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A BLUE BOOK OF RARE GLADS 
and I understand his first two introductions will be offered 
this year. 
It was my privilege one morning during the past summer, 
to spend a feAv hours with Dr. Scheer among his seedlings 
and NEVER HAVE I EXPERIENCED SUCH A THRILL. 
Some men achieve greatness by the introduction of one 
super glad, such as Wentworth with his Mildred Louise, 
Ogrodnicheck with Margaret Fulton, or Palmer with Picardy. 
In the feAv hours I spent among Dr. Scheer’s seedlings I could 
have selected at least a half dozen glads EQUAL to or FINER 
than those in commerce today. Dr. Scheer’s earliest work with 
glads was devoted to the blues and he has been r ; chly re¬ 
warded Avith SCORES of fine blue seedlings, but he has not 
neglected the other colors. Exhibition specimens Avere to be 
found among the Avhites, reds and pinks and I think that the 
ACE of the patch that particular morning to me was a glor¬ 
ious shrimp pink Picardy seedling with all the charm of its 
famous parent but possessing a beauty superior to P'cardy 
and withal, a distinctiveness and individuality all of its own. 
There Avas also a very fine light pink, an orange apr : cot 
Avith scarlet blotch and several reds and scarlets that were 
far superior to Koehl, Sowden, or Tip Top. 
When it is considered that the above named specimens 
Avere representatP/e of just ONE morning’s selections, then 
and only then, can we realize just Avhat an exhibition the 
entire season would have made could they have been assem¬ 
bled at one time. 
I have heard rumors of a neAv lavendar wh’ch will set a 
new standard in that class, also a PINK Picardy which will 
supercede Picardy in popularity, and Avhich will all be offered 
from the collection as soon as stock is of sufficient quantity 
to offer. 
I FREELY PREDICT that in the short space of a feAv years' 
time, the name SCHEER will rank among the highest in the 
hall of hvbridizers’ fame. 
(Signed) HAROLD E. JANES, Whitewater, Wis. 
St Paul, Minn., Dec. 10, 1936. 
Dear Mr. Nitchman:—1 Avish to congratulate you on your good 
"fortune in having made arrangements for the introduction of 
