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t Largest and best formed wiiite in plantation ; better than the preceding; 

 ■would rank it first of the whites if a better bloomer, 

 Blanche Ferry. ( Morse. ) 



Fair; expanded, notched,bold; medium size; fair substance ; color, standard 

 crimson rose, wings rose purple, shaded or blotched on white in various 

 degrees ; bloom profuse. 



Height Aug. 6, six feet. 



t An early "cropper," much mottled this year. ^^^ American Florist, 

 July i8, 1S96, p. 1330. Burpee's illustration on seed packets shows white 

 wings. Very little white in our patch. 



Blushijtg Beauty. ( Morse. )* 1S93. 



Very good ; hooded ; large ; good substance ; color, delicate pink ; bloom 

 medium. 



Height Aug. 6, four feet, six inches. 



Has a little more color than Alice Eckford. 



t A favorite ; one of the best pinks. 

 Blushing Beauty. (S. S. & P. Co.)* 1893. 



Same as Blushing Beauty (Morse). 



Height Aug. 6, two feet, nine inches. 

 Blushing Bride. (Breck. ) 



Is Blanche Ferry. 

 Boreatton. (Morse.)* 



Fair ; reflexed ; medium size ; poor substance ; color, claret, wings pur- 

 ple ; bloom medium-profuse. 



Height Aug. 6, four feet, six inches. 



t Very poor substance. Bloom profuse toward close of season. Cannot 

 distinguish from Stanley. 



Boreatton. (Hutchins. )* 



Same as Boreatton (Morse). 

 Boreatton. (S. S. & P. Co. )* 



Same as Boreatton (Morse). 



Height Aug. 6, four feet, six inches. 

 Boreatton , double. ( Burpee. ) 



Very good ; expanded ; large size ; fair substance ; color, claret, wings 

 purple ; bloom sparse. 



Height Aug. 6, four feet. 



Did not double. 



Same as Boreatton, of better size and substance. 



fSome few doubles — both in wings and standard. Has more purple than 

 single Boreatton. 



Bride, The. ( Lynch. ) 



Very good ; expanded ; large ; fair-good substance ; color, pure white ; 

 bloom medium. 



Height Aug. 6, five feet. 



t About the same size as Blanche Burpee, but wings not crumpled. Poorer 

 bloomer than Blanche Burpee. 



