collections are not to be compared in any way with the ordinary unlabeled collections put 
out by seedhouses. They contain many fine varieties listed in my catalog with some seedlings 
and other varieties that I have in only small quantity. The De Lure collection I would es- 
pecially recommend to everyone even to connoisseurs who ordinarily buy only labeled 
varieties, as this collection contains many high priced varieties worth as high as $2.00 or 
$3.00 each. No variety is too good for this collection if I happen to have a surplus of it. 
TO HELP Y JU 
To select varieties I am giving you my personal opinion on certain characteristics of 
some of the leading kinds. Of course all these varieties will not always grow the same under 
all conditions but in general they are as I have listed them. The following notes should 
help to guide you in selecting the types that you want. 
Tallest Athlone, Beacon, Bernadette, Big Top, Blue Lagoon, California, Capistrano, 
Carrara, Commando, Connie G, Corona, Cover Girl, Crinkle Cream, Evangeline, Fort 
Garry, Gen. MacArthur, Golden Arrow, Grenadier, Harmau, High Finance, Irak, Jeanie, 
Kestrel, King Alfred, King Lear, Lady Luck, Lake Placid, Lancaster, Lavender Prince, 
Leading Lady, Lorna Doone, Malta, Margaret Beaton, Marimba, Maxwelton, Mighty 
Monarch, Montpelier, Mrs. C. W. Gannett, Mrs. R. G. Errey, Ogarita, Orange Gold, 
Palermo, Palisades, Personality, Picardy, Prosperity, Sensation, Silver Wings, Sir Galahad, 
Spotlight, Templar, Titan, Grand Monarch. 
Earliest Abigal, Abnaki, Adoration, Alpine, Astrid, Babs, Bernece, Concord, Donella, 
Early Gold, Elegy, Ethel Cave Cole, Fair Angel, Fay, Firebird, Gen. MacArthur, Huntress, 
Lantana, Ocean Spray, Ophir, Parma, Red Penny, Rhett Butler, Salutation, Snow Princess, 
Spotlight, Spun Gold, Susannah, Truelove, Vangold, Winston. 
Largest Aladdin, Bengasi, Bernadette, Big Top, Black Cherry, Burma, California, 
Carrara, Christine, Commando, Corona, Daisy Mae, Eglantine, Evangeline, Fair Angel, 
Harmau, J. V. Konynenburg, King Lear, King of Hearts, Leading Lady, Lorna Doone, 
Malta, Minstrel, Mrs. C. W. Gannett, Oriental Pearl, Palermo, Personality, Picardy, 
Prosperity, Red Plush, Reliant, Ruth Ann, Sensation, Silver Wings, Sir Galahad, Summer 
Gal, Titan, Trocadero, White Gold, Grand Monarch. 
Longest Flower Head Bengasi, Big Top, Black Opal, Burma, Carrara, Com- 
mando, Conn. Yankee, Connie G, Corona, Cover Girl, Evangeline, Flying Fortress, Kestrel, 
King Lear, King of Hearts, Leading Lady, Margaret Beaton, Marimba, Mighty Monarch, 
Minstrel, Ogarita, Palermo, Personality, Picardy, Prosperity, Queen Charlotte, Redowa, 
Red Wing, Reliant, Sensation, Silver Wings, Tarawa, Templar, Victory Queen. 
Most Heavily Ruffled Babs, Bengasi, Bolero, Brocade, Burma, Capistrano, 
Connie G., Crinkle Cream, Eglantine, Elizabeth The Queen, Glamis, Gleam, Janet Lee, 
Kathy Lee, King Lear, Lake Placid, Lidice, Minstrel, Ophir, Prosperity, Red Rascal, Sensa- 
tion, Siboney, Silver Wings, Snowbank, Spic and Span, Starlet, Summer Gal, Susannah, 
Tecumseh, Templar, Victory Queen, White Magic, Winston. 
Opening Most Blooms at Once Algonquin, Athlone, Avalon, Bengasi, 
Benison, Blue Wonder, Boulogne, Carnival, Chamouny, Cleo, Conn. Yankee, Connie G, 
Coventry, Cover Girl, Daisy Mae, Errey’s Scarlet, Firebrand, Flying Fortress, Fuchsia 
Belle, Golden State, Goldilocks, Grenadier, Hawkeye Red, High Finance, Kestrel, King 
Click, King of Hearts, Lancaster, Leading Lady, Lidice, Mansoer, Marimba, Marion Pearl, 
Maxwelton, Mayling, Montpelier, Mother Machree, Mrs. C. W. Gannett, Mrs. R. G. 
Errey, Ogarita, Palisades, Patrol, Personality, Phantom Beauty, Pillar of Fire, Purple 
Supreme, Queen Charlotte, Red Wing, Rose O’Day, Royal Windsor, Spic and Span, Sun- 
spot, Tarawa, Texas, Topflite, War Paint, White Challenge, Yankee Lass, Zuni, Pres. Tru- 
man. 
Most Striking and Unusual Amberlite, Astrid, Atom, Athlone, Beacon, 
Black Cherry, Bolero, Burma, Carnival, Corona, Cherry Jam, Cleo, Connie G, Dieppe, 
Elizabeth the Queen, Evangeline, Fabulous, Harmau, High Finance, Janet Lee, Kestrel, 
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