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OEGANDA 98 —t Dec. Black red, almost a 

COUTTS’ ORCHID 
MIDNIGHT RED (Rich) 70 *—tt{ Exh. 
Com. Very dark red, velvety and glisten- 
ing. Small cream stripe on lip. Wide open, 
plain petalled florets with excellent ar- 
rangement which one may rely upon for 
consistency. Straight, strong, tall spikes. 
414-5 inch florets, 6 open, 16 buds, 24 
inch flowerheads. Good substance and 
fairly good propagator. ‘‘Honorable Men- 
tion; Eo Glos 39. Award: olsCom- 
mendation,’ E. S. G. S., and our Ist 
S. E. Mich., 40. Two firsts and Award 
of Merit, E. S. G. S. and our ist W. Va., 
"41. L .35 M .25 S .15 Blts (100, 2.00). 
MOORISH KING **—{ft Exh. Impressive, 
long spike, carrying immense, glossy, 
mahogany maroon florets. Lighter than 
Morocco but completely eclipsing it in 
size. Scarce because slow propagator. 
Blts germinate very  unsatisfactorily. 
A. M., Haarlem and B.G.S. Two Ists 
ASGe2o1 e644 CAm AN Ey Gaomand. our 
1st Ohio, 35. Peterboro Hort. and la., ’37. 
BeSiGtscands Jaishowss38" Ohioy(39, 
Mich., ’40. Calgary, Utah and Wisc., ’41. 
L .08 (100, 6.00). 
solid black color with silky gloss, without 
markings or blotches. We have bloomed 
this from L bulbs three years and it is cer- 
tainly the blackest glad we have yet seen. 
Florets run 3-4 inches dia., 4-6 open, 10-13 
bud, 3-3 % ft. tall, on strong, slender stems. 
Supply very limited. A. M., R. Hort. S., 
F.C. C., Haarlem, ’35. We started the ball 
rolling in America with a 1st at Ind., ’38. 
Our 1st Mah., ’39. Our firsts both Mich. 
and Wisc., 41. L .25 M .15 Bits (100, 3.00). 
REWI FALLU 98 ***—{f{ Exh. A deep, 
blood red of very large size opening 8 
florets on medium tall plants. Bulblets 
often bloom. Good propagator. Very 
popular. Took a nose dive in the C. G. S. 
Symposium mainly because the voters 
realized it hardly deserved the very top 
position it held in the previous one. Rates 
4th in last Ohio and 12th in N. E. G. S. 
symposiums. Our ists at Md., Ohio and 
Mich., 39._E. (Ny _Y., Hamilton 7 Dist:, 
Iowa, Ind., Marion Co., Ind., Me., N. E. 
Mich., Pa., Sioux City, Utah, Wash. and 
Sec. champ at both Cedar Rapids and 
Minn., all ’40. Jumps to 28 firsts in ’41 - 
including section champ at Il. and grand 
champion at the 2nd Ohio show. L .06 
(100, 4.00) M .04 (100, 2.25) S .02 (100, 
1.20) Blts (100, .15). 
LIGHT ROSE 
COUTTS’ ORCHID (Coutts) 84 **—jfft 
Exh. Com. Immense, round petalled florets 
of smooth, unmarked light orchid rose with 
cream throat. Has a tendency to produce a 
quarter inch lighter edging, or halo. Very 
healthy grower. Stands up straight. Sub- 
stance excellent. Good cut flower traits 
and the only doubtful item was cleared 
up by another year of growing. Our plant- 
ing stock sizes gave us a generous supply 
of bulblets. Bulblet germination is very 
satisfactory. In Canada we have seen 
spikes with 8 open and 10 more buds all 
in color. Ours have done almost as well. 
We doubt much if this glad has any fault 
whatever and the color is beyond re- 
proach. Award of Merit by Canadian Glad. 
Soc. in ’39. Firsts at Calgary and Ohio 
(where our customer’s spike beat our own 
good entry). At S. E. Mich. we won 
with grand spikes in Recent Intro. 
section and for ‘‘Best Canadian Intro.’’, 
which latter also won the Canadian Glad. 
Soc. Medal. At Mich. state show our 
entries were the sensation of the show, 
winning in the Recent Intro. section and 3 
spike Exh. section, where it became sec- 
tion champion. The one spike entry then 
became runner-up to our seedling, ‘‘Thril- 
ler,’ for grand champion, all ’41. Con- 



Bulbs priced per each. 12 sold at 10 rate. 6 at 5 rate. 25 at 100 rate. 
Blts any amount at rate offered. Delivered Prepaid in U. S. 
