ee. and good. LAKE PLACID makes a nice slender spike of deeper 
cream and throat is almost yellow, a good cutflower type. 
There are a lot of: good new pink and salmon colored glads; the 
difficulty is in finding the best ones. I am particularly fond of the 
lighter shades, those that might be called appleblossom pink. 
TRUELOVE, ESSA MARIE, and YANKEE LASS fall into this class. 
So do NORMANDIE and GAVOTTE, altho they are delicate blends 
of pale pink, salmon, and cream. The older KING WILLIAM is still 
good. Altho it may be a little shy on increase, CONNECTICUT 
YANKEE made some of the finest spikes in my garden last summer; 
a beautiful light® pink with deeper blotch, very large and showy. 
A little smaller but with lightly frilled florets, LIPSTICK was really 
beautiful. MADELEINE BROWN seemed indistinguishable from a 
good spike of Picardy. MYSTERY, pink with blotch, is a good grower 
and well liked. Our own JUNE DAY, while not spectacular, is a fine 
pink cutflower that always blooms before anything else in our garden. 
The finest rose colored glad we grow is the very popular MISS 
WISCONSIN; it was even better than usual last summer. The florists 
like CHAMOUNY even tho a certain percent do come with short 
heads; the color is excellent. ROSE DELIGHT appeared to be an 
improved Early Rose, altho the color is a little different. DANIEL 
BOONE is an odd but pretty shade of rose with a touch of smokiness, 
nicely ruffled. In the darker or rose red shades BURMA continues 
to be the favorite with all garden visitors. PAUL REVERE and 
FUCHSIA BELLE are somewhat alike in color, but the latter is taller. 
Our best purple is still PURPLE SUPREME. In moist climates it 
is said to fail to hold its color; we have not noticed this because 
we get no rain during the summer months, using surface irrigation 
only. Next choice is VULCAN; the color is different and it has been a 
fine performer with us. MYRNA FAY, from my good friend Rev. 
Lines, is the best new commercial prospect I have seen in the laven- 
ders; a winner at several shows too. HUNTRESS is good too; this > 
may bloom almost as early as Myrna Fay. ABIGAIL is near the 
color of Minuet and opened more at once; I am Watching it with 
interest. ELIZABETH THE QUEEN gets better each year; we had 
many perfect spikes the past summer, as tall as any other lavender 
we grew. 
About the only blue-violet of commercial significance is old BLUE 
BEAUTY, it makes good bulbs and gives good increase here, For a 
darker one I like ATLAS; the newer INDIGO may be even better. 
Glad fanciers will appreciate the velvet finish of deep toned LEO- 
NARDO DA VINCI; very rich. OBERBAYERN is a little darker than 
BLUET, both having white throats. The new EUNICE EWING is a 
very interesting purple violet, also with light throat. 
TAHLAHNEKA has been fine here and it may be the ee 
yellow. SPOTLIGHT with its very unusual color contrast is a very 
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