Rambling Remarks as Taken From My Field Note Book 
on the New, Recent and Seedling Glads, 
as Grown in My Trials in 1953: 
EARLIEST and BEST of miniatures, came into flower in 50 to 55 d : 
sequence, ELLA MAY, TWINKLES, STATUETTE, SMILETTE, FADIST, mee and in 
FIRST of all standard size glads, was my own RHETT BUTLER. It has been first 
for many years. Followed closely, believe it or not by BARRETT’S BEAUTY, GOLD 
BANK, RED TOWER, CLAIRE WALLACE. Next came CROWN JEWELL very fine 
this season. Tyndall’s seedling 21-S508, (now PINK HARMONY) was next and a beauti- 
ful shell pink it is. PINK CHIFFON, followed these and a mighty sweet glad. DAVID 
WARR was hext, and what a scarlet this turned out to be. MARGERY was next and 
Melk Bros. can be proud of this beautiful rose glad. ANNIVERSARY was next, and 
here is a wonder glad in my book, and you should have it by all means. WHITE TOWER 
performed to perfection this year, with towering spikes of white, with that prominent 
red blotch. Bill Warr’s seedling G-7 was next, now named MALABAR, and a finer dark 
red, with black red throat, in the 400 class, does not exist. 
EARLY RED was next, very fine from Doc. Knight, then MISS DAINTY, which was 
superb as usual. This was followed by Tyndall’s seedling 331-S-487, (now named 
REVELATION) a fine medium scarlet, and next was ROYAL VISIT, which is a fine 
purple. CRATER LAKE, easily the best violet (blue to you), in the entire trials this 
season. ROSANNAH was next, and this one will thrill you no end. A big tall ruffled 
medium rose, that grew 72”, and won many prizes. PROSPECTOR proved up to expecta- 
tion and is a grand glad. SENECA next, really opens the florets, and a fine addition. 
BLUEBERRY was next, and it is easily the best blue of recent or previous introduc- 
tion. HARRISBURGER followed this, and this one was perhaps the best medium red 
among the 1953 introductions. Simply huge and excellent in every way. WHITE FRILLS 
from Goddard, an improved WHITECLIFFE, a wonderful exhibition glad. KAREN, a 
beautiful glad in purple, with creamy throat, a standout. Next was Charlie Robinson’s 
No. 64-47, now named (SUNDOWN), a knockout of a huge salmon, with a 3” scarlet 
throat blotch. MARDI GRAS was next, and is quite a thriller, if you like the ‘“Freckled- 
face Hazel) type of glad. Tyndall’s 318-F (now named FRONTIER) was next, a grand 
salmon with white throat. WHITECLIFFE next, one of the finest whites. 
PINK PRIDE was next and this beauty can open 12 right in the field. You will 
love it. POWDER PUFF, a smokey rose, and BROADWAY MELODY, a fine salmon 
followed these. PRINCESS AURORA performed superbly, throwing up 6 ft. spikes, with 
perfect placement, and PEACH GLOW, as always, was marvellous this year. Certainly 
our finest buff to date. Percy Barrett’s 47-30, a swell huge ruffled and needle pointed 
medium rose was next, (and Allen’s W-47), were next. Both marvellous glads. Barrett’s 
45-53 was next, a huge, tall medium salmon, with white throat and midribs, surely 
thrilled us. Then came Charles Robinson’s 9047, now named BALMORAL, a huge 
lavender, with cream throat. Then Jack Harris’ 9-0-2, a (now LORI DEE), and this is 
the prettiest shade of blush rose you will ever see. 
Then came FOREST FIRE and ORANGE FLAME, also from Harris, and if you think 
you have seen bright oranges, you haven’t seen anything until you see these two. Then 
Harris MING YELLOW. Just the color of the Iris MING YELLOW, and a tremendous 
glad. ROYAL TREAT was tremendous this year. Then Ted Woods’ WAX CANARY, a 
beautiful buffy and yellowish creation, that will thrill you. Two very fine seedlings 
from Rev. Edmison came next, and they were both out of this world. Do not know at 
this writing about their introduction. DESERT SONG and GOOD NEWS came through 
perfectly, and two more beautiful glads do not grow. PEACHERINO, one of Goddard's 
finest buffs, was superb. Two fine new fragrant glads from Rev. Spencer, YELLOW 
ROSE and SACHET, were grand, and very fragrant. WHISTLE STOP and TRULY FAIR 
out-performed themselves, and they are two wonderful glads from Ted Woods, and next 
came Myrtle Teeple’s LILLIBET, which is a grand addition to the cream class. 
You must all have read the advertising in the garden magazines this spring about 
those 6 foot, “EYE LEVEL” glads. I don’t know which varieties they were talking about, 
for those which I purchased to test, only grew about 48 to 54” tall. However, if you 
are still interested in “EYE LEVEL” glads, may I refer you to SNOW CLAD, GOLD 
BOND, ROSANNAH, CANUCK, PRINCESS AURORA, all of which grew 6 ft., for me, 
from large bulbs. 
ALLAH looks like our finest A. O.C., with colors of a Persian Rug. ROSITA really 
out-performed herself for me this year, with 66” spikes, that were simply out of this world. 
ahhh rota 
