40 
Irak (Mitsch) (580) (37) (Late) Clear 
———~ gray sport of Bagdad. Tall strong 
grower with all the good qualities of that 
old variety. A nice smoky and can be used to 
advantage with yellow or other similar shades. 
Jamboree New introduction. See page 
98. 
Janet Lee (Fairchild) (420) (47) (Mid- 
7. a) season). Peach on edge of 
petals shading to deep cream throat. Heavily 
ruffled and fluted. Opens several very beauti- 
ful flowers on a plant about 41% feet tall. One 
of the most beautiful varieties but sometimes | 
find it rather short. Wonderful for basket work 
and for local florist use. 
Jeanie (Pruitt) (440) (41) (Mid-season) 
Distinctive shade of clear rose 
pink with white midribs and creamy throat. 
Tall strong grower with willowy stems. 
Usually opens only 4 or 5 blooms yet is very 
popular in many places as a commercial. 
Jolly Roger New introduction. See 
page 24. : 
Journey’s End (adel) (432) (44) 
i (a pa atin eC AIG-SCOSON ee DEED 
reddish salmon pink with darker throat mark- 
ings and shading deeper toward the edge of 
the blooms. Nicely ruffled. A very nice 
variety but rather slow propagator. 
June (Vasaturo) (360) (48) (Early mid- 
~~ season) White with wide rose 
border. Opens up: to 6 medium size florets on 
an 18-20 bud spike. A very beautiful variety 
and fine for basket work and florist’s arrange- 
ments. Has won a lot of prizes. 
Kathy Lee (Fairchild) (410) (47) (Mid- 
——_ season) Heavily ruffled soft 
yellow with deeper yellow throat and slight 
touches of red deep in the throat. A nice 
yellow and a prize winner. 
Kawatiri (upich) (516) (44) (Mid- 
“Shin ae season)* hisaissone  of=the 
most ravishingly beautiful pastels | know of. 
It is tinted pink on the edge shading thru 
Champlain View Gardens 
creamy buff to a golden throat. In New 
Zealand where it originated it has been 
grown 7 feet tall with 834” florets. | could 
never get any such growth as that but | did 
get fine spikes and as for color nothing can 
beat it. Has been a big prize winner in New 
Zealand but not enough has been around in 
this country yet to get to the shows. You 
surely will like this if you like the pastels. 
King Alfred (Hobbs) (532) (45) Early 
mid-season) Orange 
salmon with cream blotch. Opens 6 large 
wide open blooms with a total of about 16 
buds. Not so especially novel in color but 
really is distinct and an unusually strong 
vigorous grower. lts strong growth with the 
large blooms make it stand out. 
King Click (Wilson) (452) (41) (Mid- 
paaaaieri amma SO”ISON) Bright scarlet. 
Opens up to 9 blooms on a long flower head. 
One of the best light reds | know of. Very 
popular. 
King of Hearts (Salbach) (543) (39) 
a ae Lae cued wa Mica Secson) aes 
huge variety sometimes producing flowers up 
to 8” or so in diameter. One of the largest 
glads grown. Opens up to 8 with a flower 
spike reaching 30’. A huge spike of bloom 
with a good stem. But under certain conditions 
and in some places the stem bends over. Color 
is a deep salmon or coral red shading to 
salmon. Great variety for the show table. 
Patented, so increase cannot be sold. 
Lady Jane (lake) (406) (41) (Mid- 
i= limkame ee season) .Clear-creamawitn 
yellow lip petals which from a distance give 
the whole flower the appearance of light 
yellow. In the cut flower markets it is called 
yellow. One of the best cut flower sorts and 
general all around fine variety. 
Lady Luck Harris) (430)-(44) (Mid- 
i eilin ai aa S@dSON)), at VOtyanicas Noni 
pink sport of Picardy, tho it doesn’t resemble 
Picardy. Somewhat smaller with many well 
placed blooms open. Tall strong grower. Very 
nice cut flower variety. 
“The bulbs | bought from you last season did wonderful, that is why | am sending you this 
order.” 
—Mr. Henry Klima, Ohio. 
