very beautiful light orange. Marimba was one of our tallest Glads. The golden 
buff ruffled Vassar is somewhat older but still one of the most beautiful varieties. 
Bobby Dazzler is an attractive unusual shade that might almost be described as 
burnt orange. Dazzler is a fiery orange scarlet with darker blotch. Rio Rita is a 
fine red orange with deep colored feather. We are very favorably impressed with 
the light orange scarlet Halloween which had fine spikes of good sized clear colored 
flowers. Padre is a distinct novelty of both unusual form and color. 
We did not grow many yellows this year. Autumn Gold is a late intense golden 
yellow. Cream Puff made very nice blooms for us this year and is a light yellow 
rather than a cream. It is larger than most yellows. The light yellow heavily ruffled 
Discovery and the deep yellow Spotlight (do not confuse with Stoplight) both with 
red feathers are quite unique and attractive. Oregon Gold is a nicely ruffled tall 
very light yellow and Crinkle Cream is a somewhat deeper yellow of good size. 
Golden State is one of the finest deep yellows. 
While perhaps not as many pure white Glads are being introduced as were a 
few years ago, many new creams of great merit are appearing. Alpine was perhaps 
the most chastely beautiful white I have grown. The new tall growing Casablanca 
is slightly like Myrna but taller growing and of somewhat different form. It should 
be a good commercial. Corona by reason of being slightly flushed with pink per- 
haps should not be included here but however it is classified, it is becoming one 
ot the most popular Glads. Crystal is a huge white capable of making good ex- 
hibition spikes. Fair Angel looked very good. Among the finest spikes in our 
planting this year were some of Leading Lady. This one will surely win many prizes 
for some time to come. Matterhorn is still one of our favorites as an exhibition white, 
and it will be difficult to find more beautiful blooms than well grown Myrna. P. 39 
looked similar to Leading Lady and will doubtless be a good one. Silention is a 
blotched white after the style of Margaret Beaton. Both are good. Snowcruiser may 
prove to be one of the best exhibition whites but we have not yet bloomed it from 
full sized bulbs or under very favorable conditions. While not similar to Leading 
Lady, Wanda is another nice cream sport of Picardy. The vigorous strong growing 
White Gold made beautiful blooms on tall spikes and was much sought after by 
the florists. This will surely be grown by the millions when stock is available, and 
it is not only a cut flower variety but is winning many awards on the show bench. 
Another fine clear cream with unmarked throat and nicely ruffled blooms on good 
spikes is Winston. 
For years there has been an effort made to improve on Minuet but many lavy- 
enders have come and gone, many of which were supposed to be that improvement. 
Time alone will tell but it appears that some of the new ones may be with us for a 
while. Badger Beauty is one of the most attractive lavenders and opens six or eight 
well faced blooms on quite tall spikes. Barbara Jane is a tall growing lavender with 
darker blotch. Perhaps the most striking recent variety is Elizabeth the Queen. 
It is not as tall as we might wish but seems to be improving in this respect. Its 
large ruffled blooms are very impressive. The rapidly increasing Lavender Ruffles 
is a nice light lavender. The big lavender Remembrance has an odd mauve cast in 
its coloring which does not appeal to us but it seems to go well as a cut flower. 
We are listing few blues at present but of these, Blue Ensign looked good this 
year and seems capable of making about as large a spike as any in its class. Of 
the purples, Convoy seems a definite advance and should be a fine commercial. 
Mrs. Mark’s Memory is a very large flower, while Parnassus is one of the darkest. 
Rangoon is possibly the most beautiful purple. 
The smoky rose Beltrami appears to be a worthy addition to the smoky class. 
Bronze Wings is quite well described by its name. We believe the tall growing large 
new smoky, Carol, should become a popular fdancier’s flower. For growing huge 
exhibition spikes, C. W. Gannett should fill the bill, and while Intrepid has much 
smaller florets its long spike with many open make it a showy flower and the color 
seems to take better with florists than many smokies. Although not as bright as 
Vagabond Prince, Penzance reminds one some of that variety and opens more blooms 
at once. It has a rather short stem. The huge bronze R. B. is a distinct variation 
in this group. The winged Tecumseh has quite an orchid like appearance. Another 
flower capable of making very large spikes is the rather dark colored Tunia’s 
Mahomet. We have found Xerxes one of the most consistant performers of the lot 
and it is light enough so that florists can use it. While no longer new, Zuni is still 
well worth growing and can make very nice spikes. 
While we have not mentioned nearly all the varieties we are growing, some 
nave been grown only from bulblets and have not yet bloomed for us and a few 
others were not grown under sufficiently good conditions to allow us to evaluate 
them. 
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