4 (212) (Fischer, 1950) 
Little Gold (80 days) (Golden 
Poppy x Premier) 
Here is one of my personal favorites 
among all the glads I have ever introduced. 
It is a seedling of two Prestgard varieties 
and inherits all the beauty of the Prestgard 
strain. The color is almost identical with 
that of the California poppy, perhaps a trifle 
less orange and more golden. In fact, its 
color is almost an exact duplication of the 
color of Golden Poppy, if you remember that 
beautiful variety, but Little Gold has heavier 
substance and is richly ruffled. Also, it 
opens in water better than Golden Poppy. 
In beauty, charm, and general excellence, 
this glad rates with Little Sweetheart, Star- 
let, and Twinkles as one of the four best 200 
size glads. Indeed, I consider it as beautiful 
and as important as the slightly larger 
Wedgwood. In size it is really on the line 
between the 200 and 300 size classes, but I 
preferred to place it in the smaller class. 
Truly a gem for color and perfection of 
form. Sells on sight as a cut-flower. Stun- 
ning in arrangements. A fine propagator. 
Pictured in color on page 38 (spikes grown 
from planting stock). 
Any size, each, $1; 12 for $10. 
1L, 1M, 1S, 10 Blbts. for $3.00. 
5L, 10M, 15S, 100 Blbts. for $20. 
\% pint bulblets for $40 
(436) (Fischer, 1950) (80 
Bonfire days) (Dr. Hoeg x Centen- 
nial) (Seedling No. 826-41) 
Here is a scarlet glad descended from the 
maroon Dr. Hoeg (from which the lustrous 
Velvet Mantle also comes), but it is a scar- 
let of peculiar intensity of coloring—a trait 
Dr. Hoeg seems to give to its progeny. We 
took Bonfire and compared it with all the 
other scarlets on our list and found it easily 
the most brilliant. Indeed, it is the most 
brilliant glad in our entire list. Bonfire vies 
with Regal Red as the most popular red or 
scarlet glad with our cut-flower crew. It 
grows five feet tall, producing spikes of re- 
markable uniformity which readily open six 
to eight clean-cut florets of glossy enameled 
sheen. An outstanding cutter and propagator. 
Same prices as Little Gold. 
(354) (Fischer, 1950) (80 
Nocturne days) (Melrose x Black 
Diamond) (Seedling No. 90-45) 
A beautifully ruffled deep rose-red, about 
halfway between maroon and purple. Some- 
thing different in glad colors. Marvelously 
rich and silky in a bouquet. When this first 
bloomed, one of the proprietors of one of the 
largest general nurseries in America, then 
visiting our trial ground, tried to buy the 
entire stock of it. A real beauty and a good 
grower, propagator, and germinator. 
Same prices as Lavender Lace. Bonfire 

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