namely PINK ELEGANCE, SALMON QUEEN, etc., are topnotch performers. Examine 
carefully descriptions of ROSE LUSTRE. 
ROSE: This class is gaining a great number of beautiful glads. I think perhaps 
ROSE QUEEN, ROSITA, LORI DEE and MARGERY top the list of the light and medium 
rose glads. Dependable rose glads are also ELMER’S ROSE, ROSELYN, POWDER PUFF, 
GREAT DAY, WHISTLE STOP, ROSIE O’GRADY, and a newcomer ROSANNAH, cer- 
tainly one of the very finest. We shall never drop BURMA and the demand for it, never 
ceases. Examine carefully a newie “AVENGER”. 
LAVENDER: Here we have a color, that is improving each season, until today we 
have some really good ones. HENRIETTA is earliest, and certainly one of the finest. 
BRIDAL ORCHID, ORCHID MIST, DESERT SONG, LAVENDER LADY, PRINCESS 
VALDA, and MARTEA WASHINGTON are all fine lavenders. 
PURPLE: Still not too many, but what we have are grand. Still topping the list is 
WONDER BOY. It is will take some purple to beat it. Dependable KING DAVID, THE 
RAJAH, and a newie for 1955 from Ted Woods, named, VELOUR are all darned good 
purples. 
BLACK RED: ACE OF SPADES, BLACK CHERRY and RUFFLED EBONY still 
reign supreme for me. Have seen some grand black red seedlings this season, but none 
ready for introduction, so far as I know at this writing. 
BLUES: Or violets, if you wish. This class, weak as it has been, is showing some 
great improvement. VIOLET CHARM, CRATER LAKE, SALMAN’S SENSATION, BLUE- 
BERRY are all tops, and all appear healthy. A brand new one, in a light violet, named 
HYLDA PRABEL, will easily top the list in the light blues. Another newie from Walter 
White, named SAILOR BOY, a grand medium blue, will thrill you. 
ORANGE: This class, which has been rather weak, is showing great promise. 
ORANGE FLAME, FOREST FIRE, MANDALAY and PRINCESS AURORA, easily hold 
the TOP position today. They are super glads in every way. 
SMOKIES: This class is also growing by leaps and bounds. I think perhaps STORMY 
WEATHER sstilll leads the list, followed closely by SOUTHERN BELLE, SANDMAN, 
CHEROKEE, and while ROSANNAH is supposed to be a rose, it is a slight smoky rose, 
and grows extra tall, with huge florets. 
A.O.C. I guess we shall have to confine this to only one good one, namely ALLAH. 
Still ruling the roost. 
So, many have asked what shall we buy to replace CORONA which seems to have 
gone bad with most everyone. Buy SHIRLEY IRENE, easily our finest in that color, 
and as healthy as a horse. 
New types of glads are showing up in the tests. The Gosling dragons are unique, and 
the demand for them, indicates that not everyone wants a tall perfectly faced and spaced 
glad, and the “wimmin” rave over them. They make up into most unusual arrangements, 
and I have many customers among the ladies, who drive 50 miles to get the flowers, in 
season. 
We are introducing the first of our RAGGEDY ANN series. It is named THE CLOWN, 
and certainly is a clown in appearance. Look for it in the 1955 introductions. 
BUFFS: If you know of a better one than PEACH GLOW, please wire me quickly, 
so I can buy it. WAX CANARY is marvelous, but right today, I do not see any other 
worthwhile buffs either in the trials, or in commerce. 
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