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Fig. 42. BERTREX 



Growth — ■ Good to medium; 

 plant medium well fur- 

 nished with medium nar- 

 row foliage. 



Corms — Medium size; cormels, 

 few. 



BERTHA COMSTOCK 



Originator — Coblentz 



Group — 



Stock from Coblentz 



Bloom — Medium size (8 cm.). 

 Tube curved, medium 

 stout, short. Segments 

 unequal, connivent; the 

 upper horizontal with 

 slightly ruffled edges and a 

 trifle narrower than the 

 lower reflexed segment. 

 Stamen filaments white; 

 anthers violet. Perianth 

 carmine-purple (156-1), 

 thickly feathered with dark 

 carmine-purple (156-iv). 

 Could be called a red-and- 

 pink-striped bloom. 



Season — -Mid-season, late 

 August; 94 to 97 days. 



Spike — Attractive, long (145 

 cm.), erect, blooms freely 

 (26 on main, 17 and 18 on 

 secondaries). 



Habit — ■ Erect, tall, compact. 



Growth — Exceptional; plant 

 well furnished with broad 

 leaves. 



Corms — Large; cormels, many. 



BERTREX 



Originator — Austin. 

 Reg. A. G. S., 1914 



Group — 



Stock from Austin 

 Bloom — Medium size (8 cm.). 

 Tube nearly straight, slen- 

 der, long. Segments un- 

 equal, connivent; the upper 

 slightly reflexed and broad, 

 the lower reflexed and 

 broader. Stamen filaments 

 white; anthers white, pur- 

 ple sutures. Perianth lilacy 

 white (7-11), two Tyrian rose 

 ( 1 55-1) fines in the throat 

 and pale yellow-green me- 

 dial lines. A nearly pure 

 white, dainty bloom of 

 medium substance. Seems 

 good for forcing; blooms are 

 produced in about 112 days. 

 Six blooms open at onetime. 



