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Season — Mid-season; 86 days. 



Spike — Medium tall (70 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (16), branched. 



Habit — Erect, medium tall, spreading. 



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



Corms — Medium size; cormels, few. 



HOEG NO. 175. See Jack Frost. 



HOFGARTNER STAFF Originator Pfitzer. Intro. 1914 



Group — Gandavensis 

 Stock from Pfitzer 



Bloom — Large (12 cm.). Tube cun,-ed, slender, long. Segments unequal, conni vent; 

 the upper horizontal and broad, the lower reflexed and narrower. Perianth near 

 geranium lake (89-11) with amber-white (12-1) throat. Segments thickly feathered 

 with deeper geranium lake (89-iv), whitish medial lines. A handsome, rich- 

 appearing bloom. Edges of segments somewhat ruffled. A strong opposite 

 arrangement of blooms. A rather loose bloom of medium substance. 



Season — Early to mid-season; 78 days. 



Spike — Medium tall (90 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (15), branched. 



Habit — Erect, medium tall, spreading. 



Gro'd.'th — Vigorous; plant well furnished with mediiun broad leaves. 



Corms — Medium size; cormels, prolific. 



HOLLANDIA i^ Originator — 



Group — 

 Stock from Cushman 



Synonyms — Mikado, Alice Roosevelt, Yellow Brenchleyensis. 



Bloom — Medium size (8 cm.). Tube cur\-ed, slender, long. Segments vmequal, 

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

 Stamen filaments cream; anthers violet. Perianth reddish salmon (73-1) thickly 

 suffused and feathered ^-ith shrimp pink (75-1). the lemon-yellow throat penciled 

 ■nith carmine-purple (156-iv). Rather loose bloom of medivun good substance. 

 Ten blooms open at one time. 



Season — Mid-season; 85 days. 



Spike — Medium tall (85 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (18), branched. 



Habit — Erect, medium tall, spreading. 



Groii'th — Vigorous; plant well furnished vsith medium broad leaves. 



Corms — Medium size; cormels, few. 



HOSTES Originator — Burchett 



Group — 

 Stock from Burchett 



Bloom — Large (11 cm.). Tube nearly straight, medivun slender, medium long. 

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

 and broader. Stamen filaments pinkish; anthers \-iolet. Perianth near scarlet 

 (87), but brighter and possesses more yellow, v^ith a greenish yellow throat almost 

 completely covered with geranium red (iii-iv); faint feathering of drab in edges 

 of s^ments. Bloom possesses good substance, but the drab markings are objec- 

 tionable. 



Season — Mid-season; 86 days. 



Spike — Tall (105 cm.), erect, a fair nimiber of blooms (21 on the main, with 8 and 12 

 on two secondaries). 



Habit — Erect, tall, rather compact. 



Groi.i'th — Vigorous; plant well furnished with broad leaves. 



Corms — Large; cormels, few. 



" Cayeux et Clerc, 1908, catalogs a variety under the name of Hollandia. 



