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is one of my favorite glads. Its heavy ruffling and beautiful pastel 
coloring make it an outstanding florist’s flower. It is artistic and 
‘“‘classy’’ and leaves little to be desired in a gladiolus, Hearts 
Desire is a very free growing variety, one which germinates readily 
and perfectly. The bulblets grow fast and produce large, beautiful 
bulbs. The florets have great substance. Reports to me from Florida 
say: ‘‘Hearts Desire is a vigorous grower and its florets are of the 
heaviest substance of any variety in our trial gardens.’’ Disease 
tests in Florida are not yet completed, but with these excellent re- 
ports it may have a great future for southern growing. 
Hearts Desire has one valuable trait not found in many varieties. 
The florets open wide and they always ‘‘look you in the eye’’. I don’t 
care for any variety which is hooded, faced upward or outward. Heart 
Desire’s show record is picking up as the distribution increases. 

