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and narrower. Stamen filaments cream; anthers orange. Perianth madder lake 



{122-1) with lighter medial lines, throat penciled with carmine lake (121-iv), 



a feathering of plum in outer segments. Not a clear color. 

 Season — Medium early; 78 days. 

 Spike — Medium tall (85 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (15), branched. Two 



spikes per corm. 

 Habit — Erect, medium tall, spreading. 



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

 Corms — Medium large; cormels, few. 



PEACE Originator — GroflF. Intro. 1899. Reg. 



A. G. S., 1914, Cowee 

 Group — 

 Stock jrom Cowee 



Bloom — Large (12 cm.). Tube curved, medium slender, medium long. Segments 

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

 narrower. Stamen filaments white, pink tips; anthers lavender. Perianth white, 

 usually lilacy white (7-1), each of the lower segments striped with \-iolet-rose 

 (154-iv), the upper often suffused and penciled with violet-rose (154-1). A 

 dainty color. In many localities it is one of the best whites, at least it is an excel- 

 lent lilacy white. 



Season — Mid-season; 90 to 96 days. 



Spike — Tall (120-130 cm.), erect, a large number of blooms (22), often branched. 



Habit — Erect, tall, spreading. 



Growth — Ver\- vigorous; plant ver\- well furnished with exceptionally broad, promi- 

 nently veined foliage. 



Corms — Ven.' large; cormels, prolific. 



PERFECTION. See Taconic. 



PHILADELPHIA Originator — Cowee. Intro. 1905. Reg. 



A. G. S., 1914, Cowee 

 Group — 

 Stock from Cowee 



Bloom — Medium "ize (9 cm.j. Tube cun.-ed, medium slender, medium long. Seg- 

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

 and narrower. Stamen filaments spotted red; anthers violet. Perianth Rose 

 Neyron red (more salmony than 119-1) splashed with deeper rose. Large blotches 

 of carmine-purple (156-iv) on lower segments. Bloom well open, of good sub- 

 stance, much spotted. 



Season — Mid-season; 85 to 90 days. 



Spike — Tall (115 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms u6 on main, 6 on a secondary-). 



Habit — Erect, tall, spreading. 



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



Corms — Large, prolific; cormels, few. 



PHLEGETON Originator — Brunelet-\'ilmonn. Intro. 



1910 

 Group — Gandavensis 

 Stock from Vaughan 

 Bloom — Medium size (9 cm.)- Tube nearly straight, medium slender, medium long. 

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

 and narrower. Stamen filaments pirikish; anthers violet. Perianth scarlet (85-iv) 

 with a blotch of intermixed Tyrian rose (155-iv) tipped by a dash of white. A 

 well-open, compact bloom of good substance. Eight to ten blooms open at one 

 time. 

 Season — Mid-season; 83 days. 



Spike — Tall (no cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (20), branched. 

 Habit — Erect, tall, spreading. 



