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Dear Friends, 
Iwas called to a new parish the first of Jast April, Jt 
made me a little kate with my spring planting,but J have a love=- 
ly piece of new.ground right across the street from the parson- 
age, I can continue my work of breeding but it must continue to 
be just a hobby. | 
This is my tenth catalog, but 1952 will be the twenty-sixth 
year I have been hybridizing. Finally the skeptics have had to 
admit that there are fragrant glads, Elmer Gove has bought half 
of the stock of Sachet and is co-introducing Yellow Rose, with me 
this-year. Other growers will be Listing my fragrant glads in 
their 1952 catalogs, Fragrance is no longer on trdal,oit isa 
fact, The time is not far distant when people will expect their 
glads to be fragrant the same as other flowers, These glads will 
be the foundation stock for many more to come, . 
My one business rule remains the same ;; "yOU MUST BE UNCONDI- 
TIONALLY SATISFISD, VITHOUT ANY RESSRVATION, AND YOU AR® TO. Ba THE 
Sincerely, QO, E, Spencer 
YELLOV ROSE (413 46X-N21 X 46X-Nee 
A6X-N22 Is the little breeder seedling listed on next page. 
46X-N21 Is Perfume X (Mibloom X Maid of Orleans) 
YELLGY ROSE reminds me, both in color and fragrance of the 
Tittle semi-double yellow rose that we used to grow when I was 
a kid-hence the name, 
YELLOW ROSE is my most fragrant glad to date, replacing "This- 
ISIT". for that honor. It has. a tall straight stem, 16-18 buds. and ° 
5" well ruffled florets with 6 open and 6 in color, The color is 
a clear medium yellow with two small red brush marks in the throat. 
It is an easy grower and excellent propagator. 
Elmer Gove. has. bought half the stock of YELLOW ROSZ and by 
mutual agreement the price of large bulbs will, te $3.00 next year... 
PRICE: Bulbs one inch and up $5.00 
SACHZT (300) Perfume X (Mibloom X Maid of Orleans ) 
SACHE? is a heavily ruffled pure white of good substance, 6 open 
and 6 in color on a 15 bud spike, It is medium height and always 
straight. This might be described as a Perfume without the throat 
blotch, It is not quite as fragrant as Perfume, but as the name 
suggests,has the mild fragrance of a handkerchief that has been 
stored in a drawer with a sachet... The fragrance, tho Light,.4s 
persistent and will remain on the cut spike until it is bloomed 
out, It is a clean grower and easy propagator but stock is limit- 
ed, 
PRICE: --~-L, $2.50 M.-$2.00 S.- $1,50 Bits, #20 each 
