GUIDEBOOK FOR 1945 

With 50 or more spikes of Peggy Lou of 
grand champion caliber and a stunning 
spike of King of Hearts present to give 
battle, Stella Antisdale polled 7 of the 10 
votes of the judges. Its parents, Albatros 
x Picardy. With excellent color, giant 
florets, true exhibition form, straight 
spikes and good cut flower habits, we 
expect all will like it. See illustration. 
Our ist, 3 spike light pink, beating our 
own very fine spikes of Rosa van Lima, 
Mich. and our 1st Recent Introduction, 
beating our own extra fine spikes of 
Grand Opera and Queen Marilynn, Mich., 
’40. Our firsts W. Va., Mah., Mich. and 
Ohio and our customers have started to win 
with it likewise, Mr. Parrott winning two 
firsts at SW Va. and Mr. Hopkins winning 
at Midwest over a good spike of Ethel Cave 
Cole, all 41. Last year we received doz- 
ens of letters of commendation of Stella 
from cut flower growers in practically 
every part of the country and some from 
Canada. It has now proven itself in hot 
climates and will soon be grown by the 
million. 
L .20 M .15 S .10 Blts (100, $1.00. 
“I think Stella Antisdale is one of the finest glads that grow. 
I grew the best glads last year I ever had but none were finer 
than Stella.’’ 2-2-’43. C.A.E., Tremonton, Utah. 
“Send yoor wholesale list and catalog right away. Want to 
get some Stella Antisdale—the bulbs you sent me were stand- 
outs. Surpassed any pink I had and opened up wonderfully 
in water.’’ 1-2-’44, P.H., San Leandro, Calif. 
“Spring of ’41 we ordered five No. 5 bulbs of Stella Antis- 
dale from your wholesale list. With your customary gener- 
osity you added one No. 3 bulb and 10 bulblets. We harvested 
giant blooms, 15 fine bulbs and lots of bulblets. All were 
planted last spring and produced 1500 bulbs of all sizes and 
we think about 15,000 bulblets. Perhaps you do much better 
than this but it looks good to us.”’ 2-1-’43. G. A. E., 
Vernon, N. Y 
DEEP PINK —42 Series 
CALIFORNIA (Salbach) 95 ***—ft Exh. 
Patented. A real giant. Color somewhat 
similar to F. J. McCoy but better and 
twice as large. Pure geranium pink with 
a blotch of begonia rose but slightly deeper, 
result close to self color. 42 inches tall, 
long flower head, good substance. Rapid 
propagator. Florets round, slightly ruffled, 
up to 734 inches as shown and measured 
by the judges, E. Bay, ’38 where it was the 
winning seedling and won the American 
Home Achievement Medal. See winner 
tabulation. 
per ea. 12 100 
ACSC) kere 2 Met bs he $2.20 $17.50 
Meditimisn.2t 220 1.85 15.00 
“Your California bulbs got the Grand Champion ribbon 
for me last year at the Minn. Glad. Soc. show.’? C. M 
Goodhue, Minn. 
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COUTTS’ ORCHID 
‘Coutts’ Orchid opened day before yesterday. A flower 
from the hand of God. Thanks.” Rev. E. B. R., Mountain 
View, 
PEGG Y LOU (Wilson-Evans) 90 **—t{{ Exh. 
Com. Smooth, deep shrimp pink, with a 
slight rosy cast and a slight peppering of 
deeper rose in the throat. Undoubtedly 
classifies as a self color. ,.Secured fronisame 
seed cross which produced Picardy. Apart 
from the color change, the only variations 
from Picardy we can discover are some- 
what rounder florets, slightly shorter 
stems, considerably longer flowerheads. 
Produces wonderful blooms from M and S 
bulbs. Though we introduced this variety 
but six years ago, its fame is already se- 
cure. See Grand Champion Records. L .08 
(100, $6.00). 
