parent with Sylvia Murray as pollen parent and both are as fine as anything I have ever 
seen. 
Galway Bay with its fine branching, excellent form and pure light coloring should 
be a fine parent. 
YELLOWS: We have many fine yellows today, but I can remember when Alta 
California and Happy Days were the high points of my garden; I can remember the 
thrill that was mine when I first saw Golden Spike and Spun Gold; I can remember the 
gasp that Gold sovereign brought, so who knows what tomorrow will bring? If you 
are a beginner to hybridizing—don’t, as some wrote me, think that the ultimate has 
been reached in this class, the ultimate is never reached. There is no difference 
between then and now as far as you are concerned—except you will be starting out 
with things like Gold Sovereign, Zantha, Ola Kala, Nova Grande and the like where 
we older hands started out with the aforementioned Alta California and Happy Days. 
Don’t worry about it, your tomorrows and tomorrows children will be different. If I 
were starting out from “scratch,” which I always am, I think I would get a few different 
lines going. For smoothness and clarity of color I would use Zantha, Golden Eagle, 
Nova Grande, Golden Rule, Cloth of Gold and Guiding Star or Goldbeater, Golden Spike, 
Klondyke Gold and Late Sun. Besides smoothness these would hold for size. To step 
up brightness I would use Gold Sovereign, Lodestone, Damascus, Rocket, Orange Gem 
and such reds as Aria, Technicolor, and Quechee. Any number of combinations could 
be had with equally numerous results. 
LEMON YELLOW: There are in my estimation two different types of Lemon 
Yelows. There are those that stem directly ‘from yellow breeding such as Admiration, 
Acadia, Katy and Guiding Star which is the best example of this type I have seen. 
These lemons might be called byproducts of yellow breeding but much might be done 
with them. I have segregated a number of the type from various lines and plan on 
further work here. The other type of Lemon yellow comes from plicata breeding and 
we have a number of them that can be worked with, from the old but still lovely 
Elsa Sass up to the new and stunning varieties such as Clear Sailing, Mattie Gates, 
Moonlight Mood and Belle Amie. These could be used with others of the type such 
as Leading Lady, Golden Fleece, Moonlight Madonna and Misty Gold. All of these 
are from plicata breeding with the possible exception of Leading Lady and all have 
much white in their makeup. Interesting results should come from direct crossing of 
these plicata derivatives. However, the most interesting results will probably be 
obtained by using them with direct plicatas. 
BLACKS: I have done no great amount of work in this line but would suggest 
the use of Paul Cooks varieties such as Sable and Indiana Night as well as DeForests 
Envoy and Ebony Isle and Schreiners Black Forest. Storm King and is derivatives 
seem to be good, Dusky Night and Ebony Queen should be useful here as well as The In- 
truder. The newer Black Hills, Black Diamond, Black Satin and Sable Night should all be 
excellent. 
AMOENAS: In this class we have Wabash, Extravaganza, Louise Blake, Helen 
Collingwood, Gaylord, Criterion and a number of others. Wabash is now said to be 
surpassed by Gaylord and Criterion. I think in breeding these, one should perhaps 
place Neglectas such as Lothario, Three Cheers, Amigo and some of the above all in 
the class with the amoenas. Other things might be used such as Three Sisters, Shannopin, 
Rhumba Rose as well as the light yellow amoenas Pinnacle, Lamplit Hour and Fairday. 
Further possibilities in this class are the shell or flamingo pinks. (See Pink class). 
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