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As a flower, it is decidedly inferior to Plant No. 2, and also to 
Dorothea K. Williamson. This is due mainly to the narrower, 
more pointed floral parts. The plant is also dwarf, with com- 
paratively short leaves and flower stems. 
Plant No. 2.—The flower is quite suggestive of Dorothea K. 
Williamson, the falls, standards, and style-branches having about 
the same color tones. The poise of the floral parts is also very 
similar, the falls and standards being fairly rigid and extending 
horizontally or nearly so. The falls, however, are narrower and 
more pointed as compared with Dorothea Kk. Williamson, and thus 
give the flower a smaller, more slender effect. The standards are 
also narrower and spatulate rather than oblanceolate. The style- 
branches have more of a dull greenish purple color towards the 
base, becoming a brighter purple on the crests. 
Plant No. 3.—The flower of this plant is a curious mixture of 
yellow and light blue-purple. The poise of the flower is about the 
same as in Dorothea K. Williamson. The blade of the falls is 
broader, more elliptical, and not so pointed. The distribution of 
the color in the falls suggests that of the original /ris foliosa parent 
except for the fact that the white at the base of the blade of the fall 
of the parental species is replaced by yellow. The blue color is 
not so clear, being a mixture of a bluish purple with the yellow. 
The standards are oblanceolate, bluish purple, somewhat darker 
than the falls, and distinctly yellowish towards the base. The 
crests and tips of the style-branches are reddish purple, the latter 
becoming greenish yellow to green at the base. e flower is 
very senneaae but shows its relationship to the original J. foliosa 
parent. The plant is quite vigorous and floriferous; it spreads 
more rapidly than any of the other seedlings, and may have some 
value in the garden. 
Plant No. 4—The flower of this plant in some ways is the most 
unusual of all on account of its bright yellow color. It is perhaps 
surprising that a yellow flowered plant could be descended from 
Tris fulva and I. foliosa through Dorothea K, Williamson. The 
shape of the floral parts and the poise of the flower are somewhat 
similar to that of /. fulva, both the falls and the standards having 
an arching, or a drooping position. The style-branches are green- 
ish yellow at the base, becoming brighter towards the tips and on 
the crests, the latter being very slightly blotched with reddish 
