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February 1, 1955. Mrs. Leo Spengler African Violets 
nese 15 West Preston Avenue, ry = 
Orlando, Florida. 
FOREWORD 
Orders of $3.00 will be prepaid in Florida. Under $3.00 please add 35¢ Pu . 
plant orders, and for leaf orders under $2.00 please add 25¢ for packing and postage 
Oct of state customers please add 50¢ to help pay postage on plant orders. 
Under $2.00 on leaf orders, add 25¢. Leaves will be sent First Class. Also add 
20¢ for Special Handling on plant orders, This insures your getting your orders 
as fast as First Class Mail. 
I thank you for the nice cards and letters you have sent me, telling me how 
nice your plants and leaves have arrived. 
' I do not have small plants of all varieties; as far as possible I will mark 
the varieties that I have no small plants of with "L"; (this means "leaves only".) 
Please name a substitute or two as the supply of ah plants is limited in some 
varieties. Otherwise I will have to send you the variety nearest like the one you 
want. I do have some plants in bud and bloom. Write me your wants. All plants are 
state inspected. 
GROUP I New and scarce varieties. 
Leaves 50¢ each. Small, well-started pl ive ri each. 
BLUE ALBINO GIRL (Ostolski) Slightly cupped me dium ie anh aes on heart-shaped 
girl foliage. Top of leaf variegated green and white. » 
RED ALBINO GIRL (Ostolski) Sweetpea type red flower. on variegated white and bronze 
girl foliage. Red undersides. 
NIAGARA ALBINO GIRL (Wilson) Rod red flowers in abundance that do not fall off; 
Beautiful variegated green and white girl foliage; very attractive. 
ELIZABETH THE QUEEN (Ten Hagen) Double lavender and white flowers; larger than a 
silver dollar; supreme foliage. 
SHOW ARISTOCRAT (Ten Hagen) Mammoth double white flowers with a tint of blve in 
the center. Supreme foliage. /type> 
SHOW GLOW (Ten Hagen) Double red flowers with a beautiful scalloped leaf; supreme 
SHOW LADY (Ten Hagen) Huge odd shaped double lavender bicolored floweis, /leaf. 
SHOW EMPRESS (Ten Hagen) Large double orchid flowers; dark spooned leaf; supreme 
PINK FRINGETTE - A bright clear pink delicately ruffled; foliage is fringed and 
reddened below; free flowering, 
MOUNTAIN MIST (Morris) Huge wnite flowers of good substance with orchid edges; 
foliage is a beautiful hairy dupont like Providence, its parent. ; a fs 
PINK ACHIEVEMENT (Tonkadale) Double pink; best seedling at St. Louis Convention;. . 
this will be late as none are shipped until, April; ‘a few leaves only this spr. 
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GROUP II’ New Varieties . dhee Ee iz ‘ Teg 
Leaves 40¢ each, 10 for $3.50. Small plants 60¢ each. 
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ADA M@GILL ~- Pure white double flowers; heavy foliage. 
APRIL SHOWERS - Medium blue with streaks of silver in flowers. | 
BOYCE EDENS (Nicols) Huge bicolor; deep orchid purple top contrasts with the pale 
orchid lower petals; deep bronze-green foliage. 
BLACK MAGIC - Deep blue full double flowers with golden eye on very dark green 
heart-shaped foliage. 
BIWE OHIO - Large clear blue flowers; dark, round supreme leaf. 
BLACK SWAN - Nice red bicolorflowers on bronzy black foliage with light green girl 
spot. Named for its dark foliage. 
BLUE WAXWING - A very deep blue; dark spooned girl foliage. 
BLACK TIP GIRL - Two upper petals almost black; lower petals med. blue; girl fol. 
BLUE HORIZON (Fischer) Deep purple double white edged. 
CHERI - Wine colored ruffled sweetpea flowers; dark girl foliage. 
CHERIO ~ Double red; pretty foliage. 
CORONATION PIPE (Milligan) i) Bloc. boa, eran rt fel 
CHARTREUSE (Ulery) White fléwers with chartreuse edge on front and back; two top 
petals almost all chartreuse; medium girl foliage. /eirl foliage. 
CLEMANTINE (Tinari) Pure white frilled sweetpea flowers; lovely bright green frilly 
COPPER GLOW DOUBLE GIRL 
DOUBLE ONE - Super size; double blue; very heavy dark foliage. 
DOUBLE RUFFLED FRINGED WHITE GIRL - Beautiful heavy girl foliage; large double 
white flowers with blue tints in some flowers. 
DOUBLE BLUE GIRL — Similar to Double Neptune, but has a shiny girl leaf. 
EDITH CAVILLE - Heavily fringed large delicate ivory and lavender bicolor; fringed 
bronzy green foliage. (Continued on reverse side.) 
