SILVER STAR (E. B. Snyder ’45) 401 (M). One of the older varieties 
in our list for which we have found no newer replacement. No other . 
variety seems to combine this lovely color contrast with strong growing 
habits. Silver Star is a lovely clear white with a nicely contrasting deep 
lavender or light purple throat. The name “Purple Heart’ by which this 
variety was first known (changed later to avoid name duplication) seemed 
to be a very accurate description of its attractive throat marking. It 
opens from 6 to 8 of its lovely waved and rounded florets at a time on 
good tall spikes with long flowerheads which have at least once won the 
title of “longest flowerhead in the show.” An extra good propagator of 
small bulblets which practically all sprout and grow like weeds. Don’t 
fail to include Silver Star in your planting of blotched whites, if you are 
not already growing it. 
L 2—.25, M 4—.25, Blts. 40—.25, 100—.50 
SKYLARK (Palmer 748) 523 (EM). One of the most brilliant varieties 
we know of; a real sensation in the garden. A glowing shade of rather 
deep golden orange with a bright yellow throat. 6 or 7 large flowers 
are open on moderately tall spikes. Good for local cutflower use and a 
real attention-getter as a home garden flower. Quite a good propagator 
of large bulblets which grow well. 
L .25, M 2—.30, S 2—.20, Blts. 20—.25, 100—$1.00 
SNOWBELLE (Machacek ’47) 400 (VE). Not a very well known variety 
but a good early blooming glad. A slightly creamy shade of white with 
nicely ruffled florets of heavy substance, it blooms ahead of any other 
white except perhaps old Polar Ice. Its 8-open flowers are of good color 
when planted early; later plantings sometimes have a slight pinkish 
tinge and are not so perfect. A fair propagator. Try a few Snowbelle for 
first-early cutting. 
L .50, M .35, S .25, Blts. 5—.25, 10—.40 
SOUTH SEAS (Wilson ’47) 491 (ML). A favorite with most smoky and 
“any other color” fanciers, this is quite a dark shade of slate gray often 
flecked even darker. This rather sombre color is brightened by a small red 
throat spot and a couple of cream lines. It makes good show-quality spikes 
with up to 7 good-sized florets open on tall straight spikes. If you like the 
dark varieties you should grow South Seas; it is different and interesting. 
M .25, S .20, Blts. 20—.25, 100—$1.00 
SPARKS (Glass ’47) 507 (M). Still one of the showiest of all glads; a 
nicely frilled deep cream or light yellow with extremely large and showy 
scarlet “streaks” shooting out from the center. A lighter toned combination 
than Pactolus, but fully as eye-catching. A very tall grower, making slender 
straight spikes with about 7 of its large flowers informally placed (often 
one-over-one) and well attached to long stretchy flowerheads. Very popular 
and always a leading blue-ribbon winner in its class. 
M 3—.25, S 6—.25, Blts. 25—.25, 100—.75 
SPIC & SPAN (Carlson ’46) 442 (EM). No need to use up a lot of space 
here in describing Spic & Span—everyone knows this fine ruffled pink 
with the many open florets that is so consistently seen on the “Table of 
Champions” at the shows. It is also now grown by the millions for 
cutflowers. It would take too much space to list in detail all of its 1951 
winnings, but our unofficial tabulation shows that it is again the leading 
winner of Championships; with a correspondingly large number of other 
major awards. The recent N.A.G.C. symposium places it as the top of its 
class in both the exhibition and commercial divisions. Spic & Span is shown 
in color on the back cover. A grand variety for any purpose, and at 
today’s low prices you can grow it in quantity. 
L 2—.25, M 3—.25, S 4—.25, Blts. 20—.25, 100—$1.00 
“944-1 was a most beautiful pink with white throat and _ picoteed 
center petal—it really had the ladies raving!” P.W., Illinois, 11/22/51 
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