The Reds : 
Important parents in the reds are nearly all descended from Dominion blood. Some good red 
parents are: Red Valor, Red Gleam, Garden Magic and its children, Garden Glory and Ranger 
(a difficult parent either way), Christabel (a producer of weak seedlings subject to rot), Flora 
Campbell, Solid Mahogany, Velvet King, Three Oaks, and Garden Flame. Tiffany produces reds 
as well as plicates, due, no doubt, to King Tut and Morning Splendor blood. Of course Daunt- 
less, Cardinal, Depute Nomblot, Bruno and Moa (all from Dominion blood) have proven their 
worth as "'red'' parents, but some of the newer varieties are advances. Dreamland may be useful, 
as might Starless Night and some of the newer reds like Apex, Orelio, Drum Major, Redwyne, 
Redward, Red Torch, Arab Chief, Tobacco Road and Red Ray, the latter a splendid parent for 
re-blooming iris as are also Radiant, Tiffany, Rosy Wings, and China Maid. 
The Plicatas 
In. the plicatas we have an ever-increasing range of colors to choose from. There are the 
white ground, the yellow ground, and the cream ground. We might expect "brushed" plicatas 
(sometimes called fancy, or striates) banded, or precisely stitched. Here, too, we must look at 
the grandparents (or beyond) for plicata carriers since plicata blood is recessive. Elsa Sass, 
Alta California, Great Lakes, Happy Days, Naranja, Shining Waters, Sea Shell, Purissima and 
Salar are just a few carrying plicata blood. One of our Robin friends wrote of a cross she made 
with Great Lakes x Elsa Sass that gave her all plicatas ranging from yellow to white-ground, 
all of a smooth texture—she was quite enthusiastic about them. Elsa Sass coming from two 
yellow-ground plicatas should throw this type quite consistently if bred to plicata carriers. To 
improve the substance and width of this class of flowers, Aldura may become very useful since 
it carries Dominion blood. 
The Lemon Yellows 
These will come from the plicatas (yellow-ground primarily) and some of these are Elsa 
Sass, Moonlight Madonna, Misty Gold, Cool Lemonade, Mattie Gates and the new Belle Amie. 
While they have some resemblance, each is different in form, substance or clarity of color. Some 
like Mattie Gates, Elsa Sass and Misty Gold have the white area in the falls. 
The Blends 
This class covers many various shades and hues from light, washed-out colors to deep, rich 
and vibrant colors such as General Patton and Bryce Canyon. There are delicate pink blends 
such as Remembrance and Midwest Gem, richer blends like Matula and Three Oaks, to Flaming 
colors like Miogem, Gypsy Rose, Auburn, Aztec Copper, Arab Chief, Bryce Canyon or Rilla 
Gabbert. Prairie Sunset has been an important parent in this class, and crossed with Tobacco 
Road it produced a host of fine blends for me—one of which, No. 46-16, proved a wonderful 
parent; this crossed on many things, including Honeyflow, gave excellent, smooth-textured blends 
from rich orange to copper and reddish tones. As mentioned last year, Arab Chief x Bryce 
Canyon gave me several splendid copper-red blends—one of which was named The Showman 
(H. C. 1948), and these should be useful for line-breeding with other Tobacco Road or Aztec 
Copper derivatives, which stem from that remarkable progenitor, Far West. Old Parchment x 
Mellowglow gave me a host of fine blends—one of which | have named Utah Special, a lovely 
light cream, salmon and other colors blended in a ruffled flower. 
The Whites 
As with the blues we are sitll seeking better whites. Some late new developments are splen- 
did, such as Lady Boscawen, Alba Superba, White Ruffles, Spanish Peaks, Snow Carnival, Jake, 
New Snow, and Snow Flurry. Priscilla is about the most pure white, and | have seen it grown fully 
three feet tall. Purissima is still fine where it can be grown and is undoubtedly a superb parent 
for whites. Snow Flurry, delightful with its ruffling, And Thou, Howdy, Gentle Florence, White 
Wedgewod and Blue Crown are among the blue-whites, all of which are good. 
The Black-Purples 
Sable and Black Forest are leaders in this field together with the later blooming Storm 
King and Indiana Night, and to these | would add my new Night Life and this year's introduc- 
tion, Night Spot, which comes from Storm King x Prince Valiant—a Joycette Seedling of Mrs. 
Tharp's. This class will, bear new additions. Mrs. Crosby bloomed a beautiful red-black from Sable 
x Solid Mahogany that is promising. 
The Yellows 
The field of yellows is great and only a very few are really outstandingly different; however, 
since yellow plays such an important part in the garden picture it is almost impossible to have 
too many of them. The most outstanding new yellows seem to be Ola Kala, Berkeley Gold, 
Admiration, Goldbeater, Ming Yellow, Spun Gold, and that smooth creation of Carl Taylor's, 
Golden Ruffles, and to add to the confusion of names | would include my own heavily ruffled 
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