fire on a winter’s evening. A dozen spikes is 
really something to marvel at. 
It grows 41% to 5 feet or more tall with long 
flower heads, sometimes reaching 30’’, opens 8-9 
well placed and well attached florets. Blooms are 
ruffled, waved, recurved and fluted. This will 
make a grand cut flower variety as well as being 
fine for exhibition. This is one variety you don’t 
want to miss. We hope to get it to the shows this 
season. Being a good propagator we have a nice 
stock of this and can make the following low 
prices. 
L 2.00,3/5.00,10/15.00, M 1.50,3/4.00,10/10.00, 
S 1.00,3/2.50,10/7.00, B 10/2.00 but sold only 
with at least $2.00 worth of bulbs. 
GROWER'’S UNITS FOR MAVIS 
30 assorted size bulbs and 250 bulblets for 
$59.00, 75 assorted size bulbs and 4 pint 
bulblets for $125.00. 
ROSENEATH 441 (Palmer) M A _ very 
beautiful variety I am sure you will like. Lightly 
ruffled, light salmon pink with a greenish cream 
throat that softens as it ages into a creamy yellow. 
The throat color diffuses into the basic color of 
the floret, giving a delicate creamy pink effect. 
Opens 6 wide open well placed and firmly attached 
florets. Blooms are 434” to 5” across with 8 buds 
in color and spikes of 20-21 buds. The foliage is 
nice and clean, spikes always straight. The 
leaves separate well from the stem permitting 
easy cutting with a long stem. Height 58-60’’. 
Very uniform growth. Heavy propagator. Fairly 
good stock. 
2.00 any size, 3 for 5.00 and 10 for 15.00. 
With each bulb may be purchased 10 
bulblets for 2.00. 
GROWER’S UNITS 
Same as for Mavis above. 
From COSMOPOLITAN GLAD GARDENS 
Introducer’s description 
PINK BOUQUET (Maid of Orleans X Camel- 
lia) (Mrs. Archie Woodcock Seedling 41101) 
85-90 days. I rate Pink Bouquet as one of the 
finest commercial prospects of recent years. It is 
a tall, vigorous, healthy grower with exceptionally 
long flower heads. Field height easily up to 60” 
and it will produce up to 32 buds with 10-12 open 
florets. Ordinary field culture will average 22 
buds or more. Color is a light pink, of Pink 
Radiance color value but with a clean, creamy 
throat. Florets open nicely, flat against the stem 
with the open florets looking you squarely in the 
face. Placement is usually informal, nice for 
compact bunching, but occasional spikes come 
with very formal placement. The buds are a very 
pretty peach color. My tests for opening prove 
that 10 florets will open and hold from spikes cut 
with only the bottom four showing color. Florets 
open rather slowly, both in the field and when 
12 
Pink Bouquet 
cut in bud, a prime commercial requisite. Bulblet 
production medium, germination average. 
Primarily Pink Bouquet is not an exhibition 
variety tho it has won a number of awards in- 
cluding a grand champ. 
Bulbs $3.50 each any size. Bulblets sold only 
in combination of 1 bulb and 10 bulblets for 
$7.00. 
From G. H. FICHT 
JOYANCE 410 (Yangtze x Golden Goddess) 
Early midseason. This beautiful new variety is 
a fit companion for Mr. Ficht’s previous intro- 
ductions, Esquire, Sundust, and Display and one 
in a much wanted color. Joyance is a light char- 
treuse gold, fresh, clear and sparkling. Plants 
grow 50” or more tall with 19-20 buds on a long 
flower head. It opens 7 well placed lightly ruffled 
flat open and well attached blooms. It is a very 
good exhibition variety and also will make a fine 
commercial as it opens well when cut in tight bud. 
In 1951 it was rated as Superior seedling at 
Binghamton and 1952 it won the Canadian 
Gladiolus Society Award of Merit. And at the 
Toronto show won best 3 spike in its color class. 
Foliage is healthy and spreading permitting 
