RIVERVIEW GARDENS, ST. PAUL, MINN. 
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been all looking for, and now it is here. Although Rosemarie Pfitzer may be 
classed as a very light pink, we like to think of it as a white that has been 
slightly tinted with pure pink. Mrs. Ray P. Chase reminds one of the creamy 
white Easter lily, and florists are using forced spikes very effectively at the 
Easter season. Although the flowers are not exceptionally large, Mary Elizabeth 
makes a very fine exhibition flower as well as a fine cut flower. The cream class 
has not had any outstanding varieties, but with the coming of Shirley Temple 
we know it will be well represented. Albatross, Mammoth White, and Jonkheer 
Van Tets are all fine whites, and next year we may add Polar Ice if we think 
there is room for it. 
Golden Chimes is slowly coming to the front as the finest in the yellows. 
It is a lovely shade of soft yellow. Gates of Heaven was a disappointment this 
past year, but we hope it will come back, as we know it can produce very fine 
flowers. Cadillac is still one of our favorites; it is a new shade of golden apricot 
without any throat markings. Golden Cup, although not a large flower, is a fine 
golden yellow and is outstanding as to purity of color. Golden Dream can still 
hold itself with most of the yellows. Something different is Golden Anniversary, 
an enormous flower of fawn-yellow suffused blush-pink with a large, red blotch 
• and finely-ruffled petals. It is quite distinctive and well worth while. Ruffled 
Gold and Canbarra are old favorites. If we add a little orange to our yellows, 
we have Dearborn with its mammoth flowers. Netherland Prince reminds one 
of an orange Giant Nymph and can be grown just as easily as this fine old 
variety. No list of oranges is complete without Betty Nuthall with its towering 
spikes. 
Minuet is still the finest of the lavender varieties, lsola Bella, Pfitzer’s new 
lavender-pink, was one of the finest blooms in the Garden and might well be 
taken as a lavender. Early Melody is a fine, early lavender and a wonderful 
cut flower. Mme. Schumann-Heink at a short distance resembles an orchid, 
markings and all. It is a Diener variety that has been in commerce for some 
time, but is still very scarce. If you like ruffled varieties, King Arthur, with its 
graceful spikes, is outstanding. Gertrude Swenson is the giant among lavenders, 
but a very poor propagator. An old favorite is Berty Snow. 
The blue and the dark violet class is progressing more and more each year 
with the finest varieties coming from Rev. Christ. His Blue Admiral is being 
admired by everyone, but his new Robert Burns leaves very little to wish for as 
far as dark blues are concerned. Blue Domina and Bonnie Blue are two pleasing 
and different shades of light blue. Blue Beauty was a pleasant surprise. An even 
shade of dark blue with a wonderful spike. From Germany comes Max Reger, 
a blue with sharp, white lines in the throat giving the flower the resemblance 
of a beautiful blue butterfly. Allegro, Pfitzer’s new light blue, and Rudolph 
Serkin, his new dark, pansy-blue were both very fine. Pelegrina, when well 
grown, is a hard one to beat in the blue class. A spike shipped from our Gardens 
to the Sioux City Glad Show won for us the best flower in the show. 
Picardy in the pinks still stands supreme. MisS New Zealand is fast coming 
to the front. We find the apricot-salmon color very pleasing, and six to eight-inch 
florets are not uncommon. New Era is a wonderful shade of pure pink, fine stem 
