+ * * * * (530) (Benedict, 1952) (70 
Malibu ee days) Like Gorgeous Deb, 
this is a fancier’s glad par excellence but quite useless 
as a cut-flower, except for local sale, because the giant, 
ruffled florets are so very heavy as to make handling 
nearly impossible. But if you want to grow a supreme 
beauty for your own enjoyment, try Malibu! In color 
it is a melting light salmon blending to flesh pink with 
a creamy-yellow blur in the throat. The florets are 
large as saucers and substance is like chamois-skin. 
Try Malibu. 
(L 1-1.00; 10-8.00) (M 1-.75; 10-6.00) 
(S 1-.50; 10-4.00) (Blbts. 10-1.00; 100-8 09) 
kok (513) (Beatrice Palmer, 
Manchu *—. 1945) (80 days) ((Pfitz- 
er’s Triumph x Golden Dream) X (Picardy x Com. 
Koehl)) Prof. Palmer’s sister, who has also given us 
some fine glads, scored a bull’s-eye when she named 
this pink-flushed, lacquered buff-yellow Manchu. It’s 
hard to put one’s finger on what it is that gives this 
glad such an oriental-type personality: its unusual 
perky form or its strange blend of colors, which in- 
clude a red diamond-shaped blotch in the throat. But 
Manchu is truly a slant-eyed beauty—the geisha-girl 
of the glad patch. We cut thousands of magnificent 
buggy-whip spikes of Manchu last summer. It was 
unbelievably good. If you haven’t tried this variety, 
don’t fail to do so. Shown in color on page 32. 
(L 2-.25; 10-1.00) CM 10-.70) 
(S 10-.40) (Blbts. Pkg. .25) 
Marshall Montgomery **— 
(554) (Salman, 1948) (85 days) From Holland comes 
this plain-petalled, silky maroon with buggy-whip 
spikes and consistent performance. We dropped 
Mansoer in favor of the Marshall because of better 
color. Marshall Montgomery is one of the best in its 
class and an excellent commercial. 
(L 2-.30; 10-1.20) (M 3-.25; 10-.70) 
(S 10-.50) (Blbts. Pkg. .30) 
7 wz” *& *& (486) (Hartman, 1952) 
Mesa Mist ee (85 days) (Sport of 
Pastel) You'll either like this glad a great deal or 
dislike it a great deal. Its smooth grey color is most 
unusual. Mesa Mist is very useful in arrangements 
combined with yellow, buff, rose-red, or violet. Used 
thus, it creates interesting shadow effects. 
(L 1-1.00; 10-8.00) (CM 1-.75; 10-6.00) 
(S 1-.50; 10-4.00) (Blbts. 10-1.00; 100-8.00) 
Sah KEI (550) (Knierim, 
Mid-America *— He ie es 
(Red Charm x Snow Cruiser) A glad-elephant of a 
silky geranium-red color, growing about 60-66 inches 
tall and opening up to ten giant florets at a time. 
Rather a floppy variety but very popular because of its 
size and nice color. 
(L 2-.30; 10-1.20) (M 3-.25; 10-.70) 
(S 10-.50) (Blbts. Pkg. .30) 
Mighty Monarch * = (552) Butt 
eo e@ e 1946) (90 
days) (Red Charm x Hindenburg’s Memory) Recom- 
mended for hybridizing because of its height and vigor 
is this deep, true red which will produce 15-bud 
spikes even from bulblets. Not a finished flower but 
seemingly a half-way step to something most worth- 
while. 
(L 2-.25; 10-1.00) (M 10-.70) 
(S 10-.40) (Blbts. Pkg. .25) 
= © e hte the hob- 
Mixture For those who don’t have the ho 
byist’s instinct to have their glads 
labelled or who like an unlabelled collection just to see 
what surprises it may have in store for them, we make 
up this mixture from the regular varieties in our list, 
often including some high priced variety that we may 
be long on and sometimes putting in a few interesting 
seedlings that were too good to discard. I don’t be- 
lieve a better mixture is available anywhere. 
(L 3-.25; 10-.70) (M 10-.50) 
(S 10-.30) (Blbts. Pkg. .15) 
4 xk kkk Fis- 
Mother Fischer sr tos 
(85 days) (Pink Paragon x Elizabeth the Queen) If 
you want a white which grows 67 inches tall, which 
throws 60-inch spikes from even No. 5 bulbs, which 
produces a flowerhead sometimes a yard long, which 
has much heavier substance than even Florence Night- 
ingale, and which is, in addition, gorgeously ruffled, 
grow Mother Fischer! We are happy, indeed, at the 
fine performance of this variety, not only in the locale 
of its origination but seemingly quite generally to 
judge by the fine spikes we saw at shows last summer 
and the fine reports that we received from customers. 
Mother Fischer is a white velvet glad like White 
Christmas but infinitely easier to grow, and from an 
entirely different parentage. The spike pictured on 
page 14 illustrates the kind of flowerhead this variety 
will give you from virtually every bulb. Some seasons 
Mother Fischer will come white as new-fallen snow. 
Other years when it is cool and rainy, there will be an 
inconspicuous lavender line in the throat. Either way, 
it is a magnificent glad, unexcelled for exhibition and 
tops also as a commercial. Pictured also on page 26. 
(L 1-.40; 10-3.20) (M 1-.30; 10-2.40) 
(S 1-.20; 10-1.60) (Blbts. 10-.25; 100-2.00) 
“Mother Fischer was the most beautiful of the 50 
varieties I had.” 
—F. A. Preyer, Colorado. 
“In my opinion, of all the whites in commerce (and 
I grow about 30 whites) Mother Fischer is the best.” 
—Edward J. Winski, West Virginia. 
“Mother Fischer is truly heart-achingly beautiful.” 
—Helen Raines, New York. 
Necia *& *& * (442) (Both, 1949) (85 days) One 
e e ¢ of the few Australian varieties in 
our list is Necia, whose great vigor combined with a 
soft salmon-pink color and curious lavender-rose 
blotch made it seem worthwhile. A glad that is differ- 
ent. Pictured on page 25. 
(L 1-.40) (M 1-.30) 
New York *—*— (462) (Salman, 1951) (80 
days) Another rose-red 
from Holland. This one grows 66 inches tall, produc- 
ing an excellent flowerhead bearing 6-7 large, silky, 
plain-petalled dusky rose-red blooms. Destined to 
achieve some popularity. A larger but less vivid Harry 
Hopkins. 
(L 2-.25; 10-1.00) (M 10-.70) 
(S 10-.40) (Blbts. Pkg. .25) 
Nila *<*~ (462) (R. Pruitt, 1947) (85 days) 
ee Don’t deprive yourself of Nila! 
Among the least temperamental of glads, its uniform 
shoulder-high spikes carrying eight round, plain- 
petalled, silky, self-colored rose-red florets of heavy 
substance will delight you. Another good one from 
Robert Pruitt. Pictured on page 24. 
(L 1-.25; 10-2.00) (M 2-.30; 10-1.20) 
(S 10-.80) (Blbts. 15-.25) 
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