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A BLUE BOOK OF RARE GLADS 
this means. The color is much deeper than Red Phipps and 
the substance is also much better. These are not just state¬ 
ments but actual truths and facts from actual examination. 
The spike will carry from 18 to 22 buds with anywhere from 
8 to 12 open. Florets are spaced much better than those of 
Koehl or Red Phipps. Carries very healthy foliage and grows 
like a, cornstalk, fast. Chief Red Bird is an immense prop¬ 
agator and will, from small to medium size bulbs, produce at 
least 50 bulblets depending upon care and growing conditions, 
of course. The bulblets run pretty well to large and have a 
very good germination degree. Chief Red Bird is offered this 
year for sale at the following prices: 
One bulb, any size (larger ones first offered unless smaller 
ones specified)—$10.00 each; 3 bulbs for $25.00; 7 for $50.00. 
No bulblets for sale, either this year or next. 
Chief Red Bird is named after the famous Indian chief, Red 
Bird, of the valiant Indian tribes who engaged in the war of 
1827. Like the noble red chief, Red Bird is also straight and 
tall, unbending, never crooking, and with a substance that 
does not wilt in the heat of the warmest days. Like the red 
men, again, it is a husky grower, overcoming obstacles and 
growing conditions that would overwhelm the average glad. 
Vigor and stamina mark the characteristics of this fine glad, 
now offered at a price within the reach of any fancier or any 
commercial grower. 
BELTANE THE STRONG 
SCHEER—1937— (33C41-10) 
Mrs. P. W. Sisson x Commander Koehl 
Type: Exhibition Height: cut spike, average 45 inches 
Number open: 7 
This variety impressed me with both fine form and richness 
of color. Probably the form was most impressive, but the 
color is certainly fine. Reminds one some of Netherland 
Prince, the fine variety by Stevens which has fallen along the 
road somewhere due to its inability to propagate fast and 
because it quite often crooked badly. Well—you won't have 
any trouble with BELTANE crooking, nor propagation habits 
