1951 Descriptive List 
Sahara (Palmer) (490) A sort of smoky 
——_ tan. Opens 6-8 well arranged 
blooms in double row. This variety will stand 
any amount of heat and never wilt a bit. It is 
something diferent and well worth trying. 
Salman’s Glory (Sclman) (507) 
Large creamy white 
with large showy red blotch edged yellow. 
Very tall strong grower with up to 7 huge 
flowers open on a tall strong plant. Good 
propagator. Something like a glorified Mar- 
garet Beaton. Generally considered one of 
the best of the European varieties. Will be 
‘very popular. 
Salutation (8cerman) (440) (Early mid- 
i_—eteameaes season) Fresh clean light 
rose with a small darker spot in the throat. 
Opens 6-8 round ruffled blooms of heavy 
texture. One of the best pink cut flowers | have. 
Sandman (Butt) (486) (Midseason) 
—— Smoky rose with white throat 
and with shadings of tan. Opens 5-6 large 
blooms on a tall straight spike. Very popular. 
Never have enough to go around. 
Seq vin (Palmer) (410) (Early) Clear light 
~~ yellow with no marking what- 
ever. Somewhat like a yellow Picardy tho not 
quite so large. Tall plant and several well 
placed blooms on strong straight spikes. The 
foliage sometimes shows lack of chlorophyll. 
But it is a very fine early variety in spite of that. 
It is really much better than | at first thought it 
was. Don't know of a better early yellow. 
Sheherezade (K & M) (Early midsea- 
son) Creamy pink with 
a strawberry blotch. Large blooms of heavy 
texture. Good attachment. 6-8 open. Strong 
grower and propagator. 
Sherwood (Pruitt) (570) (Midseason) 
~_ Lustrously ruffled deep purple 
shading to a somewhat darker throat. Opens 
5 or 6 blooms with a long flower head. Have 
had a lot of good reports on this; many saying 
that it is the most beautiful purple in existence. 
Siboney (Allen) (566) Clear rosy heavily 
ruffled lavender. Good show 
flower and fine florist variety. Opens up to 8 

Sir Galahad (clbach) 
47 
ona long flower head. More of a rose lavender 
and lighter shade than Elizabeth The Queen. 
Many good reports. Good propagator. 
Silcherlied (Pfitzer) (Early) Lafrance pink 
hie eee Win a dark fred) bloich, 
Opens 7-8 well formed florets on an 18-20 
bud spike. Tall strong grower. 
Silver Court (Lins) (400) This is one of 
~~ the whitest whites | know 
of. 4 foot plants with as high as 10 5”’ round 
well placed and well attached blooms open. 
Blooms early midseason and one of the best 
all around whites | have seen. One of the 
few new varieties | tried last year to which 
| gave a 4 star rating. 
Silver Wings (Ritsema) (500) (Mid- 
in, anaes season) White soort-of 
Picardy that is whiter than Leading Lady and 
with finer ruffling. One of the best of the white 
sports of Picardy. But like all the others is in- 
clined to revert. We can’t guarantee that it 
will not revert at any time tho we pull out all" 
the reverts that we find. 
Sincerity (Errey) (407) Cream shading 
~~ somewhat darker on the lower 
petals and with a scarlet blotch. Opens 10 
medium size well placed blooms, somewhat 
ruffled. Good exhibition variety and nice for 
any purpose tho not too fast a propagator. 
(511) Soft 
creamy yellow with dia- 
mond shaped crimson blotch. Large flaring 
blooms with up to 6 open. Very tall slender 
stems. An old variety but still very popular. 
Patented, so increase cannot be sold. One of 
the parents of Falcon. 
Skyla rk (Palmer) (523) (Early midseason) 
——__ Very brilliant and showy orange 
with very large golden throat. Opens up to 6 
blooms on a long flower head. Exceedingly 
brilliant and showy flower, one that stands out 
way across the garden but does not open up 
too well in water. 
Skymaster (Salman) (541) Soft apple 
—_ blossom rose. Opens sev- 
eral well placed blooms of heavy texture. 
Good placement and attachment on long 
