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Spike — Medium short (65 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (12). Two spikes 



often borne per corm. 

 Habit — Erect, medium tall, spreading. 



Growth — Medium vigorous; plant furnished with medium broad foliage. 

 Corms — Medium size; cormels, prolific. 



AUGUSTA Originator — Hallock 



Group — Gandavensis 

 Stock from Umpleby ; Childs 



Bloom — Medium size (8.5 cm.). Tube curved, slender, medium long. Segments 

 unequal, connivent; the upper horizontal and narrower than the lower. Stamen 

 filaments white; anthers lavender. Perianth lilacy white (7-1) splashed and 

 feathered with solferino-red (157-1), the medial lines of the lower segments also 

 solferino-red. Throat penciled. Much lilac is usually developed so that it can 

 hardly be called pure white. 



Season — Mid- August; 102 days. 



Spike — Tall (118 cm.), erect, an abundance of bloom (18 on main, 9, 10, and 11 on 

 secondaries). 



Habit — Erect, tall, rather spreading. 



Growth — Vigorous; plant well furnished with medium broad leaves, prominently 

 veined. 



Corms — Medium size; cormels, few, small. 



AURORA (ChUds)2 Originator — Miller 



Group — Childsii 

 Stock from Childs 



Bloom — Small (6-7 cm.). Tube curved, stout, short. Segments nearly equal, 

 connivent: the upper hooded and broad, the lower refiexed and narrow. Stamen 

 filaments rosy white; anthers lilac. Perianth light violet-rose (154-1) thickly 

 feathered with solferino-red (157-iv) and blotched with plum-violel^ (172-iv), 

 tipped by spot of yellow. A bright color. A compact, bell-shaped bloom of good 

 substance, but very brittle. Four blooms open at one time. 



Season — Rather early; 72 days. 



Spike — Rather tall (105 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (16), branched. 



Habit — Erect, medium tall, spreading. 



Growth — Vigorous; plant well furnished with narrow leaves. 



Corms — Medium size; cormels, few. 



AURORA (Hoeg). See Hiawatha. 



AUSTIN No. 25 Originator — Austin 



Group — 

 Stock from Austin 



Bloom — Ver>' large (12-13 cm.). Tube curved, medium slender, long. Segments 

 unequal, connivent; the upper broad, the lower narrower. Stamen filaments 

 salmon-pink; anthers lavender. Perianth madder lake (122-1, but more reddish) 

 with a large blotch of deep madder lake (122-iv, but brighter). The bloom is 

 very loose, the segments rolled and ruffled — an objectionable feature. 



Season — Early September; 104 days. 



Spike — Medium tall (80 cm.), erect, producing blooms freely (20 on the main and 

 9 on the secondary). 



Habit — Erect, medium tall. 



Growth — Vigorous; plant well furnished with broad leaves. 



Corms — Large; cormels, prolific, large. 



^Lemoine also catalogs a variety by this name. 



