bloom early in the fall, and produce 

 good-quality flowers on long stems 

 suitable for cutting. It is a seedling 

 of Early Bronze. The upright plant 

 is about 24 inches in height and 

 blooms early in September. The 

 blossoms are bronze to deep red in 

 color, depending upon the temper- 

 ature at the time of blooming. They 

 are of the pom-pom type and arc 

 useful for cutting as well as for 

 border planting. 



Sunapee 



Sunapee has proved to be one <>l 

 the most popular of Mr. Holleys 

 introductions. It is a tall, upright 

 plant which grows about 30 inches 

 in height. It has golden pom-poni 

 type flowers, a good stem, a fine 

 cluster of blooms, and is excellent 

 for cutting. The blooming time for 

 Nashua is September 20 and later at 

 Durham. 



OTHER CHRYSANTHEMUM VARIETIES 



Three other varieties of chrys- 

 anthemums, Franconia, Laconia, and 

 Exeter, which are similar to Nashua 

 and Sunapee, were named by Mr. 

 Holley. Franconia and Laconia are 

 tall enough for cutting, but Exeter 

 is a dwarf. 



DIANTHUS 



June Carmine 



This hardy outdoor variety came 

 from a cross between Dianthus plu- 

 niarius and the indoor carnation va- 

 riety, Rosalie. It is a vigorous di- 

 anthus, 10 to 12 inches in height. 

 Under good growing conditions, it 

 will spread from two to three feet. 

 Its double flowers are deep carmine 

 pink in color and are produced pro- 

 fusely in late June and late July. 

 There is some tendency to produce a 

 second and lighter crop of flowers 

 in September and October. No pro- 

 tection is required for an outdoor 

 planting of this variety. 



Granite State pot chrysanthemum, a new 

 perfect potting variety. 



BEGONIAS 

 New Hampshire Hybrid 



This is a strain of Begonia semper- 

 florens, developed by Mr. Holley dur- 

 ing the process of studying inherit- 

 ance in begonias. The strain pro- 

 duces dwarf, well-branched plants, 

 with double or semi-double flowers 

 and green foliage. Because such a 

 high proportion of the plants are 

 unusually good, it has not been pro- 

 pagated as separate clons by asexual 

 means but is introduced as a seed- 

 propagated strain. The blossoms 

 come in red, shades of pink, and 

 white. 



Other Begonias 



Crosses were also made between 

 double semperflorens and a red leaf 

 type. One of the seedlings from such 

 breeding which has created consid- 

 erable attention has red leaves and 

 large, bright pink double flowers. 

 While this variety has not been 

 named, it has been propagated to a 

 considerable extent by interested 

 visitors to the University of New 

 Hampshire greenhouse and undoubt- 

 edly may be found in many begonia 

 collections in this region. 



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