46 
good both for exhibition and for cut flowers. 
Very heavy propagator. 
Oklahoma (Wilson) (484) (45) (Mid- 
——_ -season)4 One: of “the: very 
best smoky varieties. It is not only odd but 
pretty. Opens 7 with 18 total buds on a long 
flower head. Tall strong grower. 
Oluf New introduction. See page 28. 

Ophir (cerman) (411) (44) (Early mid- 
———— season) Light yellow with red 
markings in the throat. 5-6 heavily ruffled 
beautiful colored blooms open at once. As 
the attachment is rather loose it is not good for 
a cut flower except for local use but when so 
used makes up very beautiful arrangements. 
An exquisite variety. 
Orange Gold (Marshall) (422) (45) 
(Early mid - season) 
Clear large beautiful medium dark orange 
gold. Opens 4-6 large wide open blooms on 
a tall straight plant of about 16 total buds. 
This is becoming very popular as a cut flower 
and is also a first class variety for breeding. 
Orchid Marvel (ack) (566) (47) 
Deep orchid laven- 
der with small cream throat lines. Opens 7-8 
with 23 buds total. This looks like one of the 
very best of the Jack varieties and one that 
will become very popular as a cut flower sort, 
also for exhibition. 
Oregon Gold (Majeski) (410) (41) 
SAL alee a (Mid-season) Light 
creamy yellow with up to 9 or more medium 
size lightly ruffled blooms open. One of the 
best cut flower yellows. 
Oriental Pearl (Carlson) (506) (46) 
This is the largest 
cream variety | know of. Opens 4-6 immense 
blooms sometimes reaching 7’’ in diameter. _ 
There has been some controversy about this, 
some thinking it was not so good and others 
swearing by it. It is a variety that grows very 
good under ordinary conditions with no 
coddling of it. Heavy propagator. 
Pactolus ( x M) (417) (47) Apricot 
cream with orange red blotch 
on the lower petals. Opens up to 8 wide 
Champlain View Gardens 
open flowers with very firm attachment. An 
exotically beautiful variety. Medium height. IF 
you like the showy blotched varieties you 
surely want Pactolus. 
Palermo (Pruitt) (521) (44) (Late mid 
season. Huge fiery orange 
shading to a somewhat darker blotch. Opens 
5 or more lightly ruffled blooms on a long 
flower head. Very tall strong growing plant 
with heavy foliage. Fine late cut flower 
variety. One grower wrote me that he 
planted No. 4’s fairly late and cleaned up 
,with them on the cut flower market. 
Palisades (Beaton) (430) (48) (Late 
mid-season) Grenadine pink 
or in common language orange salmon. Opens 
up to 12, 514” blooms, right out in the sun. 
Never wilts or burns. Very tall straight slender 
stem with a long flower head. Have had very 
good reports on it this past season. 
Pandora (Beatrice Palmer) (342) (40) 
7s G@Mid-season) Here is another 
variety that has been overlooked, the cut 
flower growers just tumbling to the fact that it 
is one of the best cut flowers on the market. 
Clear soft geranium pink with somewhat 
darker lines in the throat. Opens 8-10 blooms 
on a medium height plant. Free bloomer and 
easy grower. Not so large as Picardy but in 
many places preferred to the latter as it is 
darker and a very beautiful color. Have had 
many fine reports on Pandora this past season. 
Parma (Almey) (401) (45) (Early) Soft 
~~ creamy white with purple lines in 
the throat. Opens up to 8 large blooms on a 
tall’ strong plant. Good early cut flower 
variety. 
Parthiena New introduction. See page 
95. 
Patriciam (Scheer) (566) (47) (Mid- 
season) Large clear lavender 
about the shade of the darkest part of Minuet. 
Opens 6-7 blooms that reach 6” and over in 
diameter. 50’’ or more tall. A well known cut 
flower grower told me there just wasn’t any 
other lavender on the market in comparison 
with Patrician. It produces lots of very small 
bulblets but these germinate nearly 100% 
and make growth that will surprise you. 
