VARIETY COMMENTS 
Since we are giving very brief descriptions in our price list this year, we have 
concluded that many fanciers would be interested in our personal impressions of 
some of the varieties that we list. First we will consider the reds, a class which has 
long included many varieties but most of which have possessed some major fault. 
Improvements are gradually appearing in better facing and finer color. Of the 
cheaper reds, Algonquin is still one of the finest. While it had rather short stems 
with me, Burgundy gave magnificent spikes with many well faced blooms open. 
Burma is an extremely heavily ruffled deep rose red of large size and most attrac- 
tive form. The new Chehalem appears to be a taller version of Algonquin with per- 
haps one or two more blooms open and should be heard from in the future. Com- 
mando is a soft clear light red of large size. Of a rather unusual tone of red, Flame 
Queen looks good. The biggest spikes of red that I have had came from KErrey’s 
Scarlet, a very tall flower with many blooms open. Its most serious fault apparently 
being that it makes such a heavy flower head that spikes occasionally break under 
the weight. Kenwood makes fine large blooms of medium deep rich red. Some 
came with faulty facing this year. Marsellaise is a very large brilliant red with 
light midribs. One of the clearest in color tone was Mercury. Pillar of Fire is very 
late but opens a long string of intensely red blooms, while Red Plush is quite early 
and has very large wide open flowers. The deep red Ruddigore with its almost 
blackish red blotch is a very attractive flower and seems a consisent performer. 
Scarlet Queen is a large bright red. One of the most intense scarlet reds is Stop- 
light and it looks like a fine commercial. Several other new reds we did not get 
to evaluate this year, some of them being grown only from bulblets. 
There have been many fine additions to the pink and salmon pink classes. 
First there is All Ruffles which is described by the name. Ballad is a very fine ruf- 
fled salmon pink with yellow throat. This should make a fine commercial. We 
still like Conquest which with us has not been surpassed for purity of color and 
charm. Cooney Lass might almost be described as a pink Picardy. Some of the 
most perfect spikes we have grown were from Criterion. Of the pure pinks, Eglantine 
appears one of the best having large ruffled flowers of soft light pink enhanced by 
white throat. One of the most outstanding commercials is Ethel Cave Cole. Felicity 
is a deep salmon pink of Picardy type. Fiancee and Glamis are good pinks with 
white throats, being entirely distinct from each other. One of the most heavily 
ruffled of the large glads is Genghis Khan. We list two Geraldines, the New Zea- 
land variety being a large deep salmon pink after the order of Miss New Zealand 
and Pruitt’s variety is a most lovely soft salmon blending to creamy yellow throat, 
and it is a quite large flower heavily ruffled and fluted. One of the surprises of the 
season was the splendid spikes given by H. R. Pitt, a large salmon pink with cream 
throat. Jeanie is a most distinctive flower with its graceful slender spikes well sup- 
norting the large beautiful blooms. Mandaleen. Marleen Both, and Mrs. EK. Both 
all have salmon pink blooms with lighter throats but’each is distinct and the lat- 
ter seems to have unusual life imparted by a glowing sheen. We have bloomed it 
only from small bulbs. Phoebe is another of similar color to the above named va- 
rieties but grows very tall. Perhaps the purest pink with which we are familiar is 
Pink Paragon and it should surely make a fine commercial variety. Spitfire would 
seem hardly to belong here, yet it is a pink of unusual shade with great carrying 
power and makes fine spikes. 
There are not so many rose colored Glads but the number is increasing. The 
deep rose H. R. Hancock with large white blotches is a most impressive flower. 
Malta is very large and tall and of fine color although the florets are somewhat 
loosely attached to the spike. Miss Wisconsin looks most promising. We had mag- 
nificent spikes of Oregon Rose this season and expect another year to offer an im- 
proved taller growing strain. Rose Ruffles and Rosy Morn both look good as com- 
mercials. The deep rose Timor, one of our own introductions, should make a fine 
cut flower variety. It is very clear in color and seems very resistant to heat. 
The orange and buff varieties will be considered together. While very little 
stock seems available and we have bloomed it only from small bulbs, the light buff 
white Athlone gives promise of making big exhibition spikes. Dr. Whiteley is a 
tall yery clear colored orange buff some shades lighter than Lantana which is a 
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