KAYLOR NURSERIES, BLAINE, WASH. 
of Beacon. In Beacon the pink-scarlet 
turns to vermillion-scarlet and the throat 
is a large white spot. Same tall spike 
and well placed florets. Royal Pledge 
outer petals are deeper scarlet thanAlde- 
baran and the throat is a golden yellow 
plate sprinkled generously with rubies. 
Its a tall grower opening six on good 
spikes. The first to bloom of all the 
reds it has proven itself to be a very 
fine forcing variety. J. S. Bach surely 
reaches for the sky when it gets going 
and the result is a 12 flore.t spike that 
cou'd stand a bit more strength but usu¬ 
ally holds up the magnificent light red 
flowers. Deeper, with several shades 
more oragne-brown is Commander Koehl. 
Large, somewhat cupped florets and a 
prize winner, despite its somewhat wan¬ 
dering position. 
ROSE RED TO SCARLET 
Peach red shading to a light throat 
with a warm buff blotch on lowers is 
Early Peach. A little scarlet flecking 
adds to the warmth of its six open flor¬ 
ets. In scarlet, Dr Bennett still holds 
top place. Position is many times bad 
but altho many are called to take its 
place none have yet been chosen and it 
is still a mighty fine flower. Red Phipps 
might be called a fire-scarlet and it is 
fine. Flaming Meteor is another of the 
flame-scarlets, a very large flower much 
admired. Valeria is said by its “Daddy” 
(Pruitt) to be a strong contender for top 
place in scarlets. It opens six on a strong 
but flexible stem and the color is a light 
scarlet. Red Ruffles is rightly named. 
It is medium scarlet, tall, eight open and 
one of the most ruffled of all kinds. 
Amador has that hard to describe crim¬ 
son-scarlet tone. Brilliant outer petals 
with a brownish arrow deep in the throat. 
CRIMSONS 
True crimsons are scarce, most of 
the so-called crimsons being dark scar¬ 
lets. In Chiroco we believe we have filled 
this crimson place, the outer edges shad¬ 
ing thru deep crimson to a lighter throat 
makes it almost a self color. Women 
who can wear red shades declare dress 
goods of this color would be knock-outs. 
It carries six 6-inch, wide open florets 
on a 60-inch spike, always perfect place¬ 
ment. Almost every visitor says: “That’s 
a ‘must have’ as soon as price gets down 
to my size.” 
Just off the crimson shade are a 
number of hard-to-place kinds. One of 
these is Hinemoa, a large flower some¬ 
times purplish-rose and sometimes b, 
lighter rose, but always with a light 
throat that makes it a very striking flow¬ 
er and one much in demand. Semiahmoo, 
one of ours that sometimes is a headache! 
takes on this purplish tone but also has a 
sheen of smoky orange that makes it 
beautiful. Strong sunlight plays the mis¬ 
chief with the color. Of a decidedly 
brownish red is The Bounty, while Tut- 
anekai throws a lot of orange sheen over 
its brownish red face. Both are good 
performers. Field Marshall, also some 
times a headache, is usually a tall, strong 
grower in a brownish mahogany red. The 
outer petals of Emile Aubrun are a 
smaky rose-red while the throat is a 
large and brilliant cherry blotch. Top 
place in this brownish-red class should go 
to Vagabond Prince. Both the brownish 
outer petals and the small red spot in 
the throat are brilliant and sparkling, 
but if you want good spikes cut it as 
soon as the first floret opens and bloom 
it out indoors. The sun takes out the 
color and it looks terrible. 
Waratah and Red Lory do not seem 
to fit in anyplace in the color comparison. 
Both grow tall and open plenty of above 
medium size florets, Waratah is a peculiar 
shade of orange-scarlet-crimson with a 
large deep crimson blotch in the throat, 
while Red Lory takes on purplish tones 
that make it a rose-carmine. Both are 
winners. 
MAROONS 
The closest to real maroon is Leschi. 
It is shown an the dark red class, but 
really is in a color class of its own. The 
deep coloring is a purplish-maroon with 
a throat so deep it looks black. The 
whole has a velvety sheen and the tex¬ 
ture is very heavy. 
“Leschi (Kaylor). Leschi is the only 
dark red variety which will produce sat¬ 
isfactory spikes in the Maryland climate. 
It is of the exhibition type, with 42-inch 
spikes, sixteen buds and six 3^-inch flor¬ 
ets which opened on 17-inch flower heads. 
The placement is good and the spikes are 
always straight. It bloomed August 17 
from a May 19 planting.” 
The foregoing is taken from the trial 
ground report of the Maryland Gladolus 
Society for 1938. Leschi was one of six 
varieties selected from the trial ground 
to be awarded a certificate of commenda¬ 
tion. The report is interesting in that it 
shows a camparison between results ob¬ 
tained there and in the home of the var¬ 
iety here on Puget Sound. Here Leschi 
goes to four feet tall with 20 buds, ten 
5y 2 -inch florets open. The time elapsing 
between planting and blooming here is 
considerably longer — about three weeks. 
This may be responsible for the larger 
florets and taller spikes produced in Pug¬ 
et Sound gardens. 
ORANGE-APRICOT 
Beginning where light reds fade into 
orange we find Lucifer; a very tall, strong 
grower from “Down Under,” with many 
reddish-orange florets, each marked with 
a large deep red throat blotch. A row of 
these is an eye full when in bloom. Less 
