GODETIAS AT WISLEY, 1916. 
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Sender. 
R. Sydenham 
Dobbie 
R. Veitch 
Watkins & Simpson 
A. Dickson 
W. H. Simpson 
W. H. Simpson 
Barr 
Daniels 
Award. 
26. Schaminii Double Rose 
27. Schaminii fl. pi. 
28. Schaminii fl. pi. 
30. Schaminii fl. pi. 
34. Schaminii Double Carmine 
35. Tall Double Carmine 
36. Tall Double Mauve . 
39. Grandiflora lilacina fl. pi. . 
40. Duke of Fife . 
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The most striking Godetia in the Trial was No. 23, 4 Lavender.' 
This variety differs from all the others in the colour of the flower, 
lavender with dark purple at the base, and its more slender habit. 
Its general resemblance to Oenothera viminea (see Bot. Mag. 2873), 
one of the N. American plants introduced by Douglas, suggests that 
this Godetia is a cultivated form of that species. 
It is noteworthy that all the dwarfs — see later, A a (1) and (2) — 
are without exception singles, and so are the plants of middle 
height (18 to 24 inches). 
The characters of the garden races suggest that the Godetias of 
cultivation — or at least those grown in the Trial — (with the exception 
of 1 Lavender,' see above) are derived from one or other or both of 
two species : the dwarfer races from G. Whitneyi, and the taller 
from rubicunda. The former grows 1 foot and the latter 2 feet. 
The two sections are distinguished, moreover, by the following 
characters : — 
Whitneyi Section. — Dwarf, compact ; flowers single, self-coloured 
or white, white base, 8 stamens. 
Schaminii Section. — Taller, semi-double : flowers self-coloured 
or white, crimson base, stamens 8-12. The excessive number of 
stamens is correlated with the semi-doubleness of the petals. 
Godetia Whitneyi, which is figured in Bot. Mag., tab. 5867, under 
the name of Oenothera Whitneyi, has the following characters : — Height 
1 foot, habit bushy ; petals wine-red, with large diffused crimson- 
purple blotch above the claw (base white) ; and, as shown in the 
plate, the stamens are crimson, 8 in number, and the flowers 
single. 
Godetia rubicunda, as figured in Bot. Reg., tab. 1856, was intro- 
duced by Douglas from California and is characterized as follows : 
Height 2 feet, branching first spreading then erect ; petals pale red 
with rose base, stamens red (crimson in the closely allied G. vinosa). 
Inasmuch as the name Schaminii is in general use in gardens, the 
taller forms sent in for trial are classed as belonging to the section 
Schaminii. 
It is interesting that no dwarf white was included in the plants 
sent in for trial. It is also noteworthy that several varieties, e.g. 
' Crimson Glow ' and ' Rosamund,' have given rise each to two distinct 
races differing consistently in height, and as this character is of im- 
portance in gardens and is used in the classification below, the names 
of these varieties occur more than once in the classified list. 
