22 TEN OAKS NURSERY AND GARDENS 
P.I. 163962—Mavis. Bush habit compact and very 
twiggy, low spreading, but probably to 3 ft. in time. 
Leaves dark green. Flowers very abundant, 2 to 3 
in a head, 2 inches across, Tyrian pink with Tyrian 
rose dots on blotch, tube yellowish. Stamens ex- 
serted. Mid-May. 1949 Release. 
P.I. 163977—Memento. Bush habit very compact and 
twiggy, spreading, dwarf, probably not over 2 ft. 
Leaves dark green, glossy. Flowers 2 to 4 in a head, 
crowded on plant, 2 inches across, white, heavily 
sanded, flaked and striped liseran purple. Cut out all 
self-colored flower shoots. Mid-May. 1949 Release. 
P.I. 160062—Morning Star. Very erect to slightly 
spreading habit to 6 ft. Leaves dark green. Flowers 
2 to 3 in a head, but massed, 2 inches across, good 
form, rose color but with a suggestion of yellow 
undertone that makes color more lively. Mid-April. 
1949 Release. 
*P.I. 160127—Mother of Pearl. Erect, somewhat spread- 
ing to 6 ft. Leaves medium green. Flowers many 
to a head, as in Kurume varieties, 14% to 1% inches 
across. They are essentially white, washed from the 
margins with pale amaranth pink, often with white 
area in center of each lobe. Very few dots of Tyrian 
pink in blotch on upper lobe. Irregularly hose-in- 
hose. Mid-April. 2 to 4 inch plants. Only 1949 Re- 
lease. 
*P.T. 163975—Motley. Bush habit compact twiggy, 
probably not reaching over 3 ft. Leaves dark green, 
glossy. Flowers very freely, 2 to 8 in a head, 2 
inches across, white sanded and striped Tyrian Pink 
with chartreuse blotch. Mid-May. 1950 Release. 2 
to 4 inch plants only. 
P.I. 160103—Nerissa. Bush, erect to eventually over- 
arching growth to 4 ft. Foliage narrow, dark green, 
shining. Flowers 1 to 3 in a head, single, 1% to 1% 
inches across, deep rose pink lighter to edges, dots 
of blotch rose color, faint yellow tones extend from 
base center along mid-ribs, making pink very bril- 
liant. Like all of this class, examples Fashion, Sig- 
nal, etc., makes best display when fully grown. Late 
April, early May. 1949 Release. 
*P.I. 163853—Niagara. Bush habit very dense and 
twiggy, but probably not over 3 ft. Leaves dark 
green. Flowers 1 to 3 in a head, very floriferous, 2% 
inches across, frilled, white with chartreuse blotch, 
of as fine quality as tender Azaleas. Mid-May. 2 to 
4 inch plants only. 1950 Release. 
*P.I. 163769—Niphetos. Bush habit tends to be broad 
spreading, but probably not over 5 ft. Leaves dark 
green. Flowers 2 to 3 in a head, 2% to 8 inches 
across, white with blotch of Neva Green and few 
stripes of phlox purple. Mid to late May. 2 to 4 inch 
plants only. 1950 Release. 
P.I. 163950 Nocturne. Bush habit broad and spreading, 
but may reach up to 5 ft. in height. Leaves medium 
green. Flowers 1 to 3 in a head, 8 inches across, 
between Rhodamine Purple and Aster Purple, blotch 
Tyrian Rose, tubes scarlet, a very brilliant clone. 
Healy to Mid-May. 2 to 4 inch plants only. 1950 Re- 
ease. 
We have many other varieties for next year. 
