Kingsville Nurseries — Kingsville, Maryland 
LITANY (P. I. 160083). Bush with dense twiggy habit, gen- 
erally broader than tall but up to 5 feet. Leaves narrow 
dark green. Flowers 1-3 in head, freely produced, ex- 
cellent rounded form, 2-2%4"' across (color later). Late 
April, early May. Peat Bedded. 3-6” .50, 6-10" 1.00. 
LOUISE DOWDLE (P. I. 163969). Bush habit broad to wide 
spreading, densely twiggy in time, but up to 5 feet. 
Leaves medium to dark green. Flowers very freely pro- 
duced, 1-3 in head, 3” across, brilliant, Tyrian Pink, 
with showy blotch of Tyrian Rose. Mid-to late May. Peat 
Bedded. 3-6” .50. 
LOVELINESS (P. I. 160033). Bushes erect at first but filling 
in with ascending branches to 6 feet, leaves rather 
narrow, somewhat hairy, medium green. Flowers 2-4 in 
head, 2-234"" across, well imbricated, margins somewhat 
ruffled. Deep Rose Pink self with enough pale yellow 
undertone to make pink vivid. Late mid-season. Peat 
Bedded, 3-6" .50, 6-10" 1.00. 
LUCETTE (P. I. 160055). Erect somewhat Kurume like habit, 
with broad, dark green leaves, almost as good as those in 
Glacier (PI No. 160073) but hairier. Flowers 2-4 in head, 
2" across; very symmetrical, slightly waved margins, 
Tyrian Pink, dots of blotch heavy between Tyrian and 
Amaranth Purple. Base of tube light with faint suggestion 
of yellow. Mid-season. Peat Bedded. 3-6” .50, 6-10''1.00. 
LULLABY (P. I. 141794). Upright and eventually broad 
spreading to 4 feet, leaves. dark green. Flowers usually 
2-4 in head, freely produced, hose-in-hose, 142" across, 
deep salmon pink. Late April. Peat Bedded. 3-6” .50, 
6-10" 1.00. 
LUMINARY (P. I. 163823). Description later. Peat Bedded. 
3.6" .50. 
LUSTRE (P. I. 141802). Bush erect but somewhat spreading 
to not over 5 feet. Leaves dark green, glossy, narrow. 
Flowers usually 2 in head, abundant, 2-242" across, very 
round and regular in form but lobes not inbricated, pract- 
ically a self, Rose Color. Early May. Peat Bedded. 3-6” 
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MADCAP (P. I. 163973). Bush habit broad spreading, but 
probaby in time to 5 feet. Leaves dark green, glossy. 
Flowers very freely, blooms of heavy substances, 2-4 in 
head, 2" across, white, flaked and siriped but not sanded, 
Eugenia Red. There is a yellow tone throughout entire 
flower: Mid-May. Peat Bedded. 3-6” .50. 
MADRIGAL (P. I. 163096). Vigorous, rather spreading bush 
to 3% feet with slender, quite evergreen foliage. Flowers 
usually 2-3 in head, 3¥2’’ across, pale rose pink with a 
blotch slightly deeper in color that extends beyond the 
uppermost lobe on to the two side lobes. Mid-to late 
April. Peat Bedded. 3-6” .50, 6-10" 1,00. 
MAGIC (P. I. 141788). Erect to eventually overarching habit 
to.5 ft. Leaves fine dark green. Flowers usually 2-5 in 
head, 134" across, irregularly hose-in-hose, Rose Doree, 
blotch Tyrian Rose, but appears darker because dots are 
confluent. Late April, early May. Peat Bedded. 3-6” .50, 
6-10" 1.00. 
MANHATTAN (P. I. 163917). Spreading habit to 4 feet. 
Leaves dark green. Flowers 1-2 in head, freely produced, 
2¥2"' across, rounded lobes, between Amaranth Pink and 
Tyrian Pink, blotch carries as a stain of Tyrian Rose on 
upper lobe. Mid-to late May. Peat Bedded. 3-6" .50. 
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