“| just had to write you a few lines to tell you the bulbs | bought from you surely grew 
fine. This summer was very hot and dry, still | had a very beautiful glad garden, and | want 
to thank you for the extras you sent me.”’ —Charles Groft, Penn. 


*%&%#&kx* (Large Dec) (Early) Smoky salmon with soft dif- 
Muskoka fused darker blotch. Opens 6-7 large wide open al- 
ways well placed blooms on a spike of about 18 buds. Stem is tall, strong and always 
straight. Good propagator. Blooms 65 to 70 days. Being so early it should make a 
good commercial. Received an Award of Merit at the C.G.S. 1938. 
My wag kkk * (Large Dec) (Mid-season) Light salmon shading to 
white throat with large dazzling scarlet blotch. Very 
large, round, lightly ruffled blooms. Very beautiful variety but sometimes crooks in 
warm weather. Rather a slow propagator and a good seller, so stock is always 
limited. A gorgeous variety. ; 
*w&*&*Y (Large Formal) (Mid-season) Smoky dark red with 
Penzance darker blotch. Resembles Vagabond Prince some- 
what in color but is darker, more smoky, more formal, more blooms open but not 
so tall. A good exhibition variety. 8-10 flat open, perfectly placed blooms. Very 
distinctive. 
F 4 *&%*&*&x* «(Large Dec) (Mid-season) Clear soft salmon with 
Picardy flesh throat on which is a soft inconspicuous feather- 
ing of rose. 7-8 large well placed blooms open. If you are not familiar with this 
variety, it is the one you see in all florists’ shops. It is by far the best and most 
popular variety ever introduced. It is grown by the millions as a commercial cut 
flower. It is one variety that everyone grows. Used more in hybridizing than any 
other variety and produces many fine seedlings. 
3 %&%*&x* (Large Dec) (Late mid season) Gera- 
Premier Henry nium pink shading lighter in the throat 
with darker feather. 4—5 immense round ruffled blooms open on a straight spike. 
Inclined to have rather short stem. Except for this it would surely be a 4 star 
variety. A rather slow propagator and in big demand so stock is limited. Fine for 
breeding as it is a parent of some very nice seedlings, including Glamis, and Ballad 
which are being introduced this year. 
Rapture %#%&* «(Large Dec) (Mid-season) Medium light salmon 
with creamy yellow throat. Tall, strong grower. Heavy 
propagator. Opens 7-8 large flowers arranged in a staggered single line. Have had 
many good reports on this variety. Cuts larger percent of good spikes than Picardy. 
Recado kk «=©6C (Large Dec) (Late mid-season) Rosy ash flecked and 
ected yrcilvct nee hcatar splashed with orange scarlet with diffused darker 
blotch. Opens up to 10 large well placed blooms at a time. Very strong grower and 
propagator. A gorgeous smoky. Fine for exhibition, and sells well in our florist 
shop. Think it will displace Mother Machree as the leading smoky. 
Regent *& kK «(Large Formal) (Late mid-season) Clear glowing 
axsctxttoath, ~ Pesto ae scarlet with somewhat darker blotch in the throat. 
9-10 large well arranged blooms on a head of 20-22 buds. Is one of the very finest 
scarlets. I have not pushed the sale of Regent much as my stock got mixed some 
years ago. It is practically clean now and I am going to recommend it both as a 
commercial flower and for the home garden and for exhibition. Like Rocket it 1s 
sometimes a little short but this past year it was plenty tall enough. Some plants 
srew to 5 feet in height. Regent should be in any collection of reds. See cut on page 
26. 

“have had such pleasure with the No. 3 unlabeled collections that | must tell you 
about one pink glad that measured over 8 inches across. Still | claim we have the best 
glads that money can buy. We get them from Elmer Gove, many thanks for all you have 
given us in extra count in all the years past. —Leland Nile, Maine. 
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