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with carmine-purple lined blotch on an amber- white (12-1) throat, slaty blue 

 featherings in margins of segments. An excellent jiink, but feathering is quite a 

 blemish. 



Season — Mid-August; 90 days. 



Spike — Tall (100 cm.), erect, blooms freely (15), not branched. 



Habit — Erect, tall, spreading. 



Growth — Vigorous; plant well fur- 

 nished with medium broad 

 leaves. 



Corms — Medium size; cormels, 

 prolific. 



GRAFIN DEGENFELD 



Originator — Pfitzer 

 Group — Lemoinei 

 Stock from Pfitzer 



Bloom — Medium size (8 cm.). Tube 

 curved, medium slender, me- 

 dium long. Segments unequal, 

 connivent; the upper horizontal 

 and broad, the lower reflexed 

 and narrower. Stamen filaments 

 pinkish; anthers lilac-white. 

 Perianth amber-white (12-11) 

 blotched with blood red (_93-iv) 

 and suffused with rose in the 

 segments. Rather compact 

 bloom of medium good sub- 

 stance. Nine blooms open at 

 one time. One of the best 

 varieties of this type. 



Season — Mid-season; 82 days. 



Spike — Medium tall (90 cm.), erect, 

 a fair number of blooms (17). 



Habit — Erect, medium tall, spread- 

 ing. 



Growth — Vigorous; plant well fur- 

 nished with medium broad 

 leaves. 



Corms — Medium size; cormels, pro- 

 Ufic. 



GRAHAME-WHITE 



Originator — Kelway. 



Intro. 



1911 

 Group — July Flowering 

 Stock from Kelway 

 Bloom — Large (13 cm.). Tube 



straight, slender, medium long. 



Segments unequal, connivent; 



the upper very broad and hori- 

 zontal with edges of segments 



reflexed. Stamen filaments light 



salmon; anthers lavender. Peri- PiG. 



anth shrimp pink (75-1) with 



salmon-pink (76-11) markings; a yellow-green throat penciled and dotted with 



French purple (i6i-iv). Wide open and large. 

 Season — IMid-August ; 85 days. 

 Spike — Medium tall (95 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (16 on main and 5 on 



branch) . 

 Habit — Erect, medium tall, spreading. 



52. GRAFIX DEGEXFELD 



