The color must be seen to be appreciated. 
Spike - Strong and straight, up to 50” and over. 
Plant - Strong and vigorous, with broad, heavy foliage. Excellent bulblet maker and 
bulblets grow easily and attain large size first season. Midseason - 85 - 95 days. 
PLEASE NOTE - Delilah will fade in the sun. Open spikes indoors. 
Prices for 1944 - per each 
Large - $5.00, Medium - $3.50, Small - $2.50 
Bulblets -One - $.50, Ten - $4.00 
Delilah, exhibited, under seedling number, for the first time in 1943, won blue ribbons 
at the Illinois and Wisconsin Shows. It scored 88 at a Wis. G.S. Seedling Meeting in 
1941. It looks like a very valuable addition to the salmon class. 
EARLIER INTRODUCTIONS 
EGLANTINE © Picardy X Seedling [Coryphee X Mrs. P. W. Sisson] ) 
(See illustration on cover page) 
A very large formal or exhibition pink of exceptionally appealing color and form. 
Florets - Rounded, wide open, and firmly attached; placement excellent; substance very 
heavy and petals heavily ruffled. Opens 8-10, with 4-5 showing color, on a 19-21 
bud spike. Floret size up to 7%”. 
Color - Rich, clear, warm pink of extraordinary appeal, blending into cream in the 
throat; no markings. 
Spike - Straight and strong, height 45-50”. 
Plant - Strong and healthy, with heavy foliage. Bulblets produced freely. Mid-season, 
85-100 days. 
NOTE - For some reason, bulblets of Eglantine showed a tendency, this past season, to 
be very slow in germinating - possibly the extremely wet fall of 1942 may have had some- 
thing to do with this. At any rate, I have never before encountered this difficulty. I 
planted some 700 bulblets in a cold frame and was considerably disturbed when I did not 
see them come up with other bulblets planted at the same time. At the time I ascribed 
