had but few spikes to observe. WELCOME will greet you in extremely early 
season with a long ribbon of bright scarlet. FLASHLIGHT made a lot of 
friends last summer; it is proving to be one of the most popular glads we have 
ever introduced, regardless of size. An arrangement of two dozen spikes of 
FLASHLIGHT by Mrs. Wagner of the Eastern Oregon gladiolus society was 
one of the sensations of their show last August. Little ATOM is as lovable 
as always, with its distinct silvery picotee edge surrounding the airily-placed 
scarlet florets. 
LIGHT PINK (40-41). PENNANT and LOOK dominate this class, in 
our opinion. Though quite different, we find it hard to choose between them. 
SEASHELL is another lovely glad, some later to bloom. In the very pale 
pink shades, C. D. FORTNAM and NORDIC QUEEN are beauties. BO-PEEP 
and LITTLE SWEETHEART are two of the sweetest little glads in this or 
any other color class. 
MEDIUM PINK (42-43). The 1954 introduction CELESTIAL ROSE, if 
correctly placed here, will probably lead the class. While the introducer calls 
it a light rose, it was a lovely pure pink in our trial garden. Uniquely colored 
PAINTED LADY has been getting a lot of “rave” notices, in spite of its 
rather short handle. Our favorite blotched pinks are JESSIE MAE and 
MARVELOUS. The latter is more heavily ruffled, but JESSIE MAE opens 
more flowers at a time. Butt’s new SKALAWAG is a worthy addition to his 
growing family of miniature and small glads. 
DEEP PINK (44-45). SPIC & SPAN holds the fort here, and as far as we 
are concerned no other variety is needed. It is the best exhibition variety 
in the world today, possibly having surpassed even the immortal PICARDY 
in total number of grand championships and other high awards received. 
LIGHT RED (50-51). POINSETTIA leads here, with the new RED 
RADIANCE a likely challenger, and EARLY RED coming up fast on the 
rail because of its fine color and extreme earliness. In red with markings, 
LEAH GORHAM is a beautiful thing; quite an improvement over the older 
Carnival. ABLAZE is a fiery red and yellow that attracts most everyone. 
Try little GREMLIN in a table centerpiece. Several spikes in an arrange- 
ment show up much better than a single spike in the garden. 
DARK RED (52-53). We can’t decide between ROYAL FLUSH and RED 
FEATHER as our favorite deep red; it may be that the newer HARRIS- 
BURGER will eventually get the nod, as it is probably even bigger and more 
beautiful, though a late bloomer. CRIMSON TIDE is still worthwhile. In 
rose-shaded deep reds, large-flowering ROYAL TREAT and medium-sized 
GARNET RUFFLES are a couple of lovelies. FIFTH AVENUE is a very 
smooth textured near-maroon; one of the prettier small glads. 
BLACK RED (54-55). No other black red can equal ACE OF SPADES 
in vigorous growth, health, and propagation. It vies with RUFFLED EBONY 
for top rating, also in beauty and ruffledness. HAMLET is most dependable, 
GARNET GLOW a slender beauty, and DARK DAVID perhaps the most 
spectacular of all, though we think a lot of BLACK CHERRY with its many 
open, self colored florets, and THUNDERBOLT, a newcomer in rather differ- 
ent shadings. 
LIGHT ROSE (60-61). PINK CHIFFON has a very definite rosy cast 
to its pale pink coloring. ANDRENA is also a delicate color, a little rosier 
and set off with a large cream throat. The florets of CORSAGE are like but- 
terflies on the wing, airily placed on graceful stems. 
“When you substituted WHITE CLOUD for White Challenge I could 
hardly believe it, since White Cloud is an expensive variety. I think WHITE 
CLOUD is the best white glad in existence with its pure white ruffled florets. 
LARGO with its greenish ruffled buds opened seven at a time on a nice stem. 
I hope you will have some for sale next spring.” —Rhode Island 
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