could hardly fail to impress any one. Size and purity have been obtained in considerable 
measure some years past but it has not been until recently that these factors combined 
with good facing, long spikes, and good growing habits have been seen in many varieties. 
In fact, there is still room for improvement but much has been accomplished. As an exhi¬ 
bition flower, Matterhorn seems one of the most outstanding whites we have seen. For 
commercial purposes. Vredenberg and the more creamy colored Snowprincess appear to 
be among the most outstanding. Vredenberg is very pure white and has large florets. 
Snowprincess is somewhat like the older Mair of Orleans but much larger and taller 
with me. It makes better bulbs than Star of Bethlehem which is a very fine flower but 
inclined to disease badly. Success is a flower more lily-like in form which looks like a 
good commercial. It is large and tall and has good facing. Also, it is a good propagator. 
The new Edelweiss looks good but has not proven a very good propagator so far. I 
believe the only one of the lot without any markings whatever in the throat is the new 
Snow White. It is not as white as some of the others but has a chasteness of coloring 
lacking in others. Crystal is a large flower with many open but it was somewhat flushed 
with pink last summer. It may prove better on further acquaintance. Of the cream- 
colored Glads. Myrna and Surfside are two of the best and they appear to be good per¬ 
formers most everywhere. Shirley Temple at its best is a very massive showy flower. 
It should be planted deep and given plenty of water if bloomed in hot weather. Ivory 
Iveys is another worth-while variety in the same color class. 
The main difficulty encountered in working for yellows seems to be the tendency to 
bad facing in varieties not of primulinus ancestry and lack of size and hooded form in 
those that are. However, the infusion of primulinus blood is responsible for some of the 
earliest flowers to be found in this section of which one good one is Goldstaub. Amber- 
glow is fairly early and is perhaps the best all-around commercial deep yellow I have seen 
as yet. It opens five to seven good sized flowers on very tall wiry spikes. Jonquil is of 
about the same depth of color but is a pure yellow without the amber tone. It is not quite 
as large or tall but it too, is a nice commercial. Yellow Peril is a good large late flowering- 
yellow. In a medium shade, Royal Gold looks good. It is capable of opening a nice spike 
of quite typical exhibition form. The older DoX is still one of the largest yellows. 
Golden Goddess has perhaps the best exhibition form of all of them but is not quite as 
large as we might desire. Several new yellows are bidding for prominent places and of 
these we shall perhaps hear more of Jasmine, King Midas, and Mary Damaris later. 
Blue Glads were for some time my specialty and for some time I offered one of the 
most complete listings of this color. However, progress does not seem to have been as 
rapid in this section the last few years as some time ago and but comparatively few 
varieties have been included in my collection. Perhaps as beautiful as any of the medium 
light “blues” is Allegro. It develops tall long spikes with six or seven good sized well 
placed florets open. The color is very attractive. More lavender in color is Max Reger. 
Joseph Haydn is the most striking of the “blues” with its light violet ground and deep 
violet throat markings. It has tall slender spikes with several large florets open. Stems 
come crooked sometimes. Pfitzer’s Success is a tall very light “blue” similar in tone to 
the old Blue Triumpliator. Blue Beauty is another of medium shade that is worth while. 
In the deeper shades, Blue Admiral and Robert Burns (very similar varieties) are per¬ 
haps about the best for commercial use. I am partial, of course, to my own Bluet with its 
white throat and I believe it will take well with florists. Blue Wonder and Tunia’s Blue 
are others that I grow but which do not seem to do as well here as in other locations. 
Among the deepest in color is Atlas, an improvement over the old Aida. 
In pinks, salmons and allied shades we have more varieties than in any other class and 
there are many good varieties here with improvements still being made. Of course, we 
like our own, Rima. Conquest and Colossus. The former is one of the most beautiful of 
all Glads indoors when used by itself. It is a little light to combine well with certain 
other colors but is a lovely soft color of translucent melting quality. For combination of 
color, the salmon pink ground of Conquest with the yellow throat leaves little to be 
desired and it has good facing, wide open blooms, ruffling and good substance to com¬ 
mend it. Local florists take perhaps more of it than any other variety I have. Early and 
at the same time very large is Colossus. It is of a nice color and holds its size well after 
being cut. Probably the most beautiful pink and one of the few real pink Glads is New 
Era. I do not believe one could have a more beautiful bunch of Glads than a few spikes of 
well grown New Era! And it lasts well and opens up well after being cut. Quite a series 
of Glads in pink or salmon with white or cream throats have been recently offered and of 
these, Aladdin. Caiillon, and^ flora Farmer are all very worth-while varieties. The first 
and the last aie veiy large flowers with a good number open and Carillon is of medium 
size with delicately beautiful coloring. Miss New Zealand surprised me last summer by 
the way it held up in size and seemingly improved in color after being cut. Pfitzer’s 
Mastei piece opens up long spikes of bloom of exhibition quality but does not give as 
much increase as one would like. Capeheart is a large soft light rose that reminds one 
somewhat of Picaidy in foim. In deeper rose pink there is Peggy Lou which has beautiful 
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