¢ w& * *& = (413) (Palmer, 1944) 
Spotlight OREO e630 days) (Picardy x 
Yellow Seedling derived from Jonquil, Dawson, Golden 
Dream, and Orange Queen) Today’s best-known com- 
mercial yellow, producing spikes of gratifying stretchi- 
ness, carrying 5-6 round, plain-petalled florets of a 
medium-deep yellow color with a tiny spark of red 
deep in the throat. Spotlight is an outstanding cutter 
and shipper and filled a long-felt need when it was 
introduced. (L 2-.25; 10-1.00) (M 10-.60) 
(S 10-.35) (Blbts. Pkg. .25) 
x_* *« * (200) (Baerman, 1944) (80 
Starlet O 0 days) ((Zona x Baby Dec- 
orah) X Queen of Bremen) Starlet is the best-known 
white miniature — a supremely graceful little glad, 
whose tiny, frilly, snow-sculptured blooms seem to 
perch like white butterflies on the thin, wiry stems. 
This bewitching little beauty is invaluable for wedding 
decorations and small table arrangements. A perfect 
cutter, producing uniformly tall miniature buggy-whip 
ter, producing uniformly tall miniature buggy-whip 
stems. We rate all the miniature glads only two dots 
for cut-flower value because so few florists are dis- 
criminating enough to appreciate their worth, which is 
really high. On page 45 is a classic arrangement of 
Starlet in an inverted “hat” vase. 
(L 2-.25; 10-1.00) CM 10-.60) 
(S 10-.35) (Blbts. Pkg. .25) 
¢ * *& & «(566) (Harris, 1950) (85 
Sterling ee days) (Elizabeth the Queen 
x Rangoon) From the originator of Florence Night- 
ingale and Dolly Varden comes this lavender-purple 
version of Elizabeth the Queen. Sterling opens 8-10 
extra flat-open ruffled blooms of the heaviest sub- 
stance. Not entirely free from flecking, it is never- 
theless a choice and unusual flower. 
(L 1-1.25; 10-10.00) (M 1-1.00; 10-8.00) 
(S 1-.75; 10-6.00) (Bibts. 10-.50; 100-3.50) 
*_* *& (480) (Bar- 
Stormy Weather ee ve Soin 
(80 days) (Ivy Robertson x Elizabeth the Queen) The 
vicissitudes of color printing have given us an excellent 
illustration of this fine smoky on page 28. Like change- 
able-silk is the subtle combination of rose and grey in 
this original glad, which has more uniform color if 
bloomed indoors. Stormy Weather, which opens 8-9 
beautifully formed, cream-throated blooms, is definite- 
ly one of the finest smokies. 
(L 1-.40; 10-3.00) (M 1-.30; 10-2.00) 
(S 1-.20; 10-1.50) (Blbts. 10-.25; 100-2.00) 
Strawberry Peach **== 
(533) (Salbach, 1944) (85 days) The finest glad Carl 
Salbach ever introduced! This voluptuous beauty is a 
gorgeously ruffled, melting buffy-pink of unbelievable 
substance. We cut spikes of this last summer so lus- 
ciously beautiful that everyone who saw them simply 
raved over them. A sumptuous glad, whose fine form 
makes it stunning in arrangements. 
(L 2-.25; 10-1.00) (M 10-.60) 
(S 10-.35) (Blbts. Pkg. .35) 
& * * (300) (Fischer, 
Summer Snow *~ PO Coates 
(Angelica KX (Sweetheart x Incense)) The whitest of 
all white glads is Summer Snow—a virginal, glacial 
white whose snowiness extends even to the throat and 
stamens. Summer Snow produces the most uniform, 
spire-like flowerhead imaginable, each with 7-9 lacily 
ruffled blooms open at a time. A great show winner. 
Unfortunately bulbs of this fine variety appear subject 
to disease. (L 2-.25; 10-1.00) (M 10-.60) 
(S 10-.35) (Blbts. Pkg. 30) 
zx k= (412) (Almey, 1949) (85 
Sundance e e ¢ days) ((Golden Goddess 
x Orange Sovereign) X (Rosemarie Pfitzer x Orange 
King)) Bud-counters will chortle at this church-spire 
yellow which opens 8-10 small round florets on spikes 
carrying 22-24 buds. Sundance is bound to rate high 
with judges long on mathematics and short on art. For 
myself, I am unable to go overboard for it, though I 
acknowledge its value as a cutter and also, perhaps, for 
hybridizing. (L 1-.60) (M 1-.40) 
(S 1-.25; 10-2.00) (Bibts. 6-.25; 50-1.50) 
xx x (566) (Pletcher, 
Sunday Best ee. 1050) “so devs 
Light rose-pink, paling to a throat of white and cream. 
This delicate pastel improved with us last summer, 
though we would still classify it as 460. Pictured on 
page 29. (L 1-1.60; 10-8.00) (M 1-.60; 10-5.00) 
(S 1-.35; 10-2.80) (Blbts. 10-1.00) 
* xk *& * (416) (Spiller, 1946) (85 
Sunlight ee days) (Margaret Fulton x 
Hercules) Exceptionally bland and waxy is the tex- 
ture of this heavy-substanced deep buff, or, as some 
might call it, light orange. Sunlight is the only im- 
portant seedling to come from Margaret Fulton. 
( L 2-.25; 10-1.00) (M 10-.60) 
(S 10-.35) (Blbts. Pkg. .30) 
* * * (417) (Roberts, 1945) (80 
Sunspot a) days) (Picardy x Gloriola 
Seedling) Light buff with a soft reddish blur in the 
throat, Sunspot opens 8-9 round florets on very formal 
spikes. Not as striking as Pactolus, Manchu, or Sparks, 
but nevertheless quite popular and a great prize- 
winner at shows. (L 2-.25; 10-1.00) (CM 10-.60) 
(S 10-.35) (Bibts. Pkg. .30) 
Sweet Sixteen se est) 
(75 days) (Sport of Beauty’s Blush) The dream-girl 
of the glad world, a fresh-toned, angelic pink that is 
destined for tremendous popularity. As a sport of 
Beauty’s Blush, Sweet Sixteen shares the same mag- 
nificent growing habits, the same ease of growth from 
bulblets, the same capacity to throw five-foot spikes 
right down the row, each carrying, on bamboo-like 
stems, 7-9 open florets. You would have to look a long 
ways to find a finer cutter. Although listed with the 
pure pinks in our graphic color index, Sweet Sixteen 
is a trifle cooler than Friendship, but not enough so to 
go in the rose-pink section. Without ruffles, Sweet 
Sixteen nevertheless has such beautifully rounded 
florets, such a serene styling, such perfect placement 
that like Beauty’s Blush, which it exactly duplicates in 
form, it constitutes a criterion for plain-petalled beau- 
ty. A close approximation of the color of Sweet Six- 
teen is to be found in our color plate on page 24. As I 
noted in the description of Friendship, only three vari- 
eties in this catalog received a four-star, four-dot rat- 
ing from every one of the fanciers and growers who 
sent me their ratings. Friendship was one. Sweet 
Sixteen was the second variety which was unanimously 
voted the top rating. For that to happen a glad must 
be outstandingly fine. You will be more than delight- 
ed with Sweet Sixteen! 
(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) 
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