ON THE WATSONIA 



than the original forms. Also some that grow on 

 much taller stems, and others, on the other hand, 

 that are dwarfed, and of more compact form. Not 

 a few show marked improvement over the original 

 form. If possible they surpass the original in 

 snowy whiteness, and they not only bloom much 

 earlier than the type form, but they are the most 

 persistent bloomers, putting forth flowers almost 

 perpetually throughout the season. 



Strange Forms and Entrancing Colors 



But even these snow white members of the 

 colony are surpassed in beauty by some of their 

 associates that show the most remarkable com- 

 binations and blendings of colors. 



The parent forms, as we have seen, are reddish 

 and white, but these blended hybrids present such 

 combinations of colors as I have never seen in any 

 other tribe of flowers except the orchids. It would 

 be impossible to describe with any degree of accu- 

 racy 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, light 

 crimson, and purplish tints of many shades. And 

 these various tones and colors are so shaded and 

 blended as to produce an effect which, as I said, 

 can be matched only among the far-famed orchids. 



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