matter how beautiful.) When Lavinia gets into quantity produc¬ 
tion I predict it will become a solid “First Ten" along with 
Minuet and Marmora. 
Mrs. S. K. L. — Wyo. 
Lavinia grew a wonderfully strong sturdy stalk with many 
beautiful blooms open at a time. 
Mrs. C. H. M. — S. D. 
Premier did not bloom, though it made two dandy large bulbs. 
Neither did Gunvor. Dream 0’Beauty was good. Lavinia surely 
took the cake, producing two elegant spikes which the hot whip¬ 
ping winds did not harm a bit or even wilt. Solveig was the same. 
I think a lot of these two varieties and I think Lavinia will go 
places. 
G. M. H. — Minn. 
Premier, the first to bloom, was a beauty and gave a satisfactory 
spike all around. Maxwelton, I am sorry to say, produced a short 
spike with a stunted flowerhead having the florets small and 
closely bunched. The color alone was not enough to recommend 
it — not the way it bloomed for me. Mrs. E. R. McManus had an 
excellent spike and the flowers were exceedingly attractive even 
though it bloomed on the hottest day of the summer. I had much 
better results from Gunvor than heretofore. It certainly is a lovely 
gladiolus with beautiful large ruffled florets of heavy texture. It 
would be a grand gladiolus if the spike were only a little longer 
and the florets not quite so loosely attached to the stem. . . . Dr. 
Hoeg was superb from every standpoint; Brightside was good as 
usual. 
F. W. C. — N. Y. 
A rose pink that seems to have a future is Maxwelton — very tall 
and straight with a fine head of large blooms. 
E E. G. — Vt. 
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