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RUFFLED YELLOW 



Bloom — Medium size (9 cm.). 



Fig. 65. RUFFLED YELLOW 



Originalor — Kundcrd 

 Group — Ruffled 

 Stock from Kunderd 

 Tube straight, slender, long. Segments unequal, conni- 

 ^•cnt; the upper horizontal 

 and broad, the lower 

 r e fl e X e d and narrower . 

 Stamen filaments reddish 

 white ; anthers white, 

 sutures blue. Perianth 

 cream-yellow (30-11), 

 throat splashed with Tyr- 

 ian rose (155-iv). Com- 

 pact bloom of good sub- 

 stance. Excellently 

 arranged spike. vSix blooms 

 open at one time. 



Season — Mid-season to late; 

 103 days. 



Spike — Medium tall (75 cm.), 

 erect, a fair number of 

 blooms (18). 



Ilahit — Erect, medium tall, 

 spreading. 



Croivth — Vigorous; plant well 

 furnished with medium 

 broad leaves. 



Corms — Large; cormels, few, 

 large. 



RUTH 



Originator — Stewart. 

 Intro. 1912 



Group — 



Stock from Stewart 

 Bloom — Medium size (8 cm.). 

 Tube very curved, medium 

 slender, rather short. Seg- 

 ments unequal, connivent; 

 the upper reflexed and 

 broad, the lower also re- 

 flexed and narrower. 

 Stamen filaments white; 

 anthers violet. Perianth 

 bright rose (128-iv), which 

 in the throat blends into 

 Tyrian rose (155-1), set- 

 ting off a yellow-green 

 throat dashed with deep 

 Tyrian rose. Dainty 

 color, good substance. 

 Season — -Mid-season to late; 

 103 days. 



^pikg — Medium tall (95 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (15 on main, 7 and 8 



on secondaries). Two spikes per corm. 

 Habit — Erect, tall, rather compact. 



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

 Corms — Medium large; cormels, few. 



