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1905 by William Saunders. Named in 1920 for the first and last- 

 syllables, respectively, of each parent name. 



Description: Flowers; single, expanding buds rose pink, open 

 white with touch of pink on back of petals, approx. 4.2 cm. across. 

 Fruit; pale orange and carmine, approx. 5 cm. in diam. 



Location: (B). 



cv. Profusion 



M. halliana — , 



M. X atrosanguinea*— 



M. sicboldii — I 



M. pumila var. 



niedzwetzkyana — 



M. X purpurea cv. Lemoinei 

 M. sieboldii 



= cv. Profusion 

 Originated from a cross made before 1938 by S. G. A. Doorenbos, 



Dept. of Parks, The Hague, Holland. Introd. by the originator. 



Name refers to the abundance of flowers. 



Description : Flowers ; single, expanding buds deep red, open 



purplish red fading to purplish pink, approx. 4 cm. across. Fruit; 



oxblood red, approx. 1.3 cm. in diam. 

 Location: (B). 



cv. Purple Wave* 



M. baccata 



cv. Jay Darling*-, 



M. pumila var. niedzwetzkyana- 



Unknown 



cv. Purple Wave 



A chance seedling originating at the Des Moines Water Works, 

 Des Moines, Iowa. Selected about 1940 by Arie den Boer. Named 

 in 1951 by Inter-State Nurseries, Hamburg, Iowa. Introd. in 1953 

 by Inter-State Nurseries. The name refers to its dark purplish 

 green foliage. Formerly Jay Darling Red Seedling #3. 



Description: Flowers; single, occasionally semidouble (approx. 

 6-7 petals), expanding buds carmine, open rose red fading to 

 purplish pink or lavender, approx. 4 cm. across. Fruit; dark purp- 

 lish red, approx. 2.5 cm. in diam. 



Locations: (A), (B), (C), (R). 



cv. Quality* 



Parentage unknown. 



Introd. about 1906 by Boughen Nurseries, Valley River, Mani- 

 toba, Canada. Extremely hardy. 

 Location: (I). 



