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JANET PURSELL (Pursell) 93 *—ttit 

Stella Antisdale 
Sterling Silver Seedling Trophy 
AMAZU (E. Both) 80 *—fttt Dec. Com. 
Light orange pink with deeper feathering 
on lip petal. Has a frosty irridescence. 
5 inch florets, 6-8 open, about 20 buds. 
Stem is strong and wiry. Comes to us 
from Mr. Both with a _ background of 
seven blue ribbons in Australian shows ’36, 
SinOurist:o,bovlichs, 40:1 250°M 25 
Blts .05 Stock limited. 
. B. PITT (E. Both) 80 **—f}{ff Exh. 
Com. Smooth, light orange pink, cream 
throat. Powerful growth, stiff stem. Tall, 
full exhibition spikes, regularly well 
placed in double row formation. Heavy 
propagator. A sister seedling to Harmau. 
Our 1st, 3 spike, in the popular salmon 
pink class, Mich., ’40. Each L $5.00 
M $2.50 S $1.25 Blts .50 Prices net, 
no discounts. 
Exh. A beautiful, pure pink with some 
salmon tone and a pale cream throat 
marking. Strong grower. Double row exh. 
spikes with 12 open, 24 buds on a tall. 
strong spike. New Australian variety, 
M ea. $1.00 S .50 Blts .15 Stock limited. 
& M’S TRIUMPH (Konynenburg & 
Mark) 80 **—{fi Exh. Com. Light 
salmon pink with creamy throat. 7-8 very 
large, wide open florets on tall, strong 
spike. Healthy grower, fair propagator. 
When this firm, world famous distributor 
of Pfitzer varieties, attaches its own name 
to a glad we may safely conclude this to 
be a wonderful variety. Stock in very 
small supply. L ea. $5.00 Net price. 
KING OF HEARTS (Salbach) 93 ***—7T} 
Exh. Com. Patented. One of the 4 or 5 
varieties capable of growing florets over 
8 inches dia. Color just about true sal- 
mon, RO4 on Fischer Color Chart; Light 
coral red with carmine line in throat, 
Ridgeway. Wide open, round florets, 
7-81 inches, 7-9 open, 16 buds, flower- 
head 30 inches, spike 60 inches. Habits 
ideal both as Exh. and Com. Patent 
restrictions are same as specified in de- 
scription of Golden Goddess. E. Bay, 
’38, °39. Our first, section champion and 
runner up for Grand Champion at Ohio, 
39. Wellsville, O., and our 1st, Ohio, ’40. 
See illustration, back cover. See patent 
collection prices at end of variety list 
L ea.—$1.00; 3—2.00; 12—6.00 M ea.— 
$.50: 3—1.00; 12—3.00. Net prices, no 
discounts. 
MISS NEW ZEALAND 93 ***—+4tt Exh. 
First offered in U.S. by Dr. Barber and by 
us in 1934 at $30. per bulb. All catalogers 
scrambling for stocks to list ever since. 
Color difficult to describe or classify. A 
deep pink suffused rose with some ground 
color of dark apricot salmon. A distinc- 
tive throat of color of a ripe peach. We 
have grown long spikes with 10 open 
florets, as many more in bud, the three 
lower florets a full 8 inches diameter, the 
other seven tapering off to 7 inches. Ex- 
cellent substance, straight spikes, power- 
ful grower, acclimates easily and a good 
propagator even from large bulbs. Aban- 
doning long list of awards for a fresh start. 
See Champion Bloom records ahead. 
Only Picardy and F. J. McCoy have 
records as good. Ohio, Mich., N.E.G.S., 
Winnipeg, Wellsville, Wisc., E.N.Y.G.S., 
and our “‘best spike, mammoth type’, 
Md., also Grand Champion N.Z.GS. 
(2nd day) and at Launceston, Tas., 
where it was shown with 12 open, all ’39. 
See illustration on front cover. Calgary, 
Cedar Rapids, Conn., Ind., Ohio, Wash., 
largest floret Quebec, Reserve Champ., 
Ni ES sMich+ © ourmilst) Mich.eerall 40: 
L .07 (100, 4.50) M .04 (100, 3.00) S .02 
(100, 1.25) Blts (100, .25) 
