LIGHT ROSE (60-61). EDGEWOOD seems a little deep-colored for 
this classification. It is quite popular as a show variety; it opens a lot at 
once. SONATA may occasionally fleck, but can be sensational. GAIETY 
is a stunning arrangement glad, but a slow propagator. 
MEDIUM ROSE (62-63). Tops for color, as it grows here, is GLAD 
TIDINGS, closely followed by beautiful CELESTIAL ROSE in a shade 
so much lighter that it is surely out of place. RICHLAND ROSE and 
ROSITA are beautiful glads in contrasting tones of light and dark rose. 
BURMA ROSE also has a distinct throat marking, and is nicely ruffled. 
MARGERY, deepest of all, is by no means dark colored; a bright cerise- 
rose with deeper shadings. 
DEEP ROSE (64-65). LILA WALLACE is one of our favorite early 
glads; it cuts and handles easily and florists love its bright color so early 
in the season. BRENDA will bring a new standard of quality to this 
sparsely-filled class. 
LIGHT LAVENDER (66-67). PRINCESS, although a rather deep 
lavender, will likely top this group both for exhibition and cutflowers. 
LAVENDER BEAUTY is fast gaining in popularity, however, and TYRONE 
has a lot of boosters, ourselves included. HEIRLOOM can be one of the 
finest, but cannot be grown to perfection everywhere. FALCON and 
FRANCESCA are two of the most beautiful glads in existence, we think. 
DEEP LAVENDER (68-69). While NOWETA ROSE may be variable in 
performance, a well-grown spike is definitely a contender for the champion- 
ship at any show; its florescence is almost unbelievable. LAVENDER 
PETUNIA invariably causes a sensation whenever miniature fanciers see 
it for the first time. Its combination of deep lavender and pure white is 
entirely new in the small varieties. 
PURPLE (70-71). Only a few short years ago there were few good 
purples; just look at them now! KING DAVID and THE RAJAH have a 
definite lead, but of course they have been around a little longer than 
most of the others. KAREN is extremely popular with its nicely con- 
trasting cream throat; HARRIET has less noticeable markings. BRANDY- 
WINE is different from all the others, more of a black-red with purple 
undertones, a very shiny lustre to its plain florets. TRAFALGAR resembles 
King David with its white petal edging, but is more of a red-purple in 
coloring. Definitely on the blue-purple side is WONDER BOY, close to 
the top in our own rating of the purples. BERGEN is a wonderfully tall, 
rugged grower. When placement is perfect, it could top perhaps any other 
variety in this section. A new purple for which we predict a great future 
is Butt’s new TIMES SQUARE. 
LIGHT BLUE VIOLET (76-77) and DARK BLUE VIOLET (78-79). 
Getting a true blue glad is in the same category as Mark Twain’s famous 
remark about the weather: “Everyone talks about it, but nobody does any- 
thing about it.”” Hybridists have been talking and dreaming about a blue 
glad ever since I can remember, and probably long before. There have been 
a few introduced with nice violet-blue color, but most of them have passed 
on because of poor health or slow propagation. LAVENDER BLUE and 
VIOLET CHARM, while nowhere near true blue in color, are reliable 
growers in pale blue-lavender and violet-lavender, respectively. In the 
darker shades, we like KEEFER, although it gives only a percentage of 
good spikes, and INDIGO, which seems to be a good, reliable grower. Also 
BLUE DEVIL, which is a little too bizarre to be appreciated by some 
people, though all agree it is interesting. 
SMOKY SHADES (80-86). Our favorites here are STORMY WEATHER, 
TAN GLO, DESERT DUSK, and COPPER LUSTRE, with the others fol- 
lowing close behind. PERSIAN RUG and HI JINKS are much admired for 
their contrastingly lighter throats. SOUTHERN BELLE has a similar 
throat, but less of a smoky effect, as a rule. MESA MIST is nearly a 
clear gray, while OKINAWA is very oddly marked and flecked. STORM 
TERROR is interesting, and in favorable weather MRS. RHODA PETER- 
SON is outstanding. 
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