How to Select Varieties 
There is such a large number of varieties 
of all sizes, colors, shapes, etc., that there should 
be something to suit about every taste. In the 
descriptions in the catalog the number after the 
name gives the size and general color classifica- 
tion. This is explained on page 9. Some people 
think that my descriptions are written by an 
advertising man with a strong imagination like 
the descriptions in some of the seed catalogs. 
But this is not true. I want to assure everyone 
that I write these descriptions myself and try 
to make them as accurate as possible. Some 
people ask me to recommend certain varieties 
but I can’t do any better than to refer them to 
the descriptions. If I didn’t consider the varieties 
good I wouldn’t have them in my catalog. 
If you take pride in growing them big to 
win at the shows or beat your neighbors there 
are plenty of large ones to select from. But I 
would advise you to also try some of the medium 
and smaller varieties which as a rule are more 
beautiful than the extremely large ones. They 
often have better form, color, etc. If grown just 
for the garden the large ones are alright. But for 
many places in the ordinary home the smaller 
ones are more appropriate. However, it isn’t 
for me to tell you what to pick out so just pick 
the ones that you think would appeal to you 
because of size or color or something else. 
Tho the large ones are still the most popular 
there is a growing demand for smaller and 
miniature varieties as for table decorations and 
many places they are more suitable than the 
larger varieties. However in some parts of the 
country where there are large estates and large 
houses the large long stemmed ones are the most 
popular as the owners have large rooms with 
huge vases which require large long stemmed 
varieties like Picardy and others. But for ordinary 
use the short stemmed ones are just as good for 
house decoration. For such purposes I don’t 
ae why anyone has to have a stem three feet » 
ong. 
et you are thinking of growing glad blooms 
for commercial purposes, pink, white and 
lavender are the most popular colors with 
smaller amounts of red, purple and yellow. 
However a variety like Spotlight I think will be 
about as popular as some of the other colors 
which are generally considered florists’ colors. 
In this connection I might say that a number of 
growers around the country are cleaning up in 
fine shape by contacting retail florists direct and 
growing varieties which are not generally grown. 
The public will surely take more varieties than 
the ordinary florist handles if they have a chance 
to get them. 
About size, No. 3 size is one of the best to 
buy unless you have a market or a reason for 
' wanting the very largest. You can get No. 3 
size that costs much less and often will give you very nearly as good blooms as No. 1’s or 2’s. 
I would like to urge the greater use of my unlabeled collections. They are just the thing 
for people who don’t care anything about names but do want_a nice garden of glads. These 
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Elizabeth the Queen 
