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of yellow, too, are often mixed, and while some of the plants may be 
actual hybrids, and therefore impossible to " fix," it seems probable 
that much might be done by building up stocks from single isolated 
plants which have been shown by experiment to breed true : the 
perennial nature of the plant would be an aid in this. 
An interesting example of the effect of consistent selection of one 
character was seen in certain stocks where all the spikes produced 
on the plants failed to mature the topmost buds, and therefore ended 
abruptly in well- developed flowers as large as the lowermost of the 
spike. The regularity but not the continual flowering of the stock 
gains thereby, and the latter fact may militate against this form 
becoming widely popular, but it illustrates remarkably what careful 
selection may do to a stock. 
A few stocks proved either obviously untrue, or so mixed that it 
was impossible to describe them, and they are therefore omitted 
from the notes which follow : they were Nos. 51, 69-71, 77, 79, 95, 
99, 110, 135, 182, 219, 220, 226. Others, less mixed but still not 
true, are noted below. For this reason, or because they did not now 
appear to be equal to others in the trial, the following, which had 
received awards in previous years and which were represented in 
the present trial, were passed over, viz. : 
23. White Beauty [A.M. 1913 (Dobbie)] ; 34. Golden Queen [A.M. 1913 
(Bath)] ; 96, 98. Nelrose [A.M. 1914 (Wells)] ; 41, 43. Amber Queen [A.M. 
1913 (Barr, Watkins & Simpson)] ; 62. Golden Morn [A.M. 1913 (Watkins & 
Simpson)] ; 122. Sunset [A.M. 1913 (Dickson & Robinson)] 128, 129, 229. 
Defiance [A.M 1913 (Bath)] ; 172, 173. Yellow King [A.M. 1913 (Barr)] ; 
175. 176. Moonlight [A.M. 1913 (Dobbie)] 217. Beauty [A.M. 1913 (Barr)]. 
In the following notes the varieties sent for trial are arranged 
first according to height and then according to colour, and at the 
head of each colour-class the varieties in it which were selected for 
award are printed in black type. 
In order to save space no list of varieties in the trial is given, but 
the number by which each was known until judging was completed 
is given opposite each variety. 
I. DWARF OR TOM THUMB VARIETIES, 6-8 inches high. 
I. Flowers white. 
♦5. Snowflake (Watkins & Simpson). — Spike medium, compact; flowers 
large, pure white. Raised by sender, 
« * * 
I. White Prince (Barr). — Spike short, very compact; flowers of medium 
size. Introduced by sender. 
2. Flowers creamy white. 
6. Tom Thumb White, H.C. July 28, 1920, from Messrs. Dobbie. 
6. Tom Thumb White (Dobbie), H.C. — Spike long, compact ; flowers large, 
lip pale yellow ; height 8 inches. 
* The number preceding the name is the " Trial number " by which alone the 
variety was known at Wisley until judging was completed. 
