1949 Descriptive List 
Golden Beauty (Coates) (512) (47) 
nasa aneaee <(i\id-season) Beau- 
tiful deep golden yellow from Australia. 
Somewhat like a yellow Picardy. One of the 
best yellows | have seen especially for the 
home garden. 
Golden State (Wheeler) (412) (42) 
aac: ~(|Viid-sedson) Clear 
rich medium yellow with a double row of well 
placed blooms. Tall strong grower, opening 
up to 10. One of the best exhibition yellows 
and getting more popular all the time as a 
commercial. 
Grand Monarch (Salman) (554) 
Peele. (48). Warm dark 
brown red with purplish shading and a deeper 
purple blotch. A giant in bloom and in growth. 
Blooms have a heavy texture. 
Grand Opera Gslbach) (540) (38) 
a melmenmnmm aoCiV\ic-sedson)s One of 
the largest glads grown, sometimes reaching 
8”’ or more. Opens 5-7 at a time ona plant of 
5 feet and over. Color is soft pink between 
LaFrance and geranium pink. Patented, so 
increase cannot be sold. 
Gratitude (fischer) (422) (46) (Mid- 
“ene / secson) Very nice shade of 
orange. Opens 5-7 well ruffled blooms on a 
tall straight wiry spike. A good commercial. 
Two years ago it had some irregular placement 
but this last season was fine. 
Harmay (Both) (532) (40 (Early) Deep 
~~~ sqlmony orange red with darker 
throat. Opens 6-9 large blooms on an 18-20 
bud spike. A giant variety that everyone likes. 
Showy and nice. 
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Harry Hopkins (olman) (554) (45) 
nanan eV\id-seqson) Large 
Bordeaux wine red with slight purplish shad- 
ing. Opens 6-8 well placed blooms on a tall 
strong stem. Somewhat similar to Boulogne but 
darker. Very nice. 
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Hawkeye Red (Heaton) (450) (44) 
iene | (Nid-segson) Erilliant 
medium red sport of Vagabond Prince. One 
of the best reds. Has all the good qualities of 
Vagabond Prince but somewhat larger and 
seems to be healthier. 
Heart’s Desire (Fiedler) (540) (48) 
meanness | Iecvilyoruiied: light 
pink shading to white with yellow throat. 
Heavy white midribs. Strong husky grower. 
Opens up 6 or more 614” florets on a spike 
of 18-20 buds. Opens well to the tip. Has 
been a heavy winner at the shows. Somewhat 
like Prosperity. 
High Finance (Wilson) (582) (40) 
imitate aniqeae: (Late) Smoky _ light 
orange gray with cream throat. A smoky that 
is also beautiful. Opens up to 9 lightly ruffled 
well placed blooms with rolled back petals. 
A wonderful tall strong grower. Had it at 
least 6 feet tall this past season. This is a 
variety that is tops for exhibition and florists 
should use many of them. Am sure the public 
would buy if they had a chance. One grower 
reported that his florists liked it very much. 
High Life «k x M) (76) (46) arly) 
pein Clear light blueflallsiraight 
stem with many wide open flowers open at a 
time. One of the best of the new blues tho 
not large. 
Hiho (Knight) (432) (48) (Early mid-season) 
Clear deep rosy salmon shading to 
clear white throat. Never flecks. Opens 8-10 
on a 30” flower head with a total of 20-22 
buds. This is a seedling of Ogarita with the 
same strong growth but with better colored 
florets. A winner at the shows and a fine cut 
flower variety. 
Huntress (Jack) (466) (45) (Early) Light 
~~... pinkish lavender. One of-the 
first to bloom. Sometimes flecks but being early 
it sells well. Opens 6-8 perfectly placed 
blooms on a medium height plant. In big 
demand. 


“The glads | purchased last year bloomed well and | had a wonderful display.” 
—F. H. Beckstead, Utah. 
