush white, cerise spot in throat; 
6'8 very large open flowers on a 
strong, tall plant; strong grower; fast 
propagator. There may be a few 
crooked stems under dry conditions. 
ZANE GREY (Hornberger) This is a 
pale light grey sport of Marmora; 
very interesting to grow along with 
Marmora; color is distinctly different. 
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ZILLAH (W. H. Parkman) (Com. 
Ex.) Tall, massive plant; extra dark 
green foliage, straight, tall spike; big 
flower head; 6'8 massive flowers open; 
color is a soft, warm yellow; florets 
are well ruffled; but I will let you hear 
what other growers have to say about 
this variety, see letters below. 
ZILLAH ILLUSTRATED ON THE 
OUTSIDE FRONT COVER PAGE: 
Was grown from a bulblet, note its 
height as compared with the 3 ft. yard' 
stick, also the large bulb produced. We 
can supply last year’s Catalog, with 
nearly one page of letters in praise of 
this new early commercial yellow. 
