PATRICIAN (Scheer ’47) 566 (M). A nice medium lavender, altho its 
color is at times marred by some flecking. Grows tall here, but the flower- 
heads are rather short in proportion to stem length. Opens 6 very large 
rounded florets at a time. A very fast propagator of small bulblets which 
sprout and grow well. 
L .50, M .30, S .20, Bulblets 10—.25, 100—$2.00 
PATROL (Palmer ’46) 416 (EM). This grand orange-buff variety really 
came into its own the past summer. We have always felt that it was 
Championship material, and it proved it at the shows by winning Grand 
Champ awards at East Lansing, Mich., Lima, N. Y., New Jersey, and 
Western New York shows; also Division Champion at Tri-State, and many 
lesser wins. A really gorgeous shade of golden buff without markings, 
altho shading a little brighter in the throat. The nicely ruffled, fluted 
florets are of excellent substance and always perfectly placed in formal 
array on spikes of good height. A fairly good propagator and good bulb 
maker. Should make a nice commercial cut flower as well as a dandy 
show glad; can open up to 10 with ease. A real rival of Sun Spot. 
L .35, M .25, S 2—.30, Bulblets 15—.25, 100—$1.50 
PENELOPE (Deam 748) 466 (E). A different shade of rather dark lav- 
ender that is unique for its contrasting clear white throat. A very pleasing 
color combination and a fine glad, altho it doesn’t propagate too fast and 
a few florets will misplace occasionally. We believe you will like it. Quite 
an early bloomer. 
L .60, M .40, S.25, Bulblets 6—.25, 10—.40, 100—$3.50 
PERDITA (Grout ’48) 313 (ML). Almost a sure winner in the medium- 
sized deep yellow class, and should be a contender for higher awards at 
the shows. Makes a fine exhibition spike with its 8 to 10 4-inch florets 
open at once in close formal arrangement. The flowers are of heavy sub- 
stance and nicely ruffled. There are fairly conspicuous red darts in the 
center of the deep yellow florets. Good propagator. 
L $1.50, M $1.00, S .75, Bulblets 2—.25, 10—$1.00, 100—$8.00 
PERSIAN BEAUTY (Knieram ’48) 586 (M). Like Mistaya, this very 
unusual smoky is a sport of the variety “R. B.’ However the color is 
quite different, being a bronzy-rose with unique lighter veining on all 
petals. This effect is quite unusual in glads; the Pruitt variety “The Roan” 
being the only other glad we have seen with such prominent petal veining. 
The florets are very large, with 6 open at a time on tall spikes. 
L .35, M .25, S 2—.25, Bulblets 10—.20, 100—$1.50 
PERSIAN RUG (Roberts 750) 486-586 (EM-M). A real eye-catcher that 
is admired by everyone who sees it. There is nothing just like it, altho 
it might be called a brighter-toned Sandman. Rather hard to describe but 
not hard to look at. The outer petal edges are smoky slate or plum, grad- 
ually shading to reddish-rose, with the large central area a clear light 
yellow. A spike of Persian Rug can be seen clear across the garden; several 
spikes in a vase are breathtaking. Opens 6 or 7 five-inch or larger florets 
on spikes that average about 50 inches in height, sometimes a little shorter. 
We have had reports of 54% to 6 inch florets, so it may be that we have 
been too conservative in our size classification of this variety. Florets 
not heavily ruffled but attractively frilled. A good propagator and a fine 
healthy grower with us. Persian Rug made a good show record in its first 
year, with blues at Yakima, Empire State, Toledo, Ohio, Oneida and Lima, 
N. Y. Has also made a good record at the Rhode Island trial garden, scor- 
ing 81 points in 1949 and 82 in 1950. 
L $3.00, M $2.25, S $1.50, Bulblets .25, 10—$2.00, 100—$15.00 
“T think SEASHELL will be the florists’ delight when more is available. 
It’s too bad we can’t get true-to-color prints of SEASHELL and BOISE 
BELLE—you couldn’t raise enough to supply the demand.” 
R.O.E., Michigan, 3/7/50 
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