Regular Retail List 
ABU HASSAN (Pfitzer) 378 (Mid-season) 
Beautiful clear, dark blue. Opens sev- 
eral medium sized blooms on a. tall 
straight spike. L .15; M .10. 
ADORABLE (Woods 749) 541. A lovely 
pastel from Ted Woods that looks very 
good to us. Pale pink with some deeper 
rose pink peppering in the throat. The 
florets are large with petals nicely 
frilled altho not heavily ruffled. The 
general color effect is rather similar to 
that of the new variety Clarence D. 
Fortnam, altho florets of Adorable are 
a little larger. Opens about 7 at once 
on tall, straight willowy spikes. Very 
nice. L. 1.50; M 1.00; S .50; B .15, 10-1.00. 
ANN SHERMAN (Woods 750). Beautiful 
clear shell or cool pink with raised white 
midrib. The heavy ruffling and fluting 
are very prominent and add tremend- 
ously.to the beauty of the flower. It has 
20-22 buds with 7 open and 10-12 show- 
ing color, size up to 514’’. Heavy tex- 
ture and strong attachment. The plant is 
tall (60’’) and straight with a plant 
willowy stem. A_ good _ propagator. 
L 3.00; M 2.00; S 1.00. 
AOETEAROA (Jensen) 406. A creamy 
white with deep cream throat petal. 
Opens 8 perfectly placed 5-inch florets 
on a spike of 22 buds. L .10; M .5; S .5. 
AUTUMN GOLD (Presagard) 412 (Late) 
Richly colored golden yellow; is gain- 
ing in popularity every year. It is being 
grown extensively as a late cut flower. 
L .10; 3-.25; M .08; 3-.20; S .05; 3-.15. 
AVALON (Marshall) 440 Bright rosy pink 
blending into a cream throat. Opens 8 
medium sized blooms on a medium 
height opiant. “Very nice. lr .10%.3-.25; 
M .08; 4-.25; S .05; 5-.20. 
BEAUTY’S BLUSH (Fischer) 440. Soft 
blushing pink. Opens 7 florets precisely 
arranged on a tall spike that never 
crooks. The cool pink florets have lots 
of sparkle. It opens well in water and is 
a very healthy, robust grower. L .15; 
M .10; S .05; B 100-.50. 
BELTRAMI (Lins) 480. Large beautifully 
formed, wide open, ruffled and fluted 
florets of golden brown to deep rose 
mulberry, 4,.10;23-.25° M.08:.3-.20: S$ 
06; 2-.15. 
BELVIDERE (462) (Fischer ’51). A bur- 
gundy red that can take it, very long 
flowerhead with 6 to 9 open that really 
can take the heat. We think this will 
be the coming dark red. A must have. 
31.35; 420578 210% B 25-.50; 
BLACK DIAMOND (Gelser) 354. None 
of the drab or somber tones of the most 
of the dark reds can be associated with 
Black Diamond for its vibrant color is 
its primary virtue. It grows to 42 inches 
in height and makes a fine flowerhead. 
T5153 MM .103St.053, B 10-25; 
BLACK PANTHER (Lins) 554. This is 
the largest real black red. The plants 
are tall with long flowerheads and very 
large black red, wide open florets. A 
large black red is needed in every col- 
lection. This one will fill the bill. L .35; 
NEO. 2585 Lo: 
BLUE BARON 478 (Woods 751). (Blue 
Admiral x Pelegrina). Very early dark 
blue self. Straight spikes grow 45’’, 20 
buds on a 23’? flowerhead, up to 8 open 
with 8 in color. Florets slightly ruffled, 
fine placement. Blue Baron is a darker 
Pelegrina with a strong stem. L 2.00; 
M 1.50; S .75. 
BLUE BEAUTY (Pfitzer) 466. This is 
probably the best blue on the market. 
The strong blue shade becomes a bit 
lighter at the edges of the petals. It is 
a tall, strong grower. L .10; M .08; S .05. 
BLUE LAGOON (Snyder) (80) 476. Tall 
Medium blue that grows well in ad- 
verse conditions. Opens 6 well placed 
cup shaped blooms. Good show glad. 
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BLUEBLOOD 379. Blue, red throat. This 
glad has been overlooked. Introduced 
by Mr. Ellis the last year he issued a 
catalog therefore not widely dissemi- 
nated. 5-6 open. L .10; M .08; S .05. 
BOISE BELLE (Roberts 748) 343. A very 
unusual novelty. Yellow center and pink 
at edges of petals with the lip petals 
yellow with a picotee edge of pink all 
around. 10-12 open, 4%-inch florets, 
20-24 buds. An exceptional novelty with 
unique beauty. L .40; M .25; S .15; 
B 10-.25, 100-2.00. 
BONFIRE 436 (Fischer) A fine scarlet 
that is probably the most brilliant in its 
color. It grows 5 ft. tall, producing 
spikes of remarkable uniformity that 
regularly opens 6 to 8 glossy sheen flo- 
rets. LL .20;.M .15;5S:.105)B 25-25: 
BOULOGNE (562) (Salman ’47). A tall- 
growing silky wine-red that we rate as 
one of Holland’s best. The unflagging 
production of long flowerheads with 
plenty of ‘‘handle’’, even from young 
bulbs, will delight the cut-flower grow- 
er. Plain-petalled, like most of the 
Dutch varieties, it will readily open 
up to eight florets on an always formal 
