1951 Descriptive List 
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Deborah Sampson (cheer) (440) 
7 oie = <\idseason) 
Pastel blend of soft pink and creamy buf. Tall 
strong sturdy grower with 7-8 well placed 
blooms open. Very nice for florist’s use as 
well as for exhibition. Heavy propagator. 
Debutante (Chase) (410) Light yellow 
—— shading to deep orange on 
the edge. Very tall strong plant with a long 
flower head. Opens 6 or more. Fine com- 
mercial. Some of the Florida growers are 
going for this in a big way. 
Desert Dusk (Rich) (586) (Late) Very 
attractive smoky _ that 
makes a huge spike. Smoky slate salmon with 
blue overcast and orange red blotch. Lightly 
ruffled with good substance and facing and 
good keeping qualities. Fine show flower. 
About 5% feet tall with long flower head 
and 6” blooms, usually opening 8 in the field. 
Dieppe (Hassall) (432) (Midseason) Dark 
——— salmon red with darker blotch. 
Opens 6-7 flat wide open blooms of the most 
gorgeous color imaginable. Some call this 
salmon and others red. But whatever the color 
it is one of the very finest | know of. 
Dolly Varden (Harris) (532) Huge 
salmon with white 
throat and midribs. Opens 9 614” flowers 
with 7 more showing, on a 21 bud spike. Very 
fine. 
Dryad (Chase) (480) Opens 6-7 5” 
~—— wide open florets with as many 
showing color. Smoky light rose with cream 
blotch. Good texture, placement and attach- 
ment. If you like the smokies be sure to try this. 
Dusty Miller (€llictt) (486) (Early mid- 
season) Smoky, old rose 
with distinctive cream lines. One of the most 
popular smokies. Easy doer. 
Elegy (Baerman) (466) (Early midseason) 
Clear lavender mauve with cream 
throat. Opens 5-6 well placed blooms on a 
straight slender 4 foot stem. This variety is a 
very regular and consistent doer and clean 
grower but few people so far have discovered 
it | have listed it for several years but for 
some reason don’t seem to sell much. The cut 
flower growers as well as the general public 
are surely missing something by not growing 
this variety. Especially for local use it is tops. 
Elizabeth The Queen White) 
rere seeder sh baean (566) 
(Midseason) Beautiful clear lavender mauve 
with darker lines in the throat. Opens 7-8 
heavily ruffled florets of beautiful form. This is 
the standard lavender now and by far the 
most popular both for cut flower work and for 
exhibition. Also it is one of the very finest for 
breeding. There isa whole flock of new seed- 
lings coming along now with Elizabeth as one 
of the parents. At the present there is nothing 
better in a lavender at the price. 
Enchantment (fischer (432) This is a 
~— gorgeously ruffled deep 
salmon with large creamy throat. Florets are 
perfectly formed and waxy with good place- 
ment and attachment. This was really outstand- 
ing in my garden. 
Esquire (Ficht) (536) A new scarlet that 
— has lived up to its introductory 
description of last year. Tall strong grower 
with 7-9 large blooms open. Good propagator 
and fine all around variety. 
Evangeline (Palmer) (560) (Midsea- 
—— =) nam =. = son) This has. been called 
a light rose with a creamy throat. But to me 
seems more of a light pink. Opens 8-9 huge 
nicely ruffled blooms on a long head. It is the 
strongest and most rugged grower | have. Has 
been well taken by the commercial growers 
and is bound to be tremendously popular for 
all purposes. One of the best introductions of 
recent years. Occasionally we have a com- 
plaint about irregular placement. But this past 
season mine were unusually good in this re- 
spect. A grand commercial. 

“| think Lipstick, Carnival and Boldface bought from you this spring are three of the most 
beautiful glads | have. 
| have bought many glads from you and never once have | had one that isn't true to name, 
which is quite wonderful.” 
—Mrs. C. A. Putnam, N. Y 
