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

 Corms — Medium large; cormels, prolific. 



REUBEN H. WARDER. See America. 



REXFORD Originator — Crawford 



Group — 



Stock from Mallor\' & Brown; Craw- 

 ford 

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

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

 Stamen filaments white; anthers deep lilac. Perianth rose-pink (118) thickly 

 feathered with carmine (116-iv), white medial lines extend to the tips of the 

 segments, throat amber-white (12-1) with Tyrian rose penciling and intermixtures. 

 Season — Mirl-season; 100 days. 



Spike — • Medium tall (68 cm.), erect, a fair number of l)looms (18). 

 Habit — Erect, medium tall, ver}- spreading. 



Growth — Vigorous; plant well furnished with medium to narrow foliage. 

 Corms — Medium size; cormels, large, prolific. 



RICHARD MILNER Originator — Kelway. Intro. 1900 



Group — Gandavensis 

 Stock from Kelway 

 Bloom — Medium size. Tube curved, slender, long. Segments unequal, connivent ; 

 the upper horizontal and not broad, the lower reflexed and narrower, the lower 

 inferior segment small, narrow. Stamen filaments lilacy white; styles yellowish. 

 . Perianth white thickly splashed and feathered with crimson-carmine, yellow 

 throat penciled with reddish along the medial lines. 

 Season — • August 30, 191 1 . 

 Spike — Short, erect, a fair number of blooms. 

 Habit — Erect, dwarf, spreading. 



Growth — Medium vigorous; plant medium well furnished with narrow leaves promi- 

 nently veined. 

 (Described by George J. Burt.) 



RICHARD STRAUSS Originator — Pfitzer. Intro. 1914 



Group — Gandavensis 

 Stock from Pfitzer 

 Bloom — Medium size (8 cm.). Tube curved, slender, short. .Segments unequal, 



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



Stamen filaments white; anthers white, blue sutures. Perianth pure white with 



an amber-white (12-11) throat penciled with lilac (176-1). Good light color; 



blooms sometimes double, compact, and of good substance. Seven blooms open 



at one time. 

 Season — Mid-season; 90 days. 



Spike — Tall (115 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (20), branched. 

 Habit — Erect, tall, spreading. 



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

 Corms — Medium size; cormels, few. 



RICHMOND RED. See Velvet King. 



ROCHESTER WHITE Originator — Thomann 



Group — Gandavensis 

 Stock from Thomann 



Synonym — White Queen. By many this variety is said to be a synonym of Weisse 

 Dame, or White Lady. 



