In the light pink glads, we would like to nominate TIVOLI and EVANGELINE 
as two of the greatest of all time. A great team. I cannot see why they should be 
rated light rose and tossed in with NOWETA ROSE, GWEN and LADY MARION; 
where is the resemblance? I believe EVANGELINE has a great career ahead, and 
she is no doubt worthy. Some bad placement, but a vase of this under florescent light 
is something. TIVOLI came along late this year, but paid off with gorgeous spikes 
with perfect placement and everything in the book. We just had to lift it up into the 
top ten as it performed here. It is also a dandy seed parent. We had fine luck with 
HEARTS DESIRE, FRIENDSHIP and TREASURE ISLAND. The last named is not 
for commercial use. 
BOISE BELLE was the top number in the deep pink class here. PANDORA was 
fine for the florists, and grew fine. Could walk down the row and cut them all. 
For all around red blooms, RED CHARM is the healthiest and best we have after 
a long term of years. Every spike a cuttable flower. KENWOOD, ROYAL WINDSOR 
and NANCY carried on nicely. In the deeper shades, VELVET MANTLE pleases, 
ROSY RED is always reliable; BLACK CHERRY sells easily. 
The light rose class is well filled with fine glads. With us it is LADY MARION, 
NOWETA ROSE, and MISS WISCONSIN for the first team. GWEN bulbs slipped 
away from us, and MISS CHICAGO was caught in a heavy shower and her blooms all 
rained off. TRALEE bulbs disappeared in our heavy loam. 
BURMA keeps the deep rose class busy, altho BOULOGNE, a deep rosy red is 
one of the nicer things in that class and a seed parent we use. Our BURMA bulbs were 
the nicest this season we have ever seen. I dug several thousand myself with a shovel, 
just to gather the handfuls of big plump bulblets-. 
ELIZABETH THE QUEEN and HUNTRESS (when planted for early) lead the 
lavender class by a mile or more. PARTHIENA is lovely, but rather loose attachment. 
WEDGWOOD sneaked into our top fifteen; probably will stay there a while. MYRNA 
FAY is also O. K. for early florists spikes. A great grower, here. : 
For purple it is SHERWOOD, MARGARET WOOD and the older PURPLE 
SUPREME. None of these are up to par as first class purples, in our book. 
BLUE BEAUTY and BLUE LAGOON will have to do in that class for the present. 
DUSTY MILLER and OKINAWA are the best in smokies right now. ROBINSON 
CRUSOE still gets regular calls in our bouquet sales. 
Our List of Favorites 
IF WE COULD GROW but fifteen varieties of glads, we believe the 
following list would cover our needs about as well as anything we could 
select. Tivoli, Red Wing, Sparks, Evangeline and Dieppe came far better 
this past season than in other years. The spikes of these were out of this 
world. We think we grow Burma ketter than many other varieties, or else 
it likes our soil. Was exceptionally healthy this season, and the spikes 
were immense. 
Aureole — ‘Leading Lady Red Wing 
Burma Miss Wisconsin Sparks 
Dieppe Orange Gold Tivoli 
Elizabeth the Queen Phantom Beauty Spic & Span 
Evangeline Red Charm Wedgwood 
Now would you be kind enough to mail us a list of your pet fifteen? 
Hope that we agree on a part of them anyhow. 
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