GUIDEBOOK FOR 1944 
BEACK RED__5F4 Series 
BLACK OPAL 92 *—jtttt Exh. Deep 
maroon, somewhat marbled. Makes tall, 
symmetrical exhibition spikes, 10 open, 
22 buds. Good bloomer from the smaller 
sizes. Tops its color section in both 
(ete oerand Ny baG. S.) symposiums: 
L a (100, $7.00) M .06 S .03 Bits (100, 
OU). 
MOHAWK (Stevens) 85 * — ttt Exh. Com. 
Deep maroon, opening up to ten 5 inch 
well placed blooms on tall, straight spikes. 
The glaring faults of Rewi Fallu are not to 
be found in this variety. L .50 M .30. 
LIGHT ROSE—60 Series ™) 
COUTTS’ ORCHID (Coutts) 84 **—}ft 
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. Unfor- 
tunately, the stock of the originator, in 
Canada, was destroyed by fire a year 
ago, so instead of importing substantial 
amounts to meet our increasing demand, 
we must restrict our sales. By arrange- 
ment with Mr, Coutts we are the sole Im- 
porter and Distributor to U. S. purchasers 
of stocks of his sensational new variety, 
“Coutts’ Orchid. We hope by next year 
to be able to offer smaller sizes. Large 
bulbs only, each $1.00. We will supply a 
bonus of 3 blts per bulb to hasten your 
propagation if requested. 

ROSA VAN LIMA 
MAGNOLIA (Palmer) 85 * — fff Exh. Com. 
Soft, very light creamy rose pink. Feath- 
ers its color a bit at times. Stem a bit on 
the short side. Otherwise, its good traits 
make one readily forgive these faults. 
Florets recurved, large and many open in 
the field. Good propagator. Very rea- 
sonably priced. L .15 M .10 Blts (100, 
$1.00). 
ROSA VAN LIMA 77 *+ fff Dec. Com. 
The finest, bright, light rose pink we have 
ever offered. Has a harmonizing small 
spot of deeper orchid violet. A _ real 
apple blossom. pink. The color we 
growers and florists have hoped to see in 
‘'a gladiolus coupled with 100% satis- 
factory commercial cut flower habits. 
Destined to achieve great success in the 
gladiolus industry. Excellent propagator 
and a bargain at twice the prices we are 
asking. All of our predictions made at 
time of introduction have come true. 
L .08 (100, $5.00) Bits (100, .20). 
