1946 BULB CATALCG ) 

gradually this one came to be known thusly. 
A seedling of Lavender and Gold and a very, 
very beautiful thing. Just too nice to throw 
away. Beautiful color and ruffling. Only opens 
3 and in our experience doesn’t open too well 
in water. 
“Like King Arthur’ Lost the seedling number. 
Just like King Arthur, a very good grower, 
bulb maker but is inclined to crook. 
800-41 *’Regal Red’’ Hindenberg’s Memory X 
Liberator. A tall large red, two white lines in 
the throat. Opens 3 but the flowers are mas- 
Sive. Late. 
275-41 (Incense x Sweetheart) X New Era. 
Fragrant. As beautiful as New Era ever was. 
Modern standards would say it’s not big enough. 
But what a beauty! Color, ruffling. A medium 
decorative. Spike tends to be a little short. Very 
prolific indeed! 
11-42 Gloaming or Lavender and Gold seedling. 
A tall rose with a large cream throat. We had 
this planted near Charmaine in our early cut 
flower section and the latter looked sick by 
comparison. 
229-42 (New Era X Rosalie) A color marvel in 
rose-red. Unfortunately it has short flowerheads. 
Here they are, look them over. We predict 
that some will be named. 
One of each, 10 varieties $1.50 
CLASSIFICATION NOTE 
_ The number after the name of the variety de- 
notes the classification number of the North 
American Gladiolus Council. They have classified 
them in five sizes as flollows: 
Miniature Glads _________ 100—Florets under 215” 
Small Gladss eee 200—215” through 314” 
VediumiGlads eee 300—314” through 414” 
Large Gladsd22-_ 22 32s. s. 400—414” through 51” 
Giant Gladst=3 = 7 sian 500—Above 515” 
COLOR CLASSES 
Class 
00 White 00 without conspicuous marking 
White 01 with conspicuous marking 
Cream 06 
10 Yellow 10 (Light) 
Yellow 12 (Deep) 
Buff 16 
20 Orange 20 (Light) 
Orange 22 (Deep) 
Orange 24 (Red Orange) 
30 Salmon 30 (Light) 
Salmon 32 (Deep) 
Scarlet 36 
40 Pink 40 (Light) without markings 
Pink 41 (Light) with c. markings 
Pink 42 (Deep) 
50 Red 50 (Light) ) 
Red 52 (Deep) 
Red 54 (Black) 
60 Rose 60 (Light) 
Rose 62 (Deep) 
Lavender 66 
70 Purple 70 
Violet 76 (Light) 
Violet 78 (Deep) 
80 Smoky shades 
Smoky 82 (Orange Smoky) 
Smoky 83 (Salmon Smoky) 
Smoky 84 (Pink Smoky) 
Smoky 85 (Red Smoky) 
Smoky 86 (Lavender Smoky) 
90 Any other color. 

515-41 

Since you sent me the picture of 3990-C (now 
named Virgin) I have seen your Poet’s Dream in 
bloom; in spite of the dry conditions it showed up 
very fine. It has exceptional substance and good 
color, lavender classification here, ruffed and nice 
tall spikes, precisely built and I rate it 5 X xX, 
which is darn good in my way of marking.—E. 
H. Lins, Minnesota. 
