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Spike — Medium tall (85 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (15). 



Habit — Erect, medium tall, spreading. 



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



Corms — Medium size; cormels, few. 



ERICA VON BARCZAY Originator — V^izev. Intro. 19 11 



Group — Nanceianus 

 Stock from Pfitzer 

 Bloom — Large (10 cm.). Tube curved, stout, long. Segments unequal, connivent; 

 the upper horizontal and broad, the lower reflexed and narrower. Stamen fila- 

 ments reddish; anthers lilac. Perianth crimson-red 

 (114-1), rather drab, deeply feathered with plum- 

 violet (172-iv) and blotched with carmine blood-red. 

 Season — Mid-season to late; 104 days. 

 Spike — Medium tall (no cm.), erect, a fair number of 



blooms (18). Two spikes borne per corm. 

 Habit — Erect, tall, spreading. 

 Growth — Vigorous ; plant well furnished with medium 



broad leaves. 

 Corms — Medium size; cormels, few. ^ 



ERWIN MAYER 



Originator — Pfitzer. Intro, before 1906 

 Group — Nanceianus 

 Stock from Pfitzer 



Bloom — Large (14 cm.). Tube curved, slender, long. 

 Segments unequal, connivent; the upper horizontal 

 and broad, the lower reflexed and narrower. Stamen 

 filaments white, red tips; anthers maroon. Perianth 

 deeper than ox blood red (94-iv), very deeply feath- 

 ered, a white area deep in the throat. An excellent 

 deep color. A compact bloom of tough substance. 



Season — Mid-season; 97 days. 



Spike — Tall (105 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (11). 



Habit — Erect, tall, spreading. 



Growth — Vigorous; plant well furnished with medium nar- 

 row leaves. 



Corms — Medium size; cormels, few. 



ESTELLA 



Originator — 

 Group — 



Stock from Wright 

 Bloom — Very large (16 cm.). Tube curved, medium slen- 

 der, medium long. Segments unequal, connivent; the 

 upper horizontal and broad. Stamen filaments rosy 

 white; anthers pinkish lavender. Perianth cardinal- 

 red (112-1), with amber-white throat, speckled with French purple (i6i-iv). 

 A rather compact, wide-open bloom of excellent colors and unusual substance 

 for one so large. 

 Season — Mid-season; 78 to 89 days. 



Spike — Very tall (117 cm.), erect, a great number of blooms (21), branched. 

 Habit — Erect, medium tall, spreading. 



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

 Corms — Medium large; cormels, prolific. 



ETEOCLES Originator — Kelway. Intro. 1906 



Group — Childsii 

 Stock from Kelway 



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

 equal, connivent; the upper horizontal and broad, the lower reflexed. Stamen 



Fig. 48. ESTELLA 



