Hornberger’s Home and Garden Service 
7 
WHAT ANOTHER FLORIST THINKS OF “AMANDA” 
Dear Mr. Uhrig:—I wish to inform you that the new pink seedling gladiolus 
which you have named Amanda that you originated is a good one. The color is 
wonderful, the stem is nice length and straight and the bloom is a fine keeper. 
We have found a ready sale for all the blooms you furnished us. We are 
complimenting you on this fine new early variety. 
FRANK J. TOMASTIK, Prop. 
Tomastik Greenhouses. 
AMANDA has all the earmarks of being a good commercial cutting glad, with 
good stems and florescence, on even small bulbs, it seems to possess the qualities of 
standing hard shipping conditions with a minimum of loss. E. J. NITCHMAN. 
CHIEF RED BIRD 
CHIEF RED BIRD (Dr. Scheer) Bright red; many open; one of Dr. Scheer’s 
new seedlings. Large Bulbs $3.00 each. With each purchase of one bulb of Chief 
Red Bird we will include one large bulb of Embers free. 
AFLAME ALIGHT EMBERS 
Aflame introduced in 1924-25 sea¬ 
son, over twelve years ago is a good 
propagator. It is not as fast as Pic¬ 
ardy, which is very exceptional, but 
Aflame is as fast as many other leading 
commercials. This variety has proven 
to be one of the most popular we ever 
listed and even after so long a time 
and after the propagation of so many 
millions of bulbs (we alone have 
propagated and sold millions of this 
variety)it is still one of our leaders in 
sales, and I think other growers will 
tell you the same thing. Aflame won 
the championship prize at the Colum¬ 
bus, Ohio show of The National Glad. 
Society held in 19 37 and Mr. Howard 
Uhrig states in a letter that he had 
Aflame nearly six ft. tall in 1937. 
Aflame has produced several sports. 
Two of them—Alight and Embers are 
the same as Aflame except the color is 
different. They are described in our 
descriptive list. Grant E. Mitsch, 
April 193 6 states: “While writing, I 
just want to say a word as to your 
Glad. Alight. I think this a fine thing 
and I believe its popularity as a com¬ 
mercial is assured. Good as Aflame 
is, I think Alight much better. Yours 
sincerely Grant E. Mitsch.” Note: Mr. 
Mitsch is a well known Oregon grower 
of new varieties. 
