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AZALEA GARDENS, SEEKING, FLA. 
No Name and Description 
135. MADEMOISELLE JACQUELINE CHERUIT. A newly intro¬ 
duced French seedling. The leaf is transparent, and the center 
a rich lilac pink with narrow cream ribs. The narrow margin is 
greenish cream color with very fine darker green network. See 
illustration. 
114. JOHN PEED. Fine bold plant with many leaves. Center trans¬ 
parent cherry red, with LIGHT green margin. A fine English 
introduction. 
35. CANDIDUM. An old favorite and popular for Easter. Trans¬ 
parent pure white leaf, bordered narrow green, and with rich 
green ribs and netting. 
69. GRATIOSUM. Light pink center, bordered by a pink zone and 
green edge. The leaf is profusely covered with transparent car¬ 
mine-red specks. 
89. CARO NOME. Whitish, straw-colored leaf with extra heavy 
scarlet ribs, distinctly zoned transparent carmine-rose. 
115. ZOE MUNSON. Dwarfish grower, with many leaves. Trans¬ 
parent snow-white, but a pink flush can be seen if the hand is 
held behind leaf, which is rounded and rather small, hardly any 
green margin, beautifully crumpled. Raised green veins. 
120. PETER P. SCOTT. Bold bright red center, narrow green mar¬ 
gin. Finally the entire leaf is a rich red, making it one of the 
finest of all Caladiums on account of its uniform coloring. A 
new English introduction, much different from other reds. 
Gullett & Sons, widely-known wholesale florists of Lincoln, Ill., 
wrote us under date of May 8, 1935: “We had some nice colors in the 
Caladiums you s ent us this past winter . . . Want to get more next 
year.” And under date of Nov. 28, 1935, in inquiring about the new 
Caladium crop, they bring up a point which we think is well worth 
passing on, when they remark: “Some of these (Caladiums) we ought 
to grow for sales during the summer, say up to September. There is 
always a great scarcity of blooming plants in pots during Summer, 
usually nothing but tuberous rooted begonias and Gloxinias, so we 
believe Caladiums might be well worth while at that time.” This sug¬ 
gestion, from one of the largest wholesale growers in the country, 
is worth considering and acting upon; especially so, since our Cala- 
diums cannot be equalled for COLOR. To have Caladiums for sales up 
until September, it is only necessary to plant the bulbs later than 
usual, handling the same as other bulbs that are to be. brought in at 
different seasons, or in succession. During summer the bulbs may be 
