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FLYING CLOUD FARMS 
As we turn our attention to the salmons we find several new ones. FLORA FARMER, 
with large ruffled salmon-pink blooms, having a cream throat and midribs, is very fine. 
MARGUERITE, of Pommert’s, is a bright salmon-pink with large, flat, open blooms, having 
a dusky feather in the throat, and you will like it. VELA is a rich salmon-orange, very strik¬ 
ing, as is ATHOS with its large blooms. HIS MAJESTY and KOCHBRUNENGEIST are strik¬ 
ing bright salmon-pinks, while NINTH SYMPHONY and VALERIA fairly tingle with vividness. 
RANGITATA is another glistening salmon-pink with a lipstick throat shading to orange— 
very nice. 
Among the attractive pink shades, NEW ERA, with its warm color and ruffled blooms, 
stands out. PEGGY LOU, with a bit more blue in the pink, is very fine and then we come 
upon ROSA VAN LIMA—new to most of us and very lovely. It is a pure pink with a white 
midrib and throat in which is a dusty lavender feather; a great improvement over Silversheen. 
DA CAPO is a soft shade of pink much admired and was the winner of the largest individual 
florets in the Gladiolus Show at the World’s Fair this past summer. CAPEHEART, one of our 
1938 originations, and HOPEDALE, a 1940 origination, we think have a future for their 
colors are of the popular pink shades; CAPEHEART being a bit more on the salmon. Both of 
these varieties are fine cut f'owers and popular with the florists. You will like to try DR. 
DENTZ,—PRALUDIUM and SOMMERKLEID too; each a very different pink and each equally 
as fine—judging by comments from visitors. 
The rosier pinks or reds are striking. GARDEN OF THE NATIONS, with its silvery fluted 
edge, is attracting much attention, as is BAD SCHWALBACH. 
RED GIANT stands above the surrounding spikes always—grand in color and growth. 
If you like the more scarlet reds—RED BANK, one of our 1939 originations, boasts not only 
grand rich color but noticeably rich foliage. BLACK OPAL and REWI FALLU stand out be¬ 
cause of their very dark red color, while MIKELLINA and GUTENBERG, along with PAUL 
GRAMPEL and HINDENBURG’S MEMORY, attract us by their livelier color. 
Spots of interest disclose PURPLE BEAUTY and WITTLESBACH—rich dark red-violet 
or purple in shade—and from there we glimpse GLOAMING and RECORDER in softer colors 
shading to the mauve. 
MINUET is still in a class by itself but there are similar shades to be found in ISOLA 
BELLA, with its ruffled blooms, CENTURY LAVENDER and POESY. This last mentioned 
flower is especially fine and not widely grown. If you try it I am sure you will be enthused. 
People are always searching for the novelties and we find them scattered through the 
field—AUAHI, GABRIEL, OKARINA, TAIAROA, VAGABOND PRINCE, MARIA STUART and 
STORM TRIUMPHANT—the smoky shades which, with us, have attracted much attention. 
Last, but far from the least, we glance over the so-called “blues.” We await the bloom¬ 
ing of each new blue with great expectancy. In fact, we are watching one of our own seed¬ 
lings with high hopes. LI BELLE is a dependable blue and very early. Not far behind it in 
flowering time are EMERALD and BLUE HERALD; the latter a bit darker in color. Of them all, 
this year, JOSEPH HAYDEN, BLUE BEAUTY, BLUE WONDER and PASTORALE seemed the 
most spectacular. PASTORALE, a fine blue showing no red, is new to many people and was 
a winner in the Gladiolus Show at the New York’s World Fair this past summer. BLUE WON¬ 
DER has very large blooms on a sturdy spike and was popular in Boston this past season, being 
one of our winners at the New England Gladiolus Society Show. 
Do you think I have touched on all the best,—far from it! These just happen to come 
to my mind first and we hope they will interest you. 
Come next season and see these and many more. You will always be welcome. 
B. D. W. 
Ontario, Canada—“I was very pleased indeed with the shipment of bulbs. You were very 
generous in forwarding overcounts and extras and this was much appreciated. You will 
he interested in hearing that the blooms resulting from the bulbs received from you were 
ve ry much admired and gave a great deal of pleasure to ourselves and friends.” 
