NIOBE (REITER. JR.. PAT.)--CASCADE TYPE ONLY SEMI- 
DOUBLE, VIGOROUS TUMBLING HABIT. MAKES WONDERFUL 
BASKET. 
_ PERIWINKLE (HODGES) --LONG SINGLE CAMPANULATE COROLLA 
MEDIUM SHADE OF LAVENDER BLUE, LONG RECURVED SE. 
PALS PINK. STRONG WILLOWY GROWER, DEEP GREEN 
LEAVES. BEAUTIFULLY SHAPED FLOWERS SHOWN ON LONG 
BRANCHING HANGER AT MR. AND MRS. HODGES‘ FAMOUS 
FUCHSIA GARDEN IN PACIFIC GROVE. FOR A COOL LO- 
CATION. 
PINK ELEGANCE (PATENTED) --1950 INTRODUCTION. SINGLE 
COROLLA SELF PINK, LONG UPTURNED SEPALS ROSE 
PINK WITH SALMON FLUSH. PLEATED AND ROLLED PET.- 
ALS GIVE THE COROLLA AN APPEARANCE OF BEING 
DOUBLE. GOOD GROWER, LIGHT GREEN FOLIAGE, MEDIUM 
LARGE FLOWERS. THRIVES IN THE WARMER. SECTIONS 
AND SO PROVED TO BE VERY POPULAR IN 1950 AND 
SHOULD BE A BIG SELLER IN 1951. 
PURPLE SAGE (HODGES) --SINGLE SAUCER-SHAPED DEEP PUR- 
PLE COROLLA OPENS PERFECTLY FLAT AS THE MEDIUM- 
SIZED FLOWERS MATURE, DISPLAYING EXTRA LONG RED 
STAMENS AND PISTIL. RECURVED DEEP’ RED SEPALS. 
MEDIUM GROWER WITH MANY THICK PURPLISH BRANCHES 
AND MEDIUM SIZED VERY DARK LEAVES. BLOOMS FREELY 
AND STANDS UP WELL HERE IN WARM CLIMATE. SHOWN 
AS A HANGER IN PACIFIC GROVE. 
| REVERIE (REITER, JR. 1951)--THIS MEDIUM SIZED DOUBLE 
1S INTERMEDIAEIE BETWEEN SEVENTEEN AND CRINOLINE. 
THE FLOWER 1S OF EXCEPTIONAL FORM WITH NICELY 
WAVED PETALS AND ABRUPTLY RECURVED SEPALS. THE 
ENTIRE FLOWER IS OF AN EVEN PALE TYRIAN ROSE 
(24/3 H.C.C.) WHICH 1S RETAINED EVEN AS THE FLOW 
ER AGES. THE BUSHY PLANT IS OF MEDIUM VIGOR WITH 
SMALL FOLIAGE AND CAN BE SHAPED MORE EASILY THAN 
SEVENTEEN. 1[T DOES NOT REPLACE CRINOLINE BUT IT 
DOES ADD ANOTHER FINE PASTEL TO OUR/COLLECTION 
AND IT IS A MUST BE FOR FANCIERS OF DAINTY DELI- 
CATELY COLORED FUCHSIAS. 
ROYALTY (PLUMMER)--SINGLE, ROYAL PURPLE. COROLLA A 
DARK ROYAL PURPLE, FAINT ROSE MARKINGS AT THE 
BASE. THE COROLLA HAS ONLY 4 PETALS AND OPENS UP 
FLAT IN A SAUCER-LIKE SHAPE. THE FOUR SEPALS ARE 
RED AND OPEN UP FLAT BEHIND THE PETAL OF THE COR 
OLLA. THE PETALS OF THE COROLLA AND FOUR PARTS 
OF THE SEPALS ARE ALTERNATE. VERY UNUSUAL. 
SOUTH PACIFIC (HODGES)--LIKE A TROPICAL FLOWER WITH 
ITS SAUCER-SHAPED SINGLE WHITE COROLLA AND BROAD 
UPTURNED CRIMSON SEPALS. AS THE FLOWER MATURES 
