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LOVELINESS Originator — Van Konijnenburg. Intro. 



1912 

 Group — 

 Stock from Zeestraten 



Bloom — Medium size (9 cm.). Tube curved, medium slender, short. Segments 

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

 narrower. Stamen filaments pinkish; anthers white, violet sutures. Perianth 

 pale reddish salmon (73-1), amber-white (12-iv) throat penciled with near rosy 

 magenta (169-iv) with a slight feathering of rose in segments. A good light 

 color, excellent form, compact, and of fairly good substance. Eleven blooms 

 open at one time. Blooms face around the spike. 



Season — Mid-season; 92 days. 



Spike — Medium tall (90 cm.), erect, a large number of blooms (22), two branches. 



Habit — Erect, medium tall, spreading. 



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



Cornis — Medium size; cormels, prolific. 



LUCEIL. See Miss Luceil. 



LUCILLE Originator — Stewart. Exhibited 1909. 



Intro. 1912 

 Group — 

 Stock from Stewart 



Bloom — Medium size (8 cm.). Tube slightly curv^ed, stout, short. Segments unequal, 

 connivent; the upper reflexed and broad, the lower slightly reflexed and nar- 

 rower. Stamen filaments pinkish; anthers light lavender. Perianth crushed 

 strawberry (109-1) with a sulfur-yellow throat very faintly dotted with crimison- 

 carmine. Compact, well-formed, daintily colored bloom. 



Season — Mid-season ; 89 to 92 days. 



Spike — • Tall (108 cm.), erect, a large niunber of blooms (23 on the main spike, 8 on a 

 secondary). Two spikes often occur per corm. 



Habit — Erect, tall, spreading. 



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



Corms — Medium size; cormels, large, few. 



LUCRETIA 22 Originator — Wamaar 



Group — 

 Stock from Wamaar 



Bloom — Medium size (9 cm.). Tube curved, slender, short. Segments unequal, 

 connivent; the upper hooded and broad, the lower reflexed and narrower. Stamen 

 filaments white; anthers lilacy. Perianth creamy white (lo-i) with lilac-purple 

 (160-iv) blotches bordered by a slight cream tinting; there are often suffusions 

 of lilac. Compact, of medium good substance, rather bell-shaped, and not well 

 open. Six blooms open at once. 



Season — Early August ; 80 days. 



Spike — Tall (120 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (20 on a main, with 13 and 

 5 on secondaries). Often three spikes per corm. 



Habit — Medium tall, erect, spreading. 



Growth — Slender, vigorous; plant well furnished with medium slender foliage. 



Corms — Medium size; cormels, many. 



LUSTROUS Originator — Miller 



Group — Childsii or Gandavensis 

 Stock from Childs 

 Bloom — Medium size (8.5 cm.). Tube curved, medium slender, medium long. Seg- 

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

 and narrower. Stamen filaments white; anthers violet. Perianth poppy color 

 (84-iv), lemon-yellow throat slightly dotted with Tyrian rose (155-iv) with lighter 

 medial lines. A good color, bloom well open. Five blooms open at one time. 



^ Krelage, 190S, catalogs an early, dwarf variety of this name. 



