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A BLUE BOOK OF RARE GLADS 
With a fine eye for beauty of color, Dr. Scheer has selected 
many seedlings that are gloriously beautiful. His seedlings 
also seem to have stamina and size bred into them. My own 
examination of his bulbs proves them to be clean and healthy 
and really full of pep. 
The next few years will see some astounding introductions 
from the hands of this new hybridizer. We have full rights 
to the dissemination of these seedlings and all inquiries con¬ 
cerning these should be directed to us; however, I am sure 
Dr. Scheer will be more than interested to have your letters 
regarding the actual phase of hybridization. 
A few words concerning the seedlings of this hybridizer 
will not be amiss. I have no intention of here attempting to 
boast of them— not any useless words of praise. I am in a 
very line position to know that there are seedlings in this 
collection that are far in advance of any glads on the present 
day market, so far as I have been able to ascertain from my 
ten years of growing experience, during which time I have 
grown and bloomed over five thousand different varieties— 
among them the very select from home and abroad. I have 
introduced several during the past few years that are now 
making their way gradually and surely to the top of the 
peak, but in all of these seedlings 1 have grown, both for 
other hybridizers and of my own, I HAVE NEVER EXPER¬ 
IENCED THE PLEASURE OF FINDING THE EQUAL OF 
THE SCHEER SEEDLINGS. 
Saying a lot, perhaps—but it’s true! I won’t go on and try to 
tell you what a range of colors are to be found in the seed¬ 
lings, nor will I attempt to tell you what other men who 
know glads (some perhaps better than I) have stated regard¬ 
ing the Scheer glads I am, however, printing a few of! the 
letters that were sent to me regarding these glads, and from 
men who should know what they are talking about. I hope 
their recommendations will be sufficient to convince you that 
THE SCHEER SEEDLINGS ARE SUPERIOR VARIETIES IN 
EVERY WAY. I will mention a few of the most outstanding 
ones that have come to my attention, although these named 
here were but a few specimens from a single morning pick. 
One in particular that entranced me was a Minuet seedling 
that completely overcast its parent. This was a smooth, clear 
