ORCHID FANTASY (Siemsen ’51) 366 (E). The earliest good lavender in our 
planting last summer, except for Wedgwood. Looks like a valuable new variety 
for the cut flower grower. The 7-open florets of medium size are round and 
well-placed, though rather compactly spaced, on stems and flowerheads of 
medium length. Color is a clear light blue-lavender with a small white throat 
See deep lavender spear. Not as large as Easter Bonnet, but blooms much 
earlier. 
L $1.50, M $1.00, S .50, Bulblets 2—.25, 10—$1.00, 100—$8.00. 
PAINTED LADY (Roberts ’52) 443 (M). A most unusual color novelty; deep 
pink with a prominent pure white throat and lip petals, the latter being bordered 
with a variable edging of scarlet. It could stand a little more height; the flower- 
head is of good length, but “handle” somewhat short usually. Florets are large, 
nicely ruffled, and of good substance, with about six open at once. Quite a 
novelty; a little bizarre but attractive, too. 
L $1.50, M $1.00, S .60, Bulblets 2—.25, 10—$1.00, 100—$8.00. 
PARTHIENA (Hitchcock ’49) 568 (EM). A giant exhibition-type glad with a 
striking color, dark lavender or light purple with a small darker line on lip. 
Occasional deeper flecking at petal edges only seems to accent the color and the 
attractive ruffling. Placement is good, attachment fair, and it opens eight or 
more. A good propagator. Can make a tremendous spike, and is a variety that 
is always a center of interest in garden or showroom. Parthiena was Second 
Day Champion, Northern California; Best R.I., Texas; Best Giant R.I., Mt. 
Pleasant, Mich., and ‘“‘Longest Flowerhead”’ in the big Ohio show. 
M 2—.30, S 3—.25, Bulblets 30—.25. 
PASTELINE (Kolb ’49) 540 (ML). A giant in flower and spike, yet a refined 
and lovely glad that is unexcelled for late-season cutting. It blooms with or 
just ahead of Seashell, and they are surely a grand pair of light pinks, although 
not just the same shade. Pasteline opens six very large, slightly frilled florets 
of a pale pink with just a touch of cream in the throat; practically a self color. 
Stems and flowerheads are very long, straight and stretchy. It does extra well 
from medium bulbs, or even from smalls. You will enjoy growing Pasteline. 
L .25, M 2—.30, S 3—.25, Bulblets 15—.25, 100—$1.50. 
PATROL (Palmer ’46) 416 (EM). Perhaps Palmer’s best glad, and one of the 
finest Canadian varieties. A wonderful glowing light orange-buff with yellow 
throat and many open florets. Patrol seems to be equally at home on the show 
bench or in the florist’s cooler; truly an all-purpose glad and a fine one. It opens 
from eight to eleven medium-large, well-shaped flowers on uniformly fine straight 
spikes. It really came into its own as an exhibition variety in 1952—one of the 
“big three’? (with Spic & Span and Boise Belle) in grand championships won. 
Our tabulation for Patrol shows G.C.’s at the following shows: Western Inter- 
national, Central International, Chicago, Lima, N.Y., Western N.Y., Western 
Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Maryland. At the last named show it was also 
the champion 3-spike entry. Reserve Champ, N.W. Ohio; Best Amateur spike, 
Albert Lea; ‘‘Most Open Florets” at Western Massachusetts and Central Inter- 
national, and a host of lesser awards. 
L .20, M 2—.25, S 3—.25, Bulblets 20—.25, 100—$1.00. 
PAULINE (Wright ’52) 400 (M). A pure white glad that has won many awards 
in Canada, and has been widely acclaimed the best new white. Our experience 
with it is very limited and from small bulbs only. It seemed to have a nice 
large flower and a stiff, sturdy stem, and the color was clean and good. A won- 
derful propagator, germinator, and grower from bulblets. A fine spike of Pauline 
was Best Large R.I. at last summer’s Central International show. 
L $2.00, M $1.50, S $1.00, Bulblets 2—.30, 10—$1.20, 100—$9.00. 
““Received shipment of my first order from you today. Wish I had 
ordered more from you. I ordered about 4000 bulbs this year from various 
sources, and yours are tops for quality.”’ —C.B.S., Kansas, 3/24/52 
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