

GUIDEBOOK FOR 1947 
DEEP ROSE—62 Series 
H. R. HANCOCK (Both) 80 ** + ttt Exh. 
~ Com. Difficult to place on Fischer Color 
Chart. A point somewhere between R4- 
R-5 and VRS5. Clear, deep cherry rose 
with clear, creamy white throat. Very 
clean colors. Perfect, double row place- 
ment of 5-inch florets even from No. 6 
small bulbs. 8-11 open, balance of buds 
in color. Attachment of florets very 
good, stem wiry and strong. 50 inches 
tall. Substance excellent. Cut in bud, 
opens well with large florets at tip. A 
wonderful break in color value and a rare 
“find” for the commercial cut flower man 
as it is a prolific propagator, as well. 
Award of Merit, So. Austr. G. S.,’41. The 
first “Color Champion” on this continent, 
Ohio, ’43. Price is sharply reduced. 
L $1.00 M .60 S .30 Bits (100, $5.00) 
(1,000, $25.00). 
: “T had much pleasure last summer in growing the very fine 
\ stock you sent. I owe YOu many thanks for overcounts and 
extras amounting to more than thirty per cent of my order. 
‘For the connoisseurs, the most outstanding thing in the 
, garden was the marvelous beauty of color of H. R. Hancock. 
It is worth everything you claim for it, and some more.’’ Rev. 
H. M., Se. Hyacinthe, Que. 
LAVENDER—66 Series 
MINSTREL (Palmer) 85 *** — {ff Exh. 
Lavender with a pink overtone often with 
considerable feathering of deeper color, 
the amount of feathering depending much 
on heat and methods of fertilizing. “‘But- 
terfly”’ type florets up to 7 inches dia., 
both somewhat ruffled and needle-point. 
Only fair TA aay with us. We do 
expect well grown spikes to win over 
4 Elizabeth the Queen. 
: L $3.00 M $2.00 S $1.25 Bits .20. 
TUNIA’S MASTERPIECE (Both) 85 *** 
— {ttt Class 566. Truly a masterpiece. 
The color is the most perfect lavender, 
the florets hard faced and glistening, with 
some occasional deeper feathering, vari- 
able, though often clear. Forms a very 
vigorous plant though propagation is only 
medium good. For us bulblets have made 
long stretchy spikes with 19 buds, 9 open, 
5% inch florets, all about the same size. 
From large bulbs, without special forcing 
from bud to bloom stage it is capable of 
producing 36-40 inch flowerheads, 12-14 
open florets, the bottom one 6-7 inches 
across and decreasing but slighly in size 
right up to the 12th open floret. Well 
grown, 2 year old bulbs can measure up 
to 4-5 inches across. 
The current price of this variety in 
Australia is 100 shillings per bulb. We 
have a great distaste for prices above 
$10.00 per bulb, no matter how good the 
variety so we are getting these to you at 
about half price and gambling that our 
limited bulblet supply can take care of 
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our own planting needs. 
Bulbs, any size, each $10.00. Bulblets 
each, $2.00, obtainable with bulb  pur- 
chases. Limit 3 per bulb of any size. 
PURPLE—~70 Series 
CONVOY (Palmer) 85 ***—{} Tall, straight 
wiry spikes carrying giant, round blooms 
of clear bright purple. Lightly waved 
and ruffled. Petals are wide and roll back. 
Outstanding. 
L .25 M .20S .12 Blts (100, $1.00). 
ELANORA (Errey) 85 * — {ttt Exh. A 
rich, maroon purple, self color. Form and 
size of Red Lory, of which it is a seedling. 
Has good substance, tall, open 10-12 flo- 
ets easily. Likely to win for most open 
florets in any show. 
L .20 Bits (100, $1.00). 
LANCASTER (Palmer) 85 * — ftttt Exh 
Clear, dark, velvety purple. 8-10 open 
on tall spikes carrying 18-20 buds. Florets 
are lightly waved and ruffled. Our ex- 
perience with it is limited but its form and 
beauty is amply proven. Apparently a 
good propagator. Was Reserve Cham- 
pion at Ind. State show, '45. About as 
expected, Lancaster pushed Convoy out 
of the ‘“‘best 10’’, landing in 5th place in 
the ’46 C. G. S. Symposium. 
L $1.50 M $1.00 S .60 Bits .10. 
STAPLEFORD (Whiteley) 80 ** + ftt 
Class 471. Brilliant medium-deep purple, 
very spectacularly blotched clear white. 
Makes tall, strong spikes holding up to 
12 open in full double row placement. 
This is a medium depth shade of purple 
not found in other purple varieties. Pro- 
pagation is too difficult to consider com- 
mercial cut flower use. 
L $1.00 M .75 Bits .20. 
LIGHT VIOLET—76 Series 
BLUE ICE (Butt) 81 *** + +t Exh. Light 
oriental blue, throat carries a deeper blue 
mark edged yellow. About as close to 
real light sky blue as we have yet seen. 
Giant florets are lightly creased and a bit 
ruffled, flare wide open, appear to run 
mostly to inverted type, single lip, top 
petal back. Can hold 6-8 open on tall, 
straight spikes. See illustration, page 32. { 
Each L $20.00 M $12.50 S $7.50 Bits $1.00 
RAVEL (K & M) 77 ** + {ff Class 477. 
Medium blue violet, deeper than Blue Ice, 
with a reddish brown throat mark. Makes 
tall, straight spikes with large florets of 
good substance, well placed and spaced. 
Was show champion and received a First 
Class Certificate, Haarlem, 7-16-'45. 
Appears to have both exhibition and cut 
flower quality. 
Each M (run mostly No. 4 M) $3.50. 
