out the full color and beauty of these two. Corona is still very pop- 
ular. Candy Splash is somewhat similar, with perhaps better attach- 
ment but not as good a propagator. 
Our first pink, and usually the first glad of any color to bloom 
is June Day. Donella follows very closely; Harold Janes says these 
two bloomed the same day for him. Daydream and Truelove come 
into bloom shortly after these two. Tvruelove is the more consistent, 
a really fine light pink. We like Pink Charm for its earliness and 
Picardy type flowers; it has a long flowerhead but stem seems to be 
rather short. Geraldine is a very pretty ruffled light salmon, early- 
midseason bloomer. Western Star, a Picardy sport, is a beautiful 
light pink, but Lady Luck is very nearly the same shade and I believe 
a more reliable bulb maker. Lady Luck is a great glad. Bengasi 
surprised us by giving some marvelous spikes, tall, straight and fine. 
Genghis Khan was better than previously here, but E'glantine con- 
tinues to come short, perhaps another glad that has a preference for 
clay soil. I have always admired the fresh pink color of Phoebe; this 
Dr. Scheer variety has always been a good doer here, Deborah Samp- 
son might be called a much improved Duna; a very promising pale 
flesh pink. I like H'ssa Marie very much. The new Prosperity looks 
like a comer; a most attractive ruffled pink with an infusion of light 
rose. The deeper shades of pink embrace a number of really good 
ones:Summer Gal, Spic and Span, and Personality, a magnificent 
trio. Others, slightly older but great favorites, are Mystery, Made- 
leine Brown, Pioneer, Daisy Mae, Bridesmaid, Glamis, and Midway. 
The rose pink class has been augmented by some grand new- 
comers. Topflite and Treasure Island were real standouts in our 
trials last summer, Topflite is a true medium rose with small unob- 
trusive blotch of deeper rose; Treasure Island is a light pink with 
rosy undertone. Betty’s Choice has the same attractive orchid rose 
color as Coutts’ Orchid. Venida looks promising, making a nice con- 
servative spike of attractive color. Diadem looks as if it were related 
to Oregon Rose, but the originator says not. The two are quite 
similar except that Diadem has a small lighter throat. We have 
always admired Rosea, practically a rosy pink Picardy. Dawn Glow 
is another favorite of ours; a delicate blend of several shades of rose 
and cream. Miss Wisconsin is deeper in tone, and is a wonderful 
performer here. Deep rose red Burma is without a peer in the 
deeper tones, although we like Fuchsia Belle very much too. H. R. 
Hancock may belong in this class; its cherry rose color is a little 
hard to classify but it is very showy and a fine glad. 
Purple Supreme and Vulcan are our best performers in the 
purple class; Lancaster has not been as good here as it seems to be 
elsewhere. Fuchsia Maid may be a good commercial purple; it has 
the color of old King Lear with slightly smaller flowers but much 
better attachment. Eunice Ewing is most distinctive. Our three 
lavender standbys are Elizabeth the Queen, Huntress, and Myrna Fay. 
We never seem to have enough of this color to satisfy our florist 
customers, and for cutting Abigail and Peggy look promising. 
Wedgewood is not large but daintily colored and beautifully ruffled. 
Zelladee is much deeper, also with light throat. We haven’t found 
many so-called blues that are worth growing, but we do like Abu 
Hassan and Indigo for their fine deep violet blue color, good bulbs, 
fairly good increase and strong stems of medium height. Blue Beauty 
grows taller and still seems the best grower of the mid-blues. Better 
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