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light pink; styles whitish. Perianth poppy red (84) with a cream-white throat 

 and white medial lines, throat often has a faint Tynan rose (155) streak. Com- 

 pact spike. 



Season — - 



Spike — Medium tall, erect, free blooming. 



Habit — Erect, medium dwarf, spreading. 



Crozi'th — Vigorous; plant well furnished with medium narrow leaves. 

 (Described by George J. Burt.) 



WINSOME Originator — MiUer 



Croup — Childsii 

 Stock from Childs 



Bloom — Large do cm.). Tube nearly straight, slender, long. Segments unequal, 

 connivent; the upper horizontal with reflexed edges, the lower reflexed and nar- 

 rower. Stamen filaments pinkish; anthers red-\-iolet. Perianth lilacy white 

 thickly suffused u-ith violet-rose (154-1), with a large French purple blotch 

 (161-IV). A weU-open, round, compact bloom of good substance; color not so 

 clear as it might be; edges of segments slightly niffled. 



Season — Mid-season; 77 days. 



Spike — Tall (no cm.), ven,- erect, a fair number of blooms (16), two branches. 



Habit — - Ven." erect, medium tall, spreading. 



Groicth — \'igorous ; plant well furnished with broad leaves. 



Corms — • Medium large; cormels, prolific. 



WOODRUFF NO. 2-701 Or/g/«a/or — Woodruff 



Group 



Stock from Woodruff 

 Bloom — Meiium size (8 cm.). Tube curved, slender, medium stout. Segments 



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



Stamen filaments white, pink tips; anthers \-iolet. Perianth hlacy white [J-IK 



often with a salmony tinge, feathered with lilac-rose, lines of deep iilac-rose on a 



yellow-green throat. As the bloom ages carmine develops. 

 Season — Mid-season to late; loi days. 

 Spike — Medium tall (87 cm.), erect, a large number of blooms {22 on main. 6 on 



a branch). 

 Habit — Erect, medium tall, spreading. 

 G'^ozcth — - Vigorous; plant well furnished with broad leaves. 

 Cyins — Large; cormels, few. 



WOODRUFF NO. in Originator — WoodruS 



Group — • 



Stock from Woodruff 

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



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



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



completely suffused u-ith rose, attractively blotched with crimson-red (114-iv; 



bordered with deep amber- white (12-iv). A rather loose bloom of good substance. 



Four blooms open at one time. 

 Season — Early; 78 days. 



Spike — - Medium tall (80 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms. 

 Habit — - Erect, medium taU, spreading. 



G'ozi'th — Vigorous; plant well furnished with medium broad leaves. 

 Co'-ms — Medium size; cormels, prolific. 



YELLOW BIRD Originator — 



Group — 

 Stock from Wright 



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

 connivent; the upp>er horizontal and broad, the lower reflexed and narrower. 



