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RANDOM NOTES 
Perhaps you would be interested to know how the new and recent varieties performed for 
us last summer. 
New varieties are coming out so fast these days that it is of course impossible to grow 
them all; so that the omission of a variety does not necessarily indicate its lack of merit. 
We keep very careful notes on every variety we grow but I feel that a general description 
of each variety will give you a better picture than statistics on the number of buds, size of 
florets, type of stem and so forth. So here they are folks, listed in color groups. 
WHITE 
Myrna—a creamy white that seems to be tops. Perfect spike, color, ruffling, size and de- 
pendability make it one of the outstanding Glads of recent years. 
Margaret Beaton—pure white with small scarlet feather in the throat. Makes tall ex- 
cellent spikes. A striking variety that every one should have. 
CREAM 
Viking Princess—this variety was one of the 
most outstanding in our garden last summer. Every 
bulb we had made a near perfect spike. A rich 
cream with a small red feather deep in the throat. 
An excellent commercial and show flower. Won 
the Maine Gladiolus Society gold cup as a Seedling. 
Corona—beautiful cream with rose picotee edge 
on petals. It is very large, different and striking. 
BUFF, APRICOT and FLESH 
Amulet—the heaviest texture and most intense 
ruffing I know of, if you haven’t seen Amulet you 
are missing a real treat. On the first ten in any- 
body’s list. An excellent grower. 
Camellia—treally a bluish white tinted pink and 
with a small red throat blotch. A beautiful and 
dependable variety that is fine for both exhibition 
and commercial use. 
LIGHT PINK 
Rima—one who appreciates clear clean colors 
will call this one of the most beautiful of all Glads. 
When well grown it doesn’t even look real. I con- 
sider this very outstanding. 
New Era—makes a beautifully ruffled tall spike 
and has excellent growing habits. Well worth 
growing even though the bulbs seem to be easily 
subject to disease. 
Carillon—a very strong grower, facing and 
placement are excellent, slightly ruffled and of 
heavy texture. Highly recommended. 
Laddie—enormous pale pink, the spikes are so 
large they must be staked. Striking because of its 
size and ultra-vigorous growth. 
Victoria—flesh pink with small maroon feather 
in the throat. Makes large tall spikes with good 
spacing and placement. A dependable variety that 
attracted much attention here because of its beau- 
tiful and rather different coloring. 

MYRNA 
