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the orchids. It would be impossible to describe 

 with any degree of accuracy the varied hues that 

 these amazing and delightful blossoms present. 



There are combinations of violet and rosy 

 pink, soft apricot yellows, salmon, nearly pure 

 yellow, yellow shading into pink, deep, dark 

 crimson, hght crimson, and purplish tints of 

 many shades. And these various tones and 

 colors are so shaded and blended as to produce 

 an effect which can be matched only among the 

 far-famed orchids. 



To produce races of flowers of such varied 

 and entrancing hues from parent forms that had 

 no exceptional distinction except for the white- 

 ness of one variety, is to experience in full meas- 

 ure the best rewards that await the patient plant 

 experimenter. 



It chances also that these wonderful blossoms 

 are not only individually dehghtful, but they are 

 produced in such profusion as is not approached 

 by the uncrossed races of Watsonias. And to 

 cap the climax, these profusely borne and gor- 

 geously colored blossoms are put forth through- 

 out the season, early in life. 



All in all, the new hybrid Watsonia must be 

 given high rank among the aristocrats of the 

 flower garden. They now lack nothing but an 

 element of hardiness that will adapt them to 



