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Rosy Gem 



Species: P. arietina. History: Origin Southern Europe; history obscure. 



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



Description in detail: Single, petals usually eight to ten in number, dentate 

 crcnate, sometimes notched and slit. Carpels light green, very tomentose; 

 stigma, color of petals and recurved; stamens abundant, bright yellow; 

 filaments vi'hite next the anther, but lower down they become same color 

 as petals. Color purplish lake red. Size small. Odor unpleasant. Foliage 

 thick and light green, smooth above, pubescent below. Stem distinctly terete. 

 Low grower to 15 inches high, branching, compact. Only one bloom on a 

 stalk, no side buds. 



II. JAPANESE 

 WHITE 



Chrysanthemiflora 



species* P. albiflora. History: Originated by Guerin in 1842. 



Description in brief: Japanese, white with yellowish center, good, early. 



Description in detail. Japanese, petalodes regular, sulphur yellow; carpels 

 reddish green, smooth; stigmas just beginning to transform. Color of 

 guards white, center cream yellow. Size medium. Odor pleasant X. 

 Foliage medium in color, leaflets narrow and long, smooth. 



Mrs. Gwyn-Lewis 



Species: P. albiflora. History: Origin not known. Described and figured 

 in The Gardening World, Vol. 20, p. 269, 1903. 



Description in brief: Japanese, white with sulphur tint, midseason, very 

 fragrant ; good. 



Description in detail: Japanese type, staminodes in all stages of develop- 

 ment, about 54 inch wide and of even length, the center ones showing many 

 remnants ; guards well differentiated. Carpels six or eight in number, green 

 and covered with white tomentum ; stigmas broad and white. Color white 

 with sulphur tints in center. Size medium. Odor pleasant XX. Foliage 

 medium size, but very light colored below, smooth. Plant of dwarf habit. 

 Kelway's Manual for 1905 shows and describes this as a rose type of flower. 



RED 



Mikado 



Species: P. albiflora. History: Sent as a part of the Japanese govern- 

 ment exhibit on Wooded Island at the Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1903, 

 and obtained at the close by Peterson, who named it Mikado. 



Description in brief: Japanese, lilac purple, midseason, very good. 



Description in detail: Japanese type, guards rounded or notched at apex; 

 staminodes quite remarkable, typically Japanese, widened at end like a 

 spatula, mostly same color as guards, but the anther remnants fringe the 

 whole upper margin with yellow, prettily crinkled. Carpels green, smooth, 

 small, not transforming; stigmas white. Color lilac purple 4(160), center 

 yellowish. Size medium. Odor doubtful. Foliage medium in size and 

 color, smooth, wavy margins. A ver}' pretty flower, a heavy bloomer and 

 a good keeper when cut. 



Paradoxa 



Species: P. paradoxa. History: A botanical species native to South 

 Europe and the Levant. 



Description in brief: Japanese, red, early, very dwarf grower. 



Description in detail: Japanese type; filaments just beginning to widen 

 to 1/16 inch wide, same color as petals shading to lighter near base; anthers 

 yellow and extending for J/^ inch along each edge of filament, leaving a 

 red stripe between. Anther does not extend quite to the point of filament:. 

 Carpels somewhat hairy, erect ; stigmas green and almost erect, not trans- 

 forming. Color bright Tvrian rose i (155), yellow tipped staminodes. Size 

 medium. Odor none. Poliagc very light green, smooth above, very few 

 scattering hairs below ; leaflets small, variously lobed, especially the terminal 

 one. Stem smootli throughout. Very dwarf, grows about one foot high. 



