stance, rich color, intense ruffling, and massive flower- 
heads on spikes five feet tall make this a real rival 
of Noweta Rose, though the latter displays a more 
remarkable inflorescence. In our trial grounds this 
glad appealed to our good friend, Elmer Gove; so, with 
his permission, we named it for him. 
(L 1-.50; 10-4.00) (M 1-.35; 10-2.80) 
(S 1-.25; 10-2.00) (Blbts. 8-.25; 100-2.50) 
“Our Elmer’s Rose . . . was Grand Champion Single 
Spike of the Champaign Glad Show . .. Your Crusader, 
seen at the LeRoy Glad Show was very beautiful and 
we will have it on our list for next year.” 
—Mr. and Mrs. Lyle E. Bidner, Illinois. 
x x *& (432) (Fischer, 
Enchantment — © 1950) (70 days) 
((Picardy x Solveig) X Myrna) This was one of our 
premium varieties of 1950 which has gone on from 
humble beginnings to win grandchampionships. I get 
a good deal of satisfaction from the Horatio Alger story 
of Enchantment’s rise to fame. Introduced without a 
color picture or even a price-tag, its lavish intrinsic 
beauty won it a place in the hearts of America’s fans. 
Descended from three famous glads, Enchantment in- 
herits the utmost blandness of texture and stylishness 
of form. Predominantly a rich salmon-pink with pur- 
est ivory throat, its broad-petalled, flat-open florets 
are so artistically frilled as to constitute almost a 
criterion for perfection of ruffling. Take my word for 
it: Enchantment is one of Noweta’s loveliest introduc- 
tions. 
(L 2-.30; 10-1.20) (M 3-.25; 10-.70) 
(S 10-.50) (Blbts. Pkg. .30) 
# TIE KE (560) 58 (Palmer: 
Evangeline or ome oman 43 C00 cd ays) 
(Greta Garbo x Elizabeth the Queen) Introduced at 
$10 each five years ago, this massive light pink is now 
down to 2% of its original price. There seems to be 
more than one opinion extant about Evangeline. The 
many who have won grandchampionships with it when 
it has displayed 9-10 perfectly-placed six-inch florets 
open at a time on commanding flowerheads, think there 
is nothing to equal Evangeline. The even larger num- 
ber who have been exasperated at its too-frequent 
tendency to bloom around the stem will damn it with 
faint praise, indeed. Actually, from small and medium 
bulbs Evangeline throws surprisingly large flowerheads 
with consistently fine placement. From large bulbs, 
however, the percentage of spikes showing good place- 
ment is rather low but the few which do are “naturals” 
for grandchampionships. Since small and medium 
bulb are often used for commercial plantings (except 
in Florida) and since misplacement of florets is not too 
Waxy, deep yellow GOLD is dramatic when grouped 
with the rich-toned hemerocallis used as a center of 
interest. 
