LILACS 
GROUP I (continued) 
Missimo, BCDE 
The single flowers are rosy purple (Cyclamen Pur- 
ple H. C. C. 30/2 deepening with age to 30/3) 
with acute, reflexed and curled or twisted “‘petals” 
(lobes). Flowers at first are really very large, up to 
114 inches wide, but after the lobes curl they appear 
smaller. Huge is the word for the clusters which are 
broader than long; one makes a bouquet! Out ori- 
ginal description stated that the largest we had 
found was 14 inches in width and 10 inches long, 
but in Spring, 1946, when Mr. Phillip Morse of A. 
B. Morse Co., St. Joseph, Michigan, was here taking 
colored photographs, we together measured a cluster 
twenty inches wide which seems unbelievable. Best 
of all it is extremely productive, loading the plant 
with flowers very early in the season. 
Mocd Indigo, BCD 
Buds are extremely dark ruddy purple. The large 
single flowers often exceeding an inch in width are 
dark purple in clusters up to 8 or 9 inches long which 
often show leaflike bracts. Variety is well marked 
by violet hue of new growth. For sale east and west, 
except in S. F. Bay area. 
Mountain Haze, BCD 
Has dark purple buds which open to purplish blue 
single flowers of moderate size borne about mid- 
season in huge compound clusters in remarkable pro- 
fusion. Meets every requirement for a first class gar- 
den variety. For sale east and west, except in S. F. 
Bay area. 
Pink Cloud, BCD 
The single soft lavender-pink flowers are of medium 
size borne in extremely long clusters well’ above 
foliage. Growth is erect and very vigorous. Blooms 
in late midseason and is enormously productive. 
Notes made during test show that in 1941 a one 
year bud bore a cluster 12 inches tall and 7 inches 
wide at base. A 1943 note reads: “just a cloud of 
pink blossoms well above all foliage and in long 
clusters at that.” This note accounts for name chosen 
for it. 
Summer Skies, BD 
A very distinct single early variety which has or- 
chid buds turning blue as soon as they open and 
finally becoming an unusual soft sky blue. The clus- 
ters are fairly large and commonly forked. An ex- 
cellent producer and blooms over a long season. 
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