COLUMBIA 
COLUMBIA 
This lovely creamy white glad with 
petal edging of bright rose must be seen 
to be fully appreciated. However the ac- 
companying black and white photo 
(courtesy Noweta Gardens) does, we 
think, convey a good idea of its beauty of 
form — note the nicely frilled, recurved 
florets—and a hint of the superb color 
contrast from center to petal edges. As 
to what others think of COLUMBIA, 
these excerpts from some of the letters we 
have received from enthusiastic customers 
who grew this new variety last summer 
tell their own story: 
“COLUMBIA is a most beautiful glad—really a 
knockout! It gave me more bulblets than any 
variety I planted; I quit counting after I reached 
250 from the two bulbs I had. It was really tops 
for me.” E.D., New York, Nov. 2, 1951 
“COLUMBIA was certainly one of the best per- 
formers in my garden. J] think every bulblet 
sprouted and grew, and made fine bulbs. The 
color was something I could scarcely believe! Here 
in our clay soil Corona never had anything like 
the beautiful picotee edging of COLUMBIA. 
Corona certainly gets discarded now!” 
P.G.W., Illinois, Nov. 22, 1951 
“Some friends who bought the bulb of CO- 
LUMBIA which you donated to the Minnesota 
bulb auction told me after it had bloomed that 
it was “out of this world’’—‘‘never had a better 
glad,” and a lot of other superlatives. They raise 
about a thousand varieties, so that should be 
quite a feather in your cap.” 
M.A.E., Minnesota, Aug. 29, 1951 
“COLUMBIA got a lot of good advertising at 
the Florida trial gardens. The head was a little 
short, but most everything there was that way. 
Everywhere I have seen COLUMBIA it seemed 
to be a good healthy grower.” 
W.G.H., Nebraska, Aug., 1951 
“Have intended ever since we saw our first 
bloom of COLUMBIA to drop you a line and let 
you know how well we like it here in the East. 
We bought a bulb and ten bulblets, and consider 
that we have never made a better investment.” 
N.E.W., New York, Nov. 7, 1951 
