SUNSET SEED AND PI-ANT CO. 
Blendings — Continued 
Rich metallic 
A slight improvement on Meteor, thougli its delicate standards 
sunburn quite as badly. Standards bright rose-orange, veined in 
deeper tint; wings bright, clear rose — barred. A rich, bright 
combination of coloring, but lacks substance. Stem^ usually 
three-flowered. 
An improvement in size over Orange Prince, from which it is a 
selection; standards a, rich, bright orange-salmon; wings of a 
pinkish hue; a fine flower at its best, but more or less aflfected by 
hot weather. When grown in the partial shade of trees, which 
brings it to perfection in slow stages, we have noted extra large 
standards, which showed inclination to hood; and with such form 
once attained, and with added substance. Meteor w-ill stand well 
up in the list. 
Like all of the Laxton type, this variety is of small size and 
rather dwarf growth, but we see much to admire in the general 
eflfect of some of the intense colorings. Standards small, round, 
explanate, with a delicate gradation of brightest carmine and 
orange, suffused with rose, of soft tone, deepest at the throat, 
and becoming fainter toward the edges, until it assumes a pale 
creamy-white tint; wings a lighter shade, sometimes tinged with 
rose. Moderately profuse. Sunburns on small provocation. 
Flowers medium to small, of same form as Rising Sun; an in- 
tense, clouded garnet, shining in the sunlight, and becoming lighter 
toward the upper edge. Usually three-flowered, on slender, 
short stems; a dwarf grower and spare bloomer. Not a desirable 
variety, though its shadings are interesting. 
We have not^d flowers equal to Meteor, though averaging 
smaller. Like its offspring, of remarkably rich coloring. Standards 
form almost a true circle, and are explanate. The fine, delicate 
lacing on standards is interesting. Has general habit of Meteor. 
A tricolored variety, perhaps the least popular of Laxton's 
introductions, because of lack of harmony in its coloring and 
its small size, to which defects may be added a deeply notched 
* 1898 Introductions. 
