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BALLET GIRL (160043). Vigorous, upright but somewhat 

 open growth to 7 feet. Leaves medium green. Flowers usu- 

 ally 2 to 3 in head but often grouped in large masses, hose- 

 in-hose, 2" across. Light Jasper Red, with blotch of 

 Pomegranate Purple dots. General effect is orange red. 

 Early to mid-April. 



BEACON (160085). Erect but eventually over-arching 

 growth to 5 feet. Leaves rather narrow, dark green. 

 Flowers 2 to 3 in head, 1%" across, almost pure Rose 

 Doree but in garden effect nearly Scarlet in color. Does 

 not sunburn. Mid-April, early May. 



BETTINA (182866). Bush erect with ascending branches 

 to about 5 feet. Leaves rather small, Kurume-like, medium 

 green. Flowers 2 to 4 in head, heads often grouped, freely 

 produced, iy 2 "-2" across, carmine. Mid-April. 



BISHOP (160120). Rather erect growth to 5 feet, eventually 

 with broad top. Leaves not over 2" long, dark green. 

 Flowers 2 to 5 in head, the heads sometimes clustered; 

 IM"-! 1 /^" across, rather symmetrical, margins waved. A 

 Rose Color self, as the Tyrian Rose dots of the blotch 

 count rather as a darkening hue. There is an underlying 

 tone of yellow that enlivens the color. Anthers dark. Mid- 

 to late April. 



BLIZZARD (163784). Bush habit broad spreading but prob- 

 ably never over 5 feet. Leaves dark green. Flowers 1 to 3 

 in head, 2% "-3" across, a very fine white, chartreuse throat, 

 ruffled margins, very few Phlox Purple stripes. Mid- to late 

 May. 



BLUSHING MAID (160114). Rather open Kaempferi-like 

 habit to 7 feet. Leaves medium green. Flowers usually 

 3 to 5 in head, 2"-2%" across, almost round, margins 

 sinuate, between Thulite Pink and Spinel Pink. Late April, 

 early May. 



BOLIVAR (163928). Spreading habit to 4 feet. Leaves dark 

 green. Flowers 1 to 2 in head, freely produced, 2%" across, 

 broad lobes, Deep Rose Pink, blotch made up of distinct 

 small dots of Tyrian Rose that give effect of a color stain. 

 Mid- to late May. 



BOPEEP (160009). Rather erect to 5 feet, eventually spread- 

 ing to 4 feet in diameter; leaves medium green. Flowers 2 

 to 4 in head, heads sometimes clustered, single, 2"-2 1 /2 // 

 across, white tinted from margins. The color tint is a little 

 paler than Rose Pink. Dots in the blotch are deep Rose 

 Pink. Blotch not solid but lateral from central axis and 

 passing to side lobes. Carries in garden as tinted white. 

 Early flowering like its sister seedlings Dayspring and 



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BOUNTIFUL (163956). Bush habit rather broad spreading, 

 but probably will reach 4 feet in height. Leaves medium 

 green, hairy. Flowers 1 to 3 in head, 3" across, frilled, 

 Phlox Purple, with blotch of Tyrian Rose dots. ("Phlox 

 Purple" is a lavender pink). Early to mid-May. 



BOWMAN (163764). Bush habit, developing into broad- 

 topped, densely twiggy form rather more broad than high 

 but up to 5 feet. Leaves dark green. Flowers usually 1 to 

 3 in head, freely produced, 2"-2 1 / V / across, carmine pink. 

 Mid-April. 



BRANGAENE (182868). Bush erect with ascending branches 

 up to 7 feet. Leaves medium green, rather harsh. Flowers 



1 to 2 in head, heads often grouped, 2"-2 1 / £" across, deli- 

 cate rose with yellow undertone giving salmon effect, 

 conspicuous blotch on upper lobe. Mid-April. 



BRAVO (163811). Bush habit somewhat more erect than 

 most, somewhat like a taller Kurume, but not over 5 feet. 

 Leaves smallish, dark green. Flowers 2 to 4 in head, very 

 floriferous, 1V 2 " across, Tyrian Pink, Tyrian Rose blotch, 

 scarlet tube. Mid-May. 



BRIDAL VEIL (160006). Rather open, upright growth to 

 5 feet. Leaves medium green, somewhat hairy. Flowers 

 usually 2 to 5 in head, 3" across, somewhat starry, white 

 with Chrysolite Green blotch on upper three lobes. Flowers 

 here before R. mucronatum, or mid-April. 



BUCCANEER (141903). Erect to tall spreading to 5 feet. 

 Leaves medium green. Flowers 2 to 4 in head, freely pro- 

 duced, 2" across, a brilliant orange red with darker tone 

 on upper lobe. Mid-April. Sunburns in the open. 



BURGUNDY (160003). Vigorous, upright growth, becoming 

 spreading with age, to 6 feet. Leaves dark green. Flowers 



2 to 3 in head, 2" across, Rose Doree darkening to Nopal 

 Red on margins, heavy blotch of Tyrian Rose on upper 

 three lobes; carries as deep brownish red. Mid-April. 



CADENZA (163884). Bush habit low and broad spreading 

 but probably up to 4 feet. Leaves medium green. Flowers 

 1 to 3 in head, 2" across, extremely variable in the same 

 plant. The original seedling plant is a ruffled white, lightly 

 and irregularly flaked with few stripes of Magenta. This 

 is the type propagated. These, like the parent, may throw 

 out self-colored blooms of Rosolane Purple, at times with 

 white center, that should be cut out. Mid-to late May. 



