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and narrower. Stamen filaments reddish; anthers red-violet. Perianth salmony 

 poppy red (more salmony than 84-1), large blotch of carmine lake (121-iv), which 

 is rather inconspicuous, making the bloom almost a self color. Color good, bright ; 

 substance good. Few blooms open at one time. 



Season — Usually early September; 90 days. 



Spike — Medium tall (87 cm.), ver\' erect, a fair number of blooms (12), branched. 



Habit — Erect, medium tall, compact. 



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



Corms — Medium large; cormels, prolific. 



ROSE WELLS Originator — Austin. Reg. A. G. S., 



1914 

 Group — 

 Stock from Austin 



Synonym — Austin No. 55. 



Bloom — Large (lo-ii cm.). Tube straight, medium slender, long. Segments unequal, 

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

 filaments white, pinkish tips; anthers gray. Perianth light mauve-rose (153-1) 

 with a blotch of Tyrian rose (155-iv shading to 1 55-11) bordered by deep yellow- 

 green. Bloom is large, substance rather poor, colors clear and attractive. ' 



Season — Early September; 103 days. 



Spike — Tall (lli cm.), erect, blooms freely (17 on main, with 5 and 6 on two 

 secondaries). 



Habit — Erect, tall, compact. 



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



Corms — Large; cormels, prolific. 



ROSY SPRAY (9n"g/«a/or — C h i 1 d s. Intro. 1910. 



Reg. A. G. S., 1914 

 Group — Childsii 

 Stock from Childs 



Bloom — -Large (11 cm.). Tube curved, medium slender, medium long. Segments 

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

 Stamen filaments white, red flecked; anthers purple. Perianth lilacy white 

 feathered and mottled with crimson-carmine, the lower segments striped with 

 a broad penciling of crimson-carmine. The segments are reflexed so as to appear 

 pointed. The splashing in the segments is so pronounced that the bloom should 

 be called variegated. 



Season — Late; 115 days. 



Spike — Medium tall (85 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (11). 



Habit — ■ Erect, medium tall, spreading. 



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



Corms — Medium large; cormels, few. 



ROUGE TORCH Originator — Groff. Intro. Tracy, 



1914 

 Group — 

 Stock from Brown 

 Bloom — Medium size (9 cm.). Tube cur.-ed, stout, short. Segments unequal, 



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



Stamen filaments white; anthers cream. Perianth amber-white (12-1) thickly 



suffused with salmon-carmine (125-1) blotched with deep carmine-red (114-iv). 



A compact bloom of good color and substance, well arranged on spike. Four 



blooms open at one time. 

 Season — Mid-season. 

 Spike — Medium tall (90 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (11). Two spikes per 



corm. 

 Habit — Erect, medium tall, spreading. 

 Growth — Vigorous; plant well furnished with broad leaves. 

 Corms — Small; cormels, prolific. 



