COLOSSUS 
Red is perhaps the next most common color found in Glads. There are many good 
ones but of course, as with all other sections, each variety has some faults. Hindenburg’s 
Memory and Walkover are two outstanding new bright reds. How much improvement 
they are over older varieties has not been fully determined. Rewi Fallu seems an improve¬ 
ment over Bill Sowden, but some find fault with it. The florets might be attached a little 
more closely to the stem, yet it is a fine flower. Paul Grampel is not large but the color 
is so vivid and clear, it seems it should be a nice cut flower variety. In lighter shades 
Del Rey holds much promise and Beacon is very good. On the other side, Black Opal has 
the distinction of being the best very dark red. 
Smoky Glads are usually numerous and the varieties change rapidly; however, while 
most of them are of little value to the florist (and this qualification usually has much to 
do with the length of the life of a variety) there are some beautiful varieties appearing in 
this classification. Danny Boy with its brownish chocolate shades is noteworthy. Few 
Glads have more colors and more mottling than Jalma,—a very pretty Glad, nevertheless. 
Changeable Silk is an interesting flower described by its name. Vagabond Prince is 
doubtless more in the limelight than any other in this class now and is indeed a brilliant 
and beautiful thing. In more subdued softer tones but with very beautiful coloring, if I 
may say so, is Zuni. Then, there is Irak, another beautiful flower which is the counterpart 
of Bagdad in all but color. 
Minuet has so long held its position as the best lavender Glad, perhaps we will soon 
tire of trying to get something better. Many rivals, purported to be improvements, have 
appeared but thus far none has dethroned it from its position of supremacy. Gertrude 
Swenson gave me as fine spikes as any lavender last season but of course it may not 
prove as universally good as Minuet. Neither is it as large, although it has many more 
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