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delicate pink and recurved; color of petals, violet rose I (154). ' Size, 

 very large. Odor neutral. Stood a week at living-room temperature. 

 Foliage large, dark, green and vigorous, perfectly smooth, stems red and 

 stout. 



RED 



Intermedia 

 Species: Hybrid. History: Plant donated by Peter Barr. 

 Description in brief: Single, crimson carmine, very early, good. 

 Description in detail: Single, yellow stamens in center; carpels almor; 

 smooth. Often more than one flower on a stem. Color crimson carmine 

 4(159). Size medium. Odor unpleasant. Foliage absolutely smooth, much 

 dissected and cut; midway between P. albiflora and P. tenuifolia; bloom 

 short lived. 



Monsieur Marsaux 



Species: P. albiflora. History: Originated by Verdier in 1861. 



Description in brief: Single, rosy magenta, midseason, good. 



Description in detail: Single, petals truncate or very bluntly rounded at 

 apex, stamens abundant, filaments yellow, tinged with red ; carpels green, 

 slightly hairy ; stigmas same color as guards, recurved. Color rosy magenta 

 I (169). Medium size. Odor unpleasant. Foliage medium size and color 

 with a few hairs on under side of leaves. 



MiCROCARPA 



Species: P. microcarpa (Boiss. and Reut.). History: Native of Spain. 



Described by Corevon, in The Garden, vol. 46, p. 104. Allied to P. Humilis. 



Description in brief: Single, red, early, good. 



Description in detail: Single; carpels glabrous; stigmas red and recurved; 

 filaments white above, tinted below; pollen abundant. Color anilin red 

 2(160). Size medium. Odor unpleasant. Foliage small, much dissected, 

 light green, smooth above, but densely woolly below. 



The Moor 



Species: P. albiflora. History: Origin not known. Described in Peter 

 Barr's Catalog for 1899. 



Description in brief: Single, dark red, early, good. 



Description in detail: Single type, stamens bright yellow, filaments same 

 color as petals, carpels usually three, smooth ; stigmas large, red and 

 recurved. Color purple garnet 4(165), a dark and exceptionally beautiful 

 color. Size large. Odor disagreeable X. Foliage exceptionally large, 

 vigorous, dark green, and leathery, smooth. Usually but one flower to the 

 stem. 



Pallasi 



Species: P. decora. History: First introduced into England by Lee and 

 Kennedy who received the seed from Pallas. 



Description in brief: Single, red, very early, good. 



Description in detail: Single, carpels very villous, filaments white next the 

 anther, but same color as petals below; abundance of pollen. Color reddish 

 violet I (180). Size medium. Odor slight, doubtful. Foliage leaflets 

 oblong, terminal leaflet three-parted, puberulent above, pubescent and lighter 

 colored below. 



Peregrin A 



Species: P. Peregrina. History: Native to the Levant and the country 

 contiguous to the Black Sea. Introduced into cultivation in the early part 

 of the sixteenth century. 



Synonyms: Probably P. pubens. 



Description in brief: Single, red, very early, good. 



Description in detail: Single, carpels very hairy. Color, reddish violet 

 3 (180). Size medium. Odor unpleasant. Foliage smooth above, hairy 

 beneath; terminal leaflet three-parted. 



Comparison: Flower very much like Rosy Gem, but foliage quite different. 



