A Starker Arrangement of MANCHU with Pompon Dahlias and Rhubarb “Sticks” 
and Foliage. 
w&_*& *& (354) (Fischer, 1950) (80 
Nocturne ene days) (Melrose x Black 
Diamond) Nocturne is a medium-sized ebon-hued 
rose-red—almost a black-purple. No other glad is just 
this color. The florets are actually drenched with a 
resplendent, black-silk sheen. Gorgeously ruffled 
Nocturne is wonderfully rich in arrangements. 
(L 1-.50; 10-4.00) CM 1-.35; 10-2.80) 
(S 1-.25; 10-2.00) (Blbts. 8-.25; 100-2.50) 
3 wk wk ok & «(540) (Fisch- 
Nordic Queen er ts) a5 
days) (Greta Garbo x Elizabeth the Queen) Platinum- 
blond sister of Evangeline. An ultra-waxy, bland flesh 
pink of superlative size, substance, and ruffling. De- 
scribed in full on page 3. 
* *& *& *& «(560) (Fischer, 
Noweta Rose es 080) (5 daw 
(Rose O’Day x Elizabeth the Queen) Our most sensa- 
tional introduction, pictured on page 38. A glorious, 
sparkling, lavender-rose that produces uniform ramrod 
spikes five feet tall carrying 12-15 open blooms. Lower 
florets are 5% inches in diameter. Even from small 
bulbs Noweta Rose will throw spikes with ten open in 
the field. Dr. Cason, the well-known writer on glads 
who has grown hundreds of varieties, in his last article 
in the N.A.G.C. Bulletin rated Noweta Rose among his 
“Ten Best Glads of the Year” and further stated that 
it had “the greatest inflorescence of any glad he’d ever 
grown.” In the 1950 N.A.G.C. Symposium Noweta 
Rose tied with Bridal Orchid as the leading introduc- 
tion of 1950. The 1951 rating placed Noweta Rose first, 
Miss Wisconsin second, and Elmer’s Rose third in the 
light rose exhibition class. It rated the third best com- 
mercial among the roses. Unlike so many giant glads, 
Noweta Rose has excellent form and, usually, perfect 
formal placement. It has great color-appeal. If you 
want to grow a glad of great beauty, high consistency, 
and incredible size, grow Noweta Rose! No glad col- 
lection is complete without it. Pictured on page 38. 
(L 1-1.00; 10-8.00) (M 1-.75; 10-6.00) 
(S 1-.50; 10-4.00) (Blbts. 10-1.00; 100-8.00) 
“Noweta Rose looked very good in our garden this 
year. I was also impressed with Rose Charm.” 
—Roger Arnett, Friendly Glad Gardens, Indiana 
“The frontispiece of your 1950 catalog illustrates 
three spikes of Noweta Rose with from 9-12 florets open, 
and if you were entirely unknown to me, it would be 
taken for granted that those spikes had been in coid 
storage for several days before the photograph was 
taken in order to induce as many florets to open as 
possible, but when my wife and I visited your gardens, 
we found scores of spikes of Noweta Rose with 10-12 
florets open—over a dozen of them with 12 open and 
in perfect condition although it was a fairly hot day. 
No matter who would have told us, we would not have 
believed it, but we were forced to believe our own 
eyes.” 
—C. H. Knudson, Minnesota 
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