GREETINGS: This year I am only listing what I 
honestly believe to be the very best varieties. Many are 
rather new, but each one has proven its worth in my 
patch. I try out many new ones each year and list just 
the choicest ones. My aim is to have satisfied customers; 
they are my best advertising medium. So, if for any 
reason you are not perfectly satisfied with what I send 
you, PLEASE let me know at once and I will make it 
right. You MUST be satisfied. . 
[= + POSTAGE: As you know, postage rates have advanced 
so in the past year as to make it almost prohibitive to 
ship beyond the fourth zone. Three pounds in the eighth 
zone is 55c. The smallest order properly packed and 
wrapped will weigh that much. So here is what I will do— 
if you will enclose some help on the postage, I will put in 
DOUBLE that amount in extra bulbs, or a very choice 
premium bulb. Many cataloguers are requiring the full 
amount of postage, but I am trusting you in this matter 
—please help me out. THANKS. 
MY 1953 INTRODUCTIONS 
DOVE WING. (440) Lines. This is the most delicate 
shell pink imaginable; almost a white. The whole floret 
is covered with a transparent glow. In the throat, on each 
floret there is a crescent of deeper pink bordered with 
cream. It is really hard to describe it, so as to give one 
a picture of its real beauty, but I assure you it is one of 
the loveliest glads grown today. Height 55 inches, makes 
a spike with 20 buds, 7 nicely ruffled florets open, with 
many more showing color. They are nicely spaced and 
firmly attached, and it never crooks, even in the hottest 
weather. Makes nice clean bulbs with lots of bulblets 
that germinate easily, even the bulblets often make sal- 
able spikes when planted earlv. Be sure and give this a 
trial this year. 
L-$1.00; M-75c, 3 for $2.00; S-50c, 5 for $2.00; Blts., 
12 for $1.00. 
MYRNA RAY. (466) Lines. This is a sport of my 
Myrna Fay. It is identical with Myrna Fay except in 
color, which is a much lighter lavender. It hag all the 
good qualities of Myrna Fay, such as earliness, vigor 
and ability to open from tight bud. It is a fine keeper and 
will not fleck in the hottest weather, thus making it a fine 
mid-summer cutter as well as a fine early variety. The 
florists really call for it. Mr. V. M. Libby, of Washington, 
writes, “Your Myrna Ray was really something to see. 
I placed it alongside eight other lavenders and it stood 
out above them all. One can honestly say it is the lav- 
ender among lavenders. Grew 52 inches tall, with 19 buds, 
seven open, with six showing color. All spikes straight as 
ramrods. All in all, I would say it’s a wonderful show 
variety and a top commercial.” 
Price same as Dove Wing. 
RUFFLED GOLD. (512) Lines. It is just what the 
name implies, a pure rich gold with no markings of any 
kind. Florets are extra heavily ruffled, and of leathery 
texture, making it a good keeper. Its one fault is, it 
doesn’t make as many buds as I would like, generally 
around 14 to 16, but it has the ability to open nearly all 
of them at once, giving the impression of a much longer 
flower head. The spike is nice and long, even if the flower 
head is a bit short. I have never grown anything that 
causes more comment than Ruffled Gold. Everyone just 
raves over its beauty, and heavy ruffling. The florists 
really love it. Makes nice clean bulbs with plenty of 
easily germinated bulblets. 
Price same as Dove Wing. 
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