Abigail fails to impress. Rosy-lavender Siboney has puckered florets and lacked height 
with us, but it requires further trial. No glad should be judged finally the first year. Lucky 
is much like Badger Beauty. We didn’t warm up to the rather subdued shade of Penelope. 
Peggy is a truly halcyon tint of lavender and has excellent height, but it has no fancy 
curves and is very chary of bulblets here. 
Blue Boy gave us the most beautiful spike in the violet range that I have ever seen. 
It was really something. We are waiting to check further on performance. Blue Ice is 
rather weak with us. Definitely likes cool weather. Aritos, from Holland, is a clever blue 
novelty. Our experience with this is very limited. 
Pastel and Sandman are our favorite smokies. We will list the latter when stock is 
available. Flying Fortress is also good. 
Donella was the first variety to bloom for us, coming into flower on July 4. This is 
the earliest we have ever had a glad in bloom. Donella was short with us, however. Second 
and third to bloom were Yellow Herald and Rose Charm. Other “first earlies” were Early 
Gold, Babs, June Day, Rose Delight, Wedgwood, Lavender and Gold, Arethusa, Invictus, 
Brightside, Heavenly White, Rhett. Butler, Annamae, Gratitude, Gen. MacArthur, Friend- 
ship, and Cupid. 
Our best growers from bulblets last summer were Florence Nightingale, Red Plush, 
White Christmas, Gaylore, Rose O’Day, Montpelier, Lavender Prince, Leading Lady and 
Velvet Mantle. 
This year I am discontinuing: Astrid, Avalon, Black Diamond, Centennial, Color Marvel, 
Cover Girl, Dr. van Dobben de Bruyn, Gold Dust, J. V. Konynenburg, Junior Miss, Ken- 
wood, Legend, Leona, Margaret Fulton, Memory of Hindenburg, Myrna Fay, Paul Revere, 
Robinson Crusoe, Rose Gem, Rosy Morn, Surfside, Sweetheart, Vangold, Variation, and 
Yellow Paradise. 
Our Season’s Honor Roll of Recent Introductions (omitting my own varieties) is as 
follows: A. L. Stephen, Aureole, Betty’s Choice, Boulogne, Eureka, Florence Nightingale, 
Kelsey, Ladrone, Pastel, Red Rascal, Rita Mae, and Snow Flurry. First choice goes to 
Florence Nightingale. 
In concluding, I want to take this opportunity to thank our customers for their 
generous patronage and many kind letters during the past year. Being in the glad business 
involves about five times as much hard work as any other occupation that I know of, but 
it is certainly ten times as much fun, too, as anything else. And one of the most pleasant 
features is the friendships that develop in the enjoyment of our great hobby of glad growing. 
May your 1949 garden bring you many new thrills as we advance together on the 
“glad frontier”. 

A Corsage of Wedgwood 
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