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AJAX Originator — Childs 



Group — Gandavensis 

 Stock from Childs 



Bloom — Small (6.5-7 cm.). Tube curved, medium slender, medium long. Seg- 

 ments unequal, connivent; the upper reflexed and broad, the lower reflexed 

 and narrower. Stamen filaments white; anthers violet. Perianth cardinal-red 

 (112-1), striped on white ground. Tyrian rose (155-11) stripes on each of lower 

 segments. Flowers often on all sides of the spike. 



Season — Mid- August; 97 days. 



Spike — Medium dwarf (70 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (17), not branched. 



Habit — Erect, dwarf, spreading. 



Growth — Medium; plant medium well furnished with narrow leaves. 



Corms — Medium size; cormels, few. 



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 ALASKA Originator — Childs. Intro. 191 1. Reg. 



A. G. S., 1912 

 Group — Childsii 

 Stock from Childs 

 Bloom — Medium size (8 cm.). Tube curved, slender, medium long. Segments 

 unequal, connivent; the upper horizontal with reflexed edges, the lower reflexed 

 and narrower than the upper. Stamen filaments cream; anthers \'iolet. Perianth 

 lilacy white (7-1), with Tyrian rose (155-1) penciling or dotting on lemon-yellow 

 throat. A compact bloom of medium good substance. Five blooms open at 

 once. 

 Season — Early September; 113 days. 



Spike — Medium height (65 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (13), not branched. 

 Habit — Erect, medium tall, spreading. 



Growth — Vigorous; plant well furnished with medium broad leaves. 

 Corms — Medium size; cormels, few. 



ALICE CAREY Originator — 



Group — Childsii 



Stock from Teas; Babcock 



Synonyms — Probably same as Snowcrest of Li\'ingston Seed Company; much like 

 Snowbank of Cowee. 



Bloom — Medium size (7 cm. and larger). Tube perfectly straight, medivmi slender, 

 long. Segments unequal, connivent; the upper slightly reflexed and broader than 

 the lower narrower segment. Stamen filaments white; anthers dark blue. 

 Perianth pure white with solferino-red (157-iv) splashes in throat. This variety 

 does not contain the areas of yellow that are found in Snowbank. An excellent 

 nearly clear white landscape or commercial variety. Rather good substance, 

 often blooms on aU sides of spike. 



Season — Mid-season, early August ; 86 days. 



Spike — Medium tall (89 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (15 on main, 5 on 

 secondary'), more branching than Snowbank. Two spikes per corm. 



Habit — Erect, medium taU, rather compact. 



Growth — Vigorous ; plant growth medium poor, lax foliage, inferior to Snowbank in 

 foliage. 



Corms — Medium size; cormels, prolific, tnedivun size. 



ALICE CHAMBERLAIN Originator — Kunderd 



Group — 



Stock from Chamberlain & Gage 

 Bloom — Medium size (8 cm.). Tube curved, ver\' slender, medium long. Segments 



tmequal, connivent; the upper horizontal and broad, the lower reflexed and narrower. 



Stamen filaments red: anthers deep violet. Perianth brighter than plum violet 



(172-iv) with white areas at the sides of the throat. Segments edged with white. 



The color is the same as that of Empress of India (Velthuys) except for white 



edging of the segments. 

 Season — September 3, 1913; 113 days. 



