score of 89.7. A beautiful exhibition or commercial variety. 
EACH - $5.00 any size. Retail Unit 3 Bulbs and 10 Bulblets $15.00 
BUTTERFLY - 
490 Class. The new “Butterfly”? type glad, named 
for its unusual coloring and heavy ruffling. A lavender pink with a 
reddish blotch on a large yellow zone. Florists will love it and it is 
a great breeder of unusual seedlings. Award of Commendation 
E.S.G.S. and Champion of Pre-Introductory Class, Rochester, 1952. 
EACH - $3.00 any size. Retail 3 Bulbs and 10 Bulblets $10.00 
CONSTELLATION - 
(True Love x (Picardy x Burma)). A 
lively and appealing mandarin red with carmine throat blotch, very 
heavily ruffied, very heavy texture, and the best of attachment. 
Grows 50” tall, 414” florets, excellent facing. It has many awards 
including firsts in one and three spike seedling classes Canadian 
International, and C.G.S. Award of Merit 1952. 
EACH - Prices same as Butterfly. (abeve) 
- OUR PREVIOUS INTRODUCTIONS - 
AUGUST MOON - 
(1949) 510 Class. 80 days to bloom. Color 
is purest light yellow with no marking or flaking, and the huge 644” 
blooms are round with lightly frilled edges and are of good texture. 
Facing and spacing are very good and attachment is also good. It has 
a very straight, strong, wiry spike and upright green foliage. It is 
an excellent show or commercial variety, growing up to 60” tall, with 
26” - 28” flowerhead. 
EACH - L. 50c Med. 40c Sm. 30c Bits. 10/50¢c 
BONNIE LASS - 
(1951) ((Picardy x Damaris) x Highland Chief 
Sdl.) 468 Class. 85 days to bloom. Bonnie Lass is a very clean, 
pure orchid lavender, with a white blotch diffused into lavender on 
a single lip petal. Midribs are lighter and slightly raised or creased. 
Petals have frilled wavy edges and are of good texture. Attachment 
is good, facing and spacing excellent. The stalk is slender, but very 
strong and always straight. It opens very well in water when cut in 
bud, holds its size to tip, and blooms well from any size bulb. Very 
healthy, and quite prolific, and good germination of bulblets. The 
growth is up to 60” tall, 25” flowerhead, 414” to 5” blooms, 20 buds 
and opens up to §. This is a fine show flower and excellent com- 
mercial. In 1951 and 1952 New York State Shows it has received 12 
blue ribbons and one section rosette. 
EACH - L. $1.00 Med. 75c Sm. 50c 
Blts. 3/25c¢ 10/75¢ 100/$6.00 
BIG TOP - 
(1942) 541 Class. 75 days to bloom. Big Top is 
still one of the leading winners for show or commercial. Color is 
medium to light pink with attractive carmine feather in throat. Grows 
easily 6 feet tall with flowerhead up to 40”, blooms 7”, 22-26 buds, 6 
open. New virus free stock. 
EACH - L. 2/25¢ Med. 3/25c Sm. 5/25c 
Bits. 100/50¢ 
BIRCH RED - 
(1945) 552 Class. 90 days to bloom. Birch Red 
‘ has beauty, purity of color, and a satin sheen that is unequaled in 
the giant deep reds. This along with its excellent habits, vigorous 
growth, and easy cutting qualities, is making it a leading commercial 
/and show glad. In its season it out sells all other varieties combined 
in our cut flower trade. It is always straight with excellent facing 
and attachment. 
EACH - L. 2/30c Med. 3/25¢ Sm. 5/25¢ 
Bits. 100/75c¢ 
BLACK CHERRY - 
(1948) 554 Class. 85 days. Black Cherry, 
recognized as the best black red in its class, has won a total of 47 
blue ribbons in New York Siat2 Shows since its introduction. It 
grows 50” tall, 24” flowerhead, 20 buds, opens up to 9. It does not 
burn in the field, and is an easy, healthy grower with well placed 
florets of good texture, slightly wavy, and well attached on a strong 
straight stem. Black Cherry makes a beautiful exhibition spike and 
is a very good seed and pollen parent. 
EACH - L. 50e¢ Med. 40c Sm. 30c 
Bits. 10”50¢ 100/$3.00 
