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Spike — Medium tall (92 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (15), two branches. 



Two spikes per corm. 

 Habit — Rather drooping, medium tall, spreading. 

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

 Corms — Medium size; cormels, prolific. 



PARLIAMENT Originator — ^ Kelway. Tntro. 1906 



Group — Kelwayi 

 Stock from Kelway 



Bloom ^ Large (15 cm.). Tube curved, medium slender, medium long. Segments 

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

 rower. Stamen filaments white, pink tipped; anthers red-violet. Perianth brighter 

 than rose-pink (ii8-iv) with blotches and medial lines of white. An excellent 

 clear pink. Substance not the best. Seven blooms open at one time. Blooms 

 appear on all sides of the sj^ike sometimes. 



Season — Mid-season; 90 to 95 days. 



Spike — Medium tall (80 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (16 on the main, 8 on 

 a secondary). Two spikes per corm. 



Habit — Erect, medium tall, spreading. 



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



Conns — Large; cormels, few. 



PARODY Originator — Kelway. Intro. 1906 



Group — Childsii 

 Stock from Kelway 



Bloom — Large (13 cm.). Tube curved, medium slender, medium long. Segments 

 unequal, connivent; the upper horizontal and broad, the lower re^exed and nar- 

 rower. Stamen filaments white; anthers violet. Perianth salmon-pink (126-1) 

 very thickly splashed and feathered with madder lake (122-iv), in fact the mark- 

 ings make the ground color negHgible. Throat yellow-green finely dotted with 

 madder rose. Bloom angular. Color not good, various seasons causing a great 

 variation in the degree of splashing. 



Season — Mid-season; 83 to 85 days. 



Spike — Medium tall (95 cm.\ erect, a fair number of blooms (13 on main, 6 on a sec- 

 ondary) . 



Habit — Erect, medium tall, spreading. 



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



Corms — Large; cormels, many, small. 



PARURE^^ Originator — Souchet-Vilmorin. Intro. 



1895 

 Group — Gandavcnsis 

 Stock from Gage 

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

 connivent; the upper horizontal and broad, the lower reflexed and often broader. 

 Stamen filaments white; anthers pink. Perianth violet-rose (154-1) with a light 

 lemon-yellow throat slightly splashed with carmine. A ver>' attractive color. 

 Excellent substance. Five blooms open at once. 

 Season — Mid-season; 89 to 92 days. 



Spike — Medium tall (80 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (16), usually not branched. 

 Habit — Erect, medium tall, spreading. 

 Growth — Vigorous; plant well furnished with broad leaves. 

 Corms — Medium large; cormels, few. 



PAUL BOHME Originator — Pfitzer. Intro. 191 1 



Group — Gandavensis 

 Stock from Pfitzer 



Bloom — Medium size (8 cm.). Tube curved, medium slender, medium long. Seg- 

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



^ Lemoine catalogs a nanceianus variety by this name introduced in 1898; this may be the same. 



