1940 INTRODUCTIONS 
This year I am offering three new ones, of which one, Ardent, should be a good com¬ 
mercial variety. Possibly Alchemy will be used some for florists’ trade but it is more 
suited for fancier’s growing. This year my former introductions are listed in the general 
list. The following are my new offerings: 
ARDENT. Good red Glads are plentiful but reds of desTable commercial form and 
color are still being sought for, and while I do not offer Ardent as an ideal flower, it is 
being put forward as another candidate for the red cut flower trade. It is a brilliant 
clear red with five to seven good sized florets open. Blossoms are usually well faced and 
spikes tall and of good form. A strong grower and good propagator. Parentage: Picardy x 
Commander Koehl. Bulbs of any size, $1.00 each; bulblets, 25c each, 10 for $2.00. 
ALCHEMY. When first offering this I was not aware of another Glad with a similar 
name. Since it has been advertised under this name, perhaps it will be best to leave it 
thus for the present at least. While the alchemists of old were unsuccessful in their 
endeavors to transmute baser metals into gold and the same may be true today from a 
practical standpoint, yet in the field of Glad hybridizing, some progress has been made 
in the search for a real yellow flower. This is far from a perfect flower but is offered 
primarily because of its beautiful color and form. Spikes are tall and slender but the 
flower heads are not quite as long as we would like. They have about 15 florets of which 
five or six are open. It burned rather badly in a severe hot spell last summer but I think 
there were no flowers in the planting that held up well at that time. However, I think 
this will be somewhat more subject to heat damage than many varieties. 
Until recently, all whites and yellows of my acquaintance had small red dots at the 
base of the petals and to my eye these marred an otherwise immaculately beautiful 
flower. In the last three or four years, I suppose most hybridists have been having some 
seedlings without any of these dots deep in the throat. Few of this type have been intro¬ 
duced as yet and Alchemy is my first contribution. It is a pure clean medium yellow 
with wide open florets about 4 Mj inches to 5 inches in size. Beautifully ruffled. A fine 
propagator. Parentage: Picardy x Golden Poppy. Bulbs of any size for $1.00 each, $8.00 
per 10; bulblets, 20c each, $1.50 per 10, $10.00 per 100. 
XERXES. This flower is from the same parentage as Zuni and possibly from the same 
seed pod. However, it is a much different appearing flower than Zuni. I have intended 
introducing it for several years but was not quite sure about its merits. However, it con¬ 
tinues to be such a reliable performer. I feel like giving others a chance to grow it. 
Ground color is a creamy apricot with a small feather having smoky slate markings. The 
petals are more or less flushed with smoky lavender. Not everyone will like this but 
many do and it is one of the most dependable performers I have. Also, it is early. Five 
to seven large flowers open on nearly perfectly formed spikes. Max A. Hughes of Wyoming 
writes of it, “One of the few grand and lovely surprises of the year. The Glad was a very 
fine combination of soft colors. The bulb you sent made two strong spikes of bloom. The 
blossoms were all perfectly faced and spaced. Altogether two perfect spikes of bloom.” 
The seedling number of this Glad was 32C155/1. Good grower and propagator although 
bulblets are a little slow to germinate. Large bulbs, $1.00 each, 10 for $8.00; bulblets, 
20c each, 10 for $1.50. 
SPECIAL OFFER: One large bulb of each of the 1940 introductions and a bulb of 
Bluet for $3.00; 10 bulblets of each with 10 of Bluet for $4.50. 
SPECIAL PREMIUM BULBS 
In addition to the discounts noted above, you may have one bulb of Alchemy free with 
each $5.00 worth of bulbs you order if you so request and one bulb of Xerxes free in 
addition to the Alchemy with each $25.00 worth of bulbs ordered. The size of the bulbs 
sent will be determined by what I have to spare but you may state your preference as to 
size. 
I aim to send out healthy stock free from thrips and other pests. Stock has been 
fumigated several times. I shall gladly replace any stock that might prove untrue to 
name. Bulblets are not guaranteed to grow but most of my customers have good results 
with them. 
SUBSTITUTION: Please state whether to substitute if out of a size or variety and 
give second choice if you have any. I usually refund if I am out of a variety unless I 
think I can send something else as good or better and that I th:’nk will be satisfactory to 
the customer. 
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