MANCHU (B. Palmer) 417 (M) 
A most unusual glad with an exotic air. The ground color is apricot or 
buff yellow oddly tinged red almost as if brushed on. A dark red throat 
marking adds interest. 6 or more 5-inch florets open on tall straight 
willowy spikes. Odd but very pretty. 
L .40, M .30, S .15, Bulblets 15—.25, 100—$1.25 
MARGARET WOOD (Marshall) 570 (M) 
Rich wine purple, a beautiful shade. Florets are huge and nicely rounded. 
It has some faults — it won’t open more than 4 or 5 here, flowerheads 
are not too long, and it will burn some in hot weather. But there is no 
other variety like it, and we predict that it will continue to gain in pop- 
ularity. A fairly good propagator. 
L .60, M .40, S .25, Bulblets 4—.25, 10—.50, 100—$4.00 
MARION PEARL (Benedict) 442 (M) 
Few other varieties open such a beautiful ribbon of pink as Marion Pearl. 
A well grown spike is sensational with its 9 or 10 or more open flowers. 
It seems to do its best with plenty of water but not too much fertilizer 
which may cause some crooking. A great prize winner, and should be a 
fine commercial where conditions are to its liking. Has been a good 
propagator with us, especially from young stock. Bulblets germinate well, 
but make mostly small bulbs. 
L .40, M .25, S .15, Bulblets 6—.25, 10—.35, 100—$2.80 
MARY ODELL (Cave) 400 (M) 
A beautiful chaste white, opening 8 to 11 well placed and closely attached 
snowy florets. If flowerheads would stretch up a few more inches it 
would be hard to improve cn it, as stems are plenty tall below first flower. 
No crooking, but the willowy stems are inclined to bend some under the 
weight of the heavy flowerheads. Seems to be only a moderate propagator. 
L $1.00, M .75, S .50, Bulblets 2—.25, 10—$1.00 
MAUVIE ROSE (Wesselman) 462 (VE) 
The only glad in our list that we have not grown ourselves. But it comes 
so highly recommended as an early commercial prospect that we are sure 
it is a good one. Its color has been described as a very attractive shade 
of rather deep rose red blending to a mauve throat. About 5 medium sized 
flowers open at once; a very early bloomer. 
L $2.00, M $1.50, S $1.00, Bulblets .25, 10—$2.00 
MERRY MAID (Roberts °49) 440 (E) 
New early blooming ruffled pink and white. See i949 Introduction. 
MID-AMERICA (Knieram-Evans) 550 (M) 
A huge bright red that will be a tough one to beat on the show table for 
many years to come. Although new, it is already a winner of grand cham- 
pionships and other awards. Opens at least 8 huge bell-like flowers on 
good spikes, with substance and attachment fairly good for such a large 
glad. One of the greatest attention-getters in our garden. 
L $1.50, M $1.00, S .75, Bulblets 2—.30, 10—$1.20 
MIGHTY MONARCH (Butt) 552 (M) 
A deeper red than Mid-America, florets not quite as large but perhaps 
even more open at a time. 8 to 11 large crimson florets are fairly well 
placed on tall, rangy spikes. Not all spikes are equally impressive, but 
most are fine. The color is very rich and appealing. Placement is some- 
times irregular. Unless the bulblets are cracked or peeled germination is 
rather poor. You haven’t seen the ultimate in florescence in a red until 
you have seen a good spike of Mighty Monarch. 
L .75, M .50, S .25, Bulblets 5—.25, 10—.40, 100—$3.20 
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