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very new ones not yet released and a few of the more recent ones; we sent only 
the new things omitting the old standbys as we were short of both boxes and 
time. These varieties attracted much comment: 
Revaluation 
Full Value 
Brightling 
lolanthe 
Autumn Glory 
Allbright 
Tasman 
Glowing Embers 
Saarland 
Favorite 
Ben 
Coimba 
Wittelsbach 
Eosine 
Ramsay MacDonald 
Advance 
Freya 
Traumerei 
Takina 
Miss New Zealand 
Rita Phillips 
Allegro 
Okarina 
Royal Gold 
Copperfield 
Arethusa 
Euides 
Random Notes of the Past Season 
The season just passed we had many more visitors to our field than in 
any previous season; we were glad of this for, while we keep our field 
well cut (except for seedlings) we always have some of the newer ones in 
bloom. Customers can tell much more of the habits and colors of a variety 
than in the shows as well as the quality of our stock if they see it growing in 
the field. We also like to note the seedlings that appeal to our visitors; 
oftentimes we are pretty busy but usually someone can give you any in¬ 
formation you desire and you can make your own notes. 
Last season most of our visitors found Joe Coleman at our field and I am 
sure enjoyed their visit with the originator of such good ones as: Minuet, Mrs. 
Sisson and Giant Nymph. He came up from Georgia to help us with our 
seedling work and get a rest on Cape Cod but I guess we kept him on the 
jump so he didn't have much rest; anyway, we had a good time and learned 
a good deal from him. He thought well of our seedlings — in fact, some he 
felt were very outstanding. I well remember one day going to the seedling 
patch and as I stopped he ran up to the car with a lavender seedling in his 
hand and said, "the finest thing I have ever seen, as far ahead of the 
present lavenders as Minuet was when I just found it in my own patch." 
I wanted to name it "Joe Coleman" but Mr. Hundred had given one of his 
originations that name years ago so we named it something else — someday 
I'll tell you what one it was if all goes well with it. Joe wrote me a letter 
when he got home; part of it I am printing elsewhere because I think he 
honestly meant it and as I have valued his opinion for so many years, 
it gave me a lot of pleasure. 
Many visitors were surprised to see Frank J. McCoy growing in a long 
row full of spikes of championship quality as they thought those seen at the 
shows had special treatment. Years ago, when we were amateurs growing 
and showing for fun, we did give certain varieties extra care to try to 
overcome a certain weakness but today all our show spikes are picked in 
the open field where all receive the same culture. Some had said Frank 
J. McCoy did not do well for them coming too short, some have shown me 
the spikes. The originator, Mr. Briggs, sent out two very similar varieties 
about the same time — possibly from the same cross — the other being 
Encinatus which grows shorter and no where near the equal of McCoy. It 
is so much like it that, unknowingly, I showed two McCoys and an Encinatus 
in a three spike class at Boston some years ago and it would have passed all 
notice except that Mr. Briggs was one of the judges. AAAe then checked 
