introduced, is a very fine light blue, the best of this shade grown here, eight 
flowers will open at once, and the awards it received in 1934 seem well deserved; 
Mrs. E. A. Rides and Harold Logan are blues also from this same originator. 
Other varieties from New Zealand that appear to be outstanding, from a 
short trial, are Petiti, a big salmon apricot by Hill; Watchful, a pretty pink 
from Rev. Crossman; Taiaroa, salmon pink, flecked slate, with a purple blotch, 
and Toa, a rosy salmon with darker blotch are from Miller. 
From Miss Whiteley in addition to D. A. Hay there are the newer ones; 
F. J. Cullen, a bronze with cream blotch; Recorder, purple violet; Mrs. C. P. 
Worley, a salmon red with cream throat; Tauaki, a dusky, smoky purple; Airs. 
J. Nathan, a rose pink with cream throat; Stapleford, a purple with white throat. 
This cruise has taken you to all the important foreign countries where the 
present-day Glads are being originated which are today popular in the United 
States; the trip has been a long one and probably included some originators and 
varieties that were of little interest, but it is hoped that you have found some¬ 
thing worth while in this cruise among the foreign growers. 
Review of the 1934 Season 
The past season, in many ways, was the best we have had here for a long time, the 
weather was kind to the glads and as the planting this year was on a perfect piece of 
light sandy loam conditions were ideal. This plot has not had any crop on it for a 
number of years and is large enough so that we can use an entirely new piece each 
season for a dozen years. A brook runs on two sides that furnishes plenty of water and 
being only a mile from the coast has the cool summer temperatures for which Cape Cod 
is famous. Never have we harvested as fine a crop of bulbs and the bulblets were very 
plentiful so big reductions have been made in bulblet prices this year. 
Many of the varieties that are now out of the real rare class were at their best the 
past season and it may be because they are getting really acclimated. AMETHYST was 
better than ever and is fast growing in popularity as it is being seen more often at the 
shows; LIBELLE seems to be one of the best “blues,” it is very early and the clear color 
is much desired by the florists, the darker BLUE DELIGHT is of good color and in¬ 
creases easily, the new ALLEGRO from Pfitzer to be released next year will certainly 
be in much demand. 
RED LORY continues its winning habits, few are the shows where it does not get 
mentioned among the winners and the same applies to TOSCA, COMMANDER 
KOEHL and BILL SOWDEN, that great trio of reds all of rather similar shade yet 
very different in type. PIMPERNEL continues the best red with white throat that we 
grow here and HUNTSMAN more scarlet than PIMPERNEL is the leader in that 
color class. ANNE RAHMSTORFF is another red of different shade that has been 
very fine the past season. Good new yellows are not plentiful and I still think CAN¬ 
BERRA the best exhibition yellow even if the blooms sometimes pull apart so that the 
stem shows and we have no other yellow that will open as many good sized flowers at 
once. The new LAUSANNE is a fine yellow with a deeper throat that lights up the 
flower and DAFFODIL, the first yellow ever introduced by Mair, good in color and of 
real grandiflorous type which is not too common in the yellows, are the best new yellows 
I have seen for several seasons. 
QUEEN MARY still is my favorite cream and added more championships to its 
record the past year, GLENBURN is very similar in style but comes a pure cream 
always; BENTLEIGH and MARIE gave us great spikes of creamy shade, the former 
flushed buff and the latter with a pink overcast. The rapidly increasing popularity of 
ROSEMARIE PFITZER is certainly justified for it is one of the world’s very best glads. 
