Frilled Pink—“New Era” 
Introduced jointly by Ellis and Majeski and 
described by them as follows: 
“Eosine pink blended with La France pink. 
A pink that is PINK. We believe it to be the 
finest color of any Glad yet introduced. Soft 
cream throat, white midribs. Extremely ruf¬ 
fled (very frilled) 10 open florets and buds. 
“Good placement and always straight. Heavy 
texture. Under subdued light it has no equal. 
“1936 Shows—Illinois State Glad Show, first 
in both single and 3-spike class. In six show¬ 
ings NEW ERA is credited with seven blue 
ribbons.” 
(Large Bulbs, Bach, $3.50) (Medium Bulbs, 
Bach, $2.50) (Small Bulbs, Bach, $1.50) (Bulb- 
lets, Bach, 25c; 5—$1.00). See also page of 
Rare Varieties. 
J. D. Sez, Sez ’e 
“You can’t have everything.” Neither can a 
Glad. 
I’m fed up on this thing of some commercial 
grower or Glad fan jumping all over certain 
varieties, just because they (the Glads) lack 
some good points, though may have others of 
real merit. 
A variety may do better one year than 
another, or thrive and bloom better in some 
soils or localities than in others. So why 
should anyone go around with a black jack 
cracking down on good Glads, just because 
they don’t happen to “have everything?” As 
Jeff would say, “Answer me that.” 
The funny part of it is that the very writer 
who is so active with his hammer may be bally- 
hooing other varieties, perhaps his own origi¬ 
nations, that have been a flop with some of the 
rest of us. 
When you can show me a perfect person. I’ll 
trot out a perfect Glad for you to feast your 
eyes upon. Until then, let’s treat Glads as we 
do people. Or as we should. 
The present yen of Glad originators and fans 
is to have large florets and as many open as 
possible. But what about losing the grace and 
symmetry found in varieties that do not “shoot 
the works” but unfold their blooms fewer at a 
time and prolong the display? 
Consider the all-day sucker and the Esquimo 
pie! Or the ice cream cone! Some Glads may 
not be as spectacular or “yum-yum” as others, 
but they last a long time. Maybe Emerson 
foresaw the development of Glads when he 
pondered on the law of compensation. (By the 
way, I wonder if the kids in the Arctic Circle 
demand their money back if an all-day sucker 
doesn’t last all day there in summer time.) 
Glad news is good news, this fall, regarding 
much lower prices on many of the near-new 
varieties that have all been wanted, but until 
now the prices have been rather too high to 
permit planting liberalise of them. 
“Let’s look at the record.” Turn back to 
prices last season and before, and compare 
with the new prices in this catalogue, for these 
and others: ACADIA, a Palmer Glad that has 
good stiff spike, lovely color combination, good 
placement. AMADOR, still scarce, but prices 
coming down somewhat. Same, regarding 
BLUE ADMIRAL. 
DEBONAIR, DR. DURR and DUNA —three 
cheers for three glorious Glads. They don’t 
have everything, but each is splendid. DEB¬ 
ONAIR sort of combines the advantages of 
the all-day sucker and the ice cream cone. DR. 
DURR I like more and more, on account of its 
lovely blooms, good habits and earliness. As 
for DUNA, like WASAGA, is one of those 
Glads you almost want to eat. EARLY DAWN 
is well named. Valuable for its earliness. 
Lacks some good points found in later bloom¬ 
ers. But you just can’t have everything. 
Stop crying for the moon and yellow Glads 
as large and fine as PICARDY. You can’t have 
either—not yet. But GOLDEN CUP and GATE 
OF HEAVEN should dry your tears. Now 
cheaper. GOLD MINE large and good, but 
inclined to crooked spikes in warm weather. 
Verily, you can’t have everything. 
MAID OF ORLEANS, still the favorite white. 
Not the largest, but good size. Everything 
considered, including price, MAID is the tops. 
STAR OF BETHLEHEM similar, but larger 
and grand. Stocks of it still limited and prices 
not falling like an exploded skyrocket. MAM¬ 
MOTH WHITE a favorite with many. Is more 
informal than MAID, and not so well behaved. 
Yet even one spike looks like a bouquet at a 
distance, and just a few make a big display. 
Bulbs often rough and hard looking, but grow 
and thrive none the less. 
And KING ARTHUR. My word! I almost 
forgot the king. Still king in its color class. 
Now much cheaper. 
MISS GREELEY drags in so many good re¬ 
ports that I feel proud to have been the one to 
name and introduce it. Sure valuable account 
of being a real good pink, and also so early. 
Similar to PHIPPS, but much earlier, thus 
increasing the blooming season of PHIPPS and 
near-PHIPPS. 
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