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PROFESSOR FLEISCHER Otgmc/or — Pfitzer. Intro. 1909- 191 1 



Group — • Lemoinei 

 Stock from Pfitzer 



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

 ments unequal, connivent ; the upper decidedly hooded, causing it to separate from 

 the others, the lower segment reflexed and narrower. Stamen filaments white 

 with red tips: anthers lavender. Perianth tomato red (81-111) blotched %\-ith blood 

 red (93-1 v) with fine lines of yellow-green through the blotch, base of throat 

 whitish. Shape extraordinan,-, good color. 



Season — Mid-season to late: 95 days. 



Spike — Short (63 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (12). 



Habit — Erect, medium tall, spreading. 



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



Corms — Medium size; cormels, small, few. 



PROMETHEUS Or/gfHo/or — Krelage • 



Group — 

 Stock from Krelage 



Bloom — Very large (13.5 cm.). Tube cur\'ed, slender, long. Segments unequal, 

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

 Stamen filaments reddish white; anthers white mottled mth lavender. Perianth 

 poppy color (84-111); throat amber-white (12-1) penciled thickly so as to form 

 a blotch of French purple (i6i-iv), the color becomes lighter at the base of the 

 throat; the segments usually strongly feathered with poppy. Bloom well open, 

 of good substance. Four blooms open at one time. 



Season — Early ; 67 days. 



Spike — Tall (100 cm.), erect, slender, graceful, a fair number of blooms (11), usually 

 not branched. 



Habit — ; Erect, tall, spreading. 



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



Corms — Medium size; cormels, prolific. 



PURITY (Stewart'. See Meadow-^-ale. 



QUEEN ESTHER Originator — Mellinger 



Group — 

 Stock from Mellinger 



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

 connivent; the upper reflexed and broader than the lower, which is also reflexed. 

 Stamen filaments white; anthers violet. Perianth Tyrian rose (155-1-11, the two 

 shades are intermixed) blotched with deep Tyrian rose (155-iv). Bloom very 

 compact, weU shaped. Five blooms open at one time. 



Season — Mid-season; 85 days. 



Spike — Tall (100 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (16 on main, 10 and 7 on sec- 

 ondaries). Three spikes frequently developed per corm. Spike is often weak 

 at the tip. 



Habit — Erects medium tall, spreading. 



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



Corms — Large; cormels, prolific. 



QUEENLY * Originator — GvoS 



Group — 

 Stock from Woodniflf 



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

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

 Stamen filaments pink; anthers lavender. Perianth creamy white with blotches 

 of solferino red (157-iv) bordered by yellow-green. Featherings of solferino red 

 often develop. Bloom circular in outline, and of good shape, color, and sub- 

 stance; seems a commercial color. 



Season — Medium early; 72 lo 75 days. 



