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

 Corms — Medium size; cormels, prolific. 



INDIANA 



Originator — Kelway 

 Group — Kelwayi 

 Stock from Kelway 



Bloom — Medium size 

 (8-9 cm.). Tube 

 curved, slender, me- 

 dium long. Seg- 

 ments unequal, con- 

 nivent; the upper 

 horizontal and 

 broad, the lower re- 

 flexed and narrower. 

 Stamen filaments 

 white; anthers dark 

 violet. Perianth 

 lilac-purple (160). 

 Color lighter on 

 each side of the me- 

 dial line of the lower 

 segment so that a 

 stripe of lilac-purple 

 is formed. Hoeg's 

 seedling No. 11 re- 

 sembles this variety 

 in color, and is an 

 improvement on 

 Indiana. 



Season — Mid-August; 

 89 days. 



Spike — Medium tall (73 

 cm.), erect, a fair 

 number of blooms 



(14). 



Habit — Erect, medium 

 tall, spreading. 



Growth — Vigorous; plant 

 medium well fur- 

 nished with medium 

 narrow leaves. 



Corms — Large; cormels, 

 few. 



IRENE 



Originator — Childs. 

 Reg. A.G.S.,1914 

 Group — Childsii 

 Stock from Childs 

 Bloom — Medium size (8 

 cm.). Tube nearly 

 straight, slender, 

 medium long. Seg- 

 ments unequal, con- 

 nivent; the upper 

 horizontal and 

 broad, the lower re- 

 FiG. 57. INCENDIARY flexed and narrower. 



^' Stamen filaments 



pinkish; anthers violet. Perianth crimson-carmine (159-1), becoming much lighter 

 in the center of the bloom, with white medial lines, large crimson blotches, and 

 often feathered with rose. A good color. 



