Description of WHITE GOLD - ( Maid of Orleans X Picardy ) 
A large informal or decorative. 
Color - Rich cream, blending into a light gold throat, no markings. 
Florets - Wide open, with unusually heavy, very broad petals, with edges slightly frilled 
and ruffled; placement excellent with never any crowding; 5-7 open, with 5-6 
showing color, on a 19-21 bud spike. Under ordinary culture the florets are 6 
inches and up, the size gradually diminishing upward on the spike, which gives 
a pleasing tapering effect. White Gold responds very readily to special culture 
and florets have been reported under such culture up to 8% inches. One thing 
that is conspicuous about White Gold florets is the exceptional width of the petals 
which often exceeds 3 inches. 
Spikes are straight and 60 inches and over - some have been reported as having 
been over six feet. 
Plant - White Gold is one of the healthiest, most vigorous, and strongest of all glads; 
leaves are very broad and lush. Apparently, it is practically immune to disease. 
Bulblet production is excellent, many of the bulblets being very large, and bulb- 
elts germinate practically 100%, making many #1 and #2 bulbs the first year. 
One grower, who is statistically inclined, reports that 300 bulblets gave him 
298 bulbs, many of them large ones. 
White Gold prices, season of 1945, per each — 
No. 1-$.50; No. 2-$.40; No. 8-$.30; No. 4-$.20; No. 5-$.15; No. 6-$.10 
Ten bulbs of any one size at eight times the single price; 100 at eight times the ten price. 
Bulblets: Six - $.25; Twelve - $.45; Twenty - $.75 
Please Note - Like Picardy, White Gold produces the best spikes from larger bulbs, al- 
though small bulbs, and even bulblets will bloom. 
PLANT WHITE GOLD BULBS DEEP. The plant and spike become so heavy that, with 
shallow planting, especially in clay soils, they are apt to lean over in wet seasons or after 
heavy rains. 
EGLANTINE ( Picardy X Seedling [Coryphee X Mrs. P. W. Sisson ] ) 
This large formal pink has created a sensation wherever it has been shown to date. 
At the 1944 Springfield, Ill, Show, it was Division Champion and it was voted by the 
visitors ‘the most beautiful glad in the show’. In 1942, under seedling number, it was 
champion seedling at the Connecticut State Show, and won the Seedling Cup. 
A well known Iowa hybridizer described it “as the finest glad that I have yet seen’. 
It has everything: color, size, form. The color is an irresistible pink of unusual appeal; 
florets are consistently 7-72” and over, with petals beautifully ruffled, and the florets 
are faultlessly arranged on a perfect exhibition spike. 
Description — 
Color - A clear, rich pink, blending into a light cream throat; no markings. 
