Spike - Always straight, with perfect flowerhead - but rather short stem. Height 40-45”. 
Plant - Strong, healthy grower, and excellent producer of large bulblets which germinate 
and grow well. Season - 75-85 days. 
Prices for 1944 - per each 
Large - $1.50, Medium- $1.00, Small - $.75 
Bulblets - one - $.15, Ten - $1.00 
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Despite its rather short stem, Burgundy has never, to my knowledge, failed to win the blue 
ribbon in any class, in any show. where it was entered. It always attracts many admiring 
spectators, and especially professional florists, who pronounce it a great commercial glad. 
During the past season I discovered in my planting some half-dozen plants which produced 
spikes of virtually ideal proportions: those plants were marked and, with their bulblets, 
will be grown separately. I hope that, through selection, I may be able to rectify Burgundy’s 
one fault, namely the shortness of its stem, but, even as it is, Burgundy is a grand red and a 
consistent winner at the shows. 
SHOOTING STAR - ( Maid of Orleans X Picardy ) 
A medium sized exhibition cream, with many open on a very long flowerhead. 
Color - Rich cream self, with faint lavender lines deep in throat. 
Florets - Plain petaled, exceptionally well placed and spaced on a very long flowerhead, 
with 9-11 open and 6-7 showing color, 23 buds. Floret size, 44”. 
Spike - Straight, height 50-55”. 
Plant - Strong, healthy grower and good bulblet producer; bulblets germinate and grow 
well. 
Season - 80-90 days. 
Prices for 1944 - per each 
Large - $1.50, Medium - $1.00, Small - $.75 
Bulblets - One - $.15, Ten - $1.00 
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GARDENIA - ( Maid of Orleans X Apricot Glow ) 
A cream decorative. 
Color - Light cream, or milk white, with light golden throat. 
Florets - Petals pleasingly waved, giving them a very artistic appearance; florets gracefully 
placed on the wiry stem, 4-6 open, with an equal number showing color; size 
up to 44-5”. 
Spike - Tall, slender, yet stiff, and always straight as an arrow - have yet to see the 
first crook. Height 40-50”. 
Plant = - Strong, healthy grower, with long, rather narrow leaves of distinctive blue-green 
color; prolific producer of bulblets which grow like weeds. 
Season - 75-85 days. 
Prices for 1944 - per each 
