EGLANTINE - (Picardy X Seedling [Coryphee X Mrs. P. W. Sisson ] ) 
This giant pink is not a commercial, but as a 
show flower, or one to please the epicure in glad 
taste, it is one that would be very hard to beat. 
The ‘late ‘Hop’, recognized by all as a very 
shrewd and discerning judge of quality in glads, 
called it perhaps the most beautiful of all glads 
to date’’, and many experts on glads seem to agree 
with “Hop” One of our best known breeders, who 
bloomed Eglantine for the first time during the 
past season, was so impressed with its beauty 
that he wrote: “If Eglantine were only a little 
taller it would be one out of this world and one 
that would stand alone and unbeatable for years 
to come.” 
Lack of extreme height is one drawback, to 
be sure, but why should every glad have to be a 
giant for height? As a matter of fact, Eglantine is 
no dwarf in stature by any means, but its great, 
heavy petaled florets make it appear shorter than 
it really is. For one who appreciates sheer beauty 
in a glad an excessively long stem is hardly a 
requisite. 
Description — 
Color -A clear, clean, sparkling warm pink 
which blends into a soft cream in the 
- throat, without any conspicuous mark- 
-ings of any sort. The color is clean, and 
it has never shown any tendency to 
fleck. 
Florets - Very large - under good culture they 
reach 744” and over. The substance is 
very heavy and petals are beautifully 
ruffled and keeled. Up to 10 open, with 
4-5 more in color; placement, spacing, 
and attachment perfect, on a model for- 
mal or exhibition spike. 
Spike - Straight and strong, up to 45-50”. 
Plant - Very strong grower, with broad, heavy 
foliage. The bulb is clean and healthy. 
Large bulbs are rather stingy with bulb- 
lets, but smaller bulbs and bulblets are 
good bulblet producers. 
Season - 85-90 days. 

Large - 1 - $3.00. Medium - 1 - $2.00 
10 - 24.00 10 - 16.00 
small -* 1 - $1.00 Bulblets - 1 - $ .30 
10 - 8.00 TOR 2740 
PLEASE NOTE — For some reason, Eglantine bulblets are difficult to germinate when planted 
in the same manner as other bulblets, but I have found, by experience, a method that has given 
me excellent results. I carefully peel each bulblet prior to planting and, before planting, the bulblets 
are thoroughly dusted with Rootone Powder, a hormone preparation in powder form which is 
extensively used to promote root growth in transplants, slips, and cuttings, and which is obtainable 
from florists and seed merchants locally, or from any one of the large mail order seed houses. The 
price of Rootone powder is reasonable and its use will well repay its cost, and in many ways. 
