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BLOOD SPOT Originator — 



Group — 

 Stock from Wright 



Bloom — Medium size (8 cm.). Tube slightly curved, medium slender, short. 

 Segments unequal, connivent; the upper horizontal and broad, the lower reflexed 

 and narrower. Stamen filaments reddish; anthers reddish violet. Perianth 

 antique red (104-1) thickly feathered and flaked with near dull purple lake (170-iv). 

 Lower segments with lemon-yellow throat blotched and bordered by French purple 

 (161-iv). A dull color. Eight blooms open at one time. 



Season — Mid-season; 89 days. 



Spike — Tall (115 cm.), erect, a large number of blooms (25), two branches. 



Habit — Erect, tall, spreading. 



Growth — Very vigorous; plant well furnished with medium broad leaves. 



Corms — Medium size; cormels, prolific. 



BLOTCHED ROSELLA Originator — Aviten 



Group — 

 Stock from Auten 



Bloom — -Medium size (9.5 cm.). Tube straight, medium slender, medium long. 

 Segments unequal, connivent; the upper horizontal and narrow, the lower slightly 

 reflexed and broad. Stamen filaments pinkish; anthers lavender. Perianth 

 deep carmine (112-1), with a large carmine-purple (156-111) blotch on a light 

 yellow-green throat. Color is excellent — bright and showy. Bloom smaller 

 than that of Rosella, and not much like that variety. 



Season — • Early; 81 days. 



Spike — Medium tall (74 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (15). 



Habit — - Erect, medium tall, spreading. 



Growth — Fairly vigorous; plant medium well furnished with broad leaves. 



Corms — Large; cormels, few but large. 



BLUE 4 X Originator — • Auten 



Group — 

 Stock from Auten 

 B/oo?w — Medium size (7 cm.). Tube curved, stout, short. Segments unequal, 



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



Stamen filaments cream; anthers red-violet. Perianth solferino-red (157-1), with 



amber-white (12-1) throat penciled and dotted with French purple (i6i-iv). 



A peculiar color. 

 Season — ■ Mid-season; 93 days. 



Spike — Tall (100 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (15). 

 Habit — Erect, medium tall, spreading. 



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

 Corms — Medium size; cormels, few. 



BLUE JAY (Childs). See Baron Joseph Hulot. 



BLUE JAY (Grofif) Originator — Gro^, 1904 



Group — Lemoinei 

 Stock from Christy and others 



Synonym — See Baron Joseph Hulot. 



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

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

 Stamen filaments bluish white; anthers blue-violet. Perianth lobelia blue 

 (205-1) 'splashed with deeper lobelia blue (205-iv). Lemon-yellow throat 

 blotched with rich pansy violet (191-iv). Color is not quite so clear as it should 

 be. Bloom compact and of medium good substance. The variety Baron Joseph 

 Hulot is frequently given as a synonym, but Blue Jay is distinctly bluish in color, 

 while Baron Joseph Hulot is a velvety purple. 



Season — Mid-season; 103 days. 



Spike — Medium tall (83 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (13). 



