Gardens some proper evaluation of Glad Seedlings be- 
fore introduction, can be arrived at and the information 
made available to the Glad Growing public. At the pre- 
sent time the National Trial Gardens appear to be headed 
in the proper direction. 
Then there were the new Glads we saw at the shows. 
The Seedling which most impressed me was Roger Arn- 
ett's “NANCY”. Nancy is a red that should prove to 
be an excellent commercial, having all the qualities nece- 
ssary -i.e., color value, ability to open and keep well, 
firm attachment, good facing and spacing, etc. I be 
lieve Rog has a fit companion for his White Challenge. 
Another seedling which showed promise was an un- 
named large purple exhibited at the Michigan Gladiolus 
Society Show by an amateur, Mr. Maynard of Ann 
Arbor who has promised me the opportunity to co-intro- 
duce this variety when sufficient stock is available. Of 
the newer named varieties BUTTERSCOTCH, 
M’M’SELLE, PERDITA, TEXAS and CHRISTINE im- 
pressed me as being worthy. Our own seedlings, of which 
we grow about 1,000 yearly, don’t show too much _pro- 
mise as yet, although one, an orange red, appeared to be 
worth a re-trial. Several Glad friends consider it out- 
standing but honestly I need further convincing. Well, 
hope still burns eternal so maybe, some day, we'll have 
something worthwhile from our own garden to offer you. 
Now for your consideration we offer the following list. 
From the gardens of Roger Arnett, Columbus, Indiana, 
formerly of Corunna, Mich. and Les Grout of Detroit 
we're offering and highly recommending NANCY (1949) 
and M’M’SELLE (1948) 
NANCY (Arnett) Mid-season. Nancy is a formal red, 
434” florets, 18 buds with 7 open and 7 in color, 
height 52%”, flowerhead 25”. The figures represent 
the average performance of Nancy as tested by 4 
National Trial Gardens in 1947. To date no Glad 
submitted for trial has approached Nancy’s phenom- 
enal record. Highest rating at Massachusetts and 
Washington State Trial Gardens and second highest 
at Pennsylvania and a score of 81 at Michigan, all 
in ‘47. In ‘48 Nancy was 4 times best seedling in 
show, Grand Champion once and American Home 
Achievement winner at the Michigan State Show. 
Rog has used this grand glad for his commercial 
red for several years which permits him to introduce 
it at the attractive prices quoted: 
EE M. S: BEBIS 
Perea) $1.00 /2 50 10 - $1.00 
10 8.00 6.00 4.00 100- 8.00 
M’M’SELLE (Grout) Saw many beautiful spikes of 
this variety this year. M’m’selle has been grown by 
E. A. Lins, Legion Trial Gardens, Dr. James Cason 
and Ralph Kircher and all predict a bright future 
for it. It’s fine color combination, rose red with 
violet red blotch, and floret form, recurved and 
slightly lacinated and ruffled does present a very 
agreeable picture. M’m’selle consistently produces 
spikes of 20 buds, 7 open with 6 in color and 60” 
tall with 514” florets. I’m sure you'll like it. 
ice M. S. BLBTS. 
$2.00 1.50 1.00 Lis eed 
5 - $1.00 

