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Bulletin 278. 



PORTIA. 



Species — P. albiflora. Origiitated by Kelway. 



Donated 63; James King. 



Description in brief — Mediuxn size, rather loose, white crown type. Midseason. 



Medium variety. 

 Description in detail — Rather an open, loose bloom, well differentiated, prominent 



crown, carpels greenish white, smooth, with white stigmas. Odor pleasant. 

 Medium height plant, rather weak stem and spreading habit. Free bloomer 



in clusters. 



PRINCESS BEATRICE. 



Species — P. albiflora. Originated by Kelway, 1886. 



Donated by Cottage Gardens Co. 



Description in brief — Light pink (violet rose i [154]) crown type with a cream white 



I (10) collar. Midseason. Good variety of this type. 

 Description in detail — Linear, cream white petals in coUai and scattered through 



the bloom, which Aviden somewhat toward center of bloom. Crown same 



color as guards with crimson flecks, concealing a few linear petals in extreme 



center of bloom. Odor pleasant. 



Strong, vigorous growing plant of good habit; strong, medium long stems. 



Free bloomer in clusters. Foliage medium to light green. 



QUEEN'S PERFECTION. 



Species — P. albiflora. Originated in 1830. 



Donated by Goos & Koenemann. 



Description in brief — Medium size, lilac white i (7) crown type bloom, with 



sulphur white 2 (14) central petals. Early. Medium good variety. 

 Description in detail — Guards lilac white, clearly differentiated, collar sulphur 



white, crown same color as guards, flecked with crimson, surrounding narrow 



petals in extreme center of bloom. Odor pleasant. 



Only medium, vigorous plant, with spreading habit. Free bloomer in 



clusters. • 



SOLFATARE. 



Species — P. albiflora. Originated by Calot, 1861. 



Donated by Dessert, Ellwanger & Barry, B. H. Farr, and Goos & Koenemann. 



Description in brief — Large, medium compact, sulphur white, crown type, with 

 milk white guard petals; some blooms are typical bomb when they first 

 develop. Midseason. Good variety, good commercial bloom. 



Description in detail — Clearly differentiated, sulphur white collar; wide crown 

 petals surrounding linear cream petals in the extreme center of the bloom. 

 When the bloom first opens it appears more like a bomb, but soon develops 

 the crown. Odor pleasant. 



Medium height, vigorous growing plant, of rather spreading habit, good 

 stems. Mediimi to free bloomer in clusters. 



Remarks — ^This has been confused by some with "Due de Wellington" (see Bul- 

 letin 259, p. 131). 



Synonym — "Mont Blanc" is identical with "Solfatare" in many of the collec- 

 tions; there is however a true Mont Blanc originated by Lemoine, 1899. 

 not described in this publication. 



