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WHITE LADY Originator — H a a g e & Schmidt. 



Intro. 1897 

 1 Group — Gandavensis 



Stock from Haage & Schmidt; 

 Haentze & Company 

 Synonyms — Vv'eisse Dame. By many said to be a synonym of Rochester White, 



also of White Queen. 

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

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

 and narrower. Stamen filaments white; anthers creamy white. Perianth pure 

 white, with a slight lemon-yellow tinge in lower segments. See Rochester White 

 for comparison with this variety. Under certain conditions a feathering of carmine 

 develops in the segments. 

 Season — Mid-season, later than Rochester White; 95 to 100 days. 

 Spike — Mediimi tall (75 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (15). 

 Habit — Erect, medium tall, spreading. 



Growth — Not vigorous; plant well furnished with medium Inroad bright green leaves. 

 Corms — Medium large; cormels, few, small. 



WHITE QUEEN. See Rochester White and White Lady. 



WILD ROSE Originator — Childs. Reg. A. G. S., 



1914 

 Group — Childsii 

 Stock from Childs 



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

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

 Stamen filaments reddish; anthers violet. Perianth Ijright rose (128-iv) penciled 

 with Tyrian rose (155) in the throat, segments slightly feathered and suffused 

 with carmine. A good pink; bloom well open; flowers often somewhat bunched 

 on the stem. 



Season — Rather late; 1 13 days. 



Spike — Medium tall (70 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (u). 



Habit — Erect, medium tall, spreading. 



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



Corms — Large; cormels, few. 



WILHELM STEINHAUSEN Originator — Vfitzev. Intro, before 



1906 

 Group — Nanceianus 

 Stock from Pfitzer 

 Bloom — Medium large (9-10 cm.). Tube cur\'ed, slender, long. Segments unequal, 

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

 Stamen filaments orange; anthers violet. Perianth poppy color (84-1) becoming 

 lighter in the throat, blotched with carmine, segments feathered a slightly deeper 

 poppy color. Rather loose bloom of medium substance, bright color, well open. 

 Season — Rather early ; 74 days. 



Spike — ]\Iedium tall (80 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (15), branched. 

 Habit — Erect, medium tall, spreading. 



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

 Corms — Medium size; cormels, few. 



WILLIAM MASON (Crawford). See Velvet King. 



WINIFRED Originator — Crawford 



Group — 



Stock from Crawford 

 Bloom — Small size. Tube straight, slender, long. Segments equal, connivent; the 

 upper horizontal and broad, the lower reflexed and narrower. Stamen filaments 



