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BABYLON “CASTLE HILL,” FCC., RHS. 
A supreme achievement in the orchid world is when 
a plant receives international recognition as a parent. 
Babylon, Castle Hill var., FCC., RHS., has steadily 
climbed the ladder of fame until now it stands recog- 
nized as one of the world’s foremost parents of Cym- 
bidiums. The qualities which this prized plant impart 
to its progeny are remarkable vigor, exceptionally 
sturdy spike habit, and a great abundance of large, 
heavy textured flowers of exquisite pink to rose shades 
depending, of course, on the influence of the othe: 
parent which enters into the particular cross. 
In addition to Babylon, “Castle Hill” var., FCC., 
RHS., we have used as a parent, the now famous 
Babylon, Carpenters var. Babylon has recently pro- 
duced such illustrious progeny as Tinsel, which cre- 
ated a wave of excitement throughout the Cymbidium 
world this past season. Other top rank progeny in- 
clude Carillon, Vieux Rose, Runnymede, Fantasia, 
and Crescendo. We are confident that the most dis- 
criminating Cymbidium growers throughout the world 
from this time forward will include some well bred 
Babylon hybrids in their collections. 
SEEDLINGS, 8”-12” Leaf Length, Sturdy Plants... $5.00 
Cross Numbers 1508, 1534, 1340, 1411, 1462, 1473, 1505, 
1513;91527,, 1530, 1531, D-Psl, D.P:16 
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+1411 ALTAIR, AM., RHS. X BABYLON, 
Castle Hill var., FCC., RHS. 
We are confident this cross will prove to be another illustrious 
progeny of the famous Babylon parent. Though most Tinsels 
are pink through to rose shades, some of the most noteworthy 
forms have come in the yellows. By joining the superb qualities 
of these two fine parents we hope to create a hybrid com- 
parable to the already famous Tinsel which has a similar line 
of breeding. The color range will be predominantly pink; how- 
ever, there will be many delightful variations ranging through 
pink with yellow and peach overtones, to primrose. Many 
forms will have the delightful sparkling undertones with an 
elusive quality which is difficult to capture in print. 
+1462 SUSSEX A454 X BABYLON, 
Gastle Hill var., FCGC:, RHS: 
We can say that we have never seen a more prolific bloomer 
that the tawny orange form of Sussex which was used 
here. The combining of these two parents should result in ex- 
ceptionally sturdy plants which produce cascades of large, 
heavily textured flowers in a gamut of colors, from a 
wide range of exquisite pink shades through to golden orange, 
old gold, peach, and combinations of these colors with the 
base pink coloring. Because of the high percentage of pink 
blood in the Sussex parent, this should combine with the 
dominant color characteristics of Babylon to make shades of 
pink predominant in this cross. 
+1473 CLAUDONA, Lesh’s var. X BABYLON, 
Castle Hill var., FCC., RHS. 
We consider this cross to be one of our most promising hybrids 
bred from our famous Babylon, Castle Hill var., FCC., RHS. 
Though the form of Claudona used here was very large clear 
greenish yellow with an exceptionally striking white lip gen- 
erously banded crimson, this variety does have a considerable 
amount of red blood in its breeding. We make mention of this 
fact because in combination with the Babylon, Castle Hill var., 
FCC., RHS., which is to the pink shades, the results can be 
expected to be primarily clear rose and pink shades. In further 
reference to the Claudona parent, we must say that everyone 
who has seen this magnificent variety has commented on the 
distinctive striking character of the flower. It must be noted 
where a tetraploid parent such as Babylon, Castle Hill var., 
FCC., RHS., is used quite often the other parent is over- 
shadowed; however, here we can say that we believe the 
Claudona used to be a perfect mate with Babylon. Vigor, free 
flowering, and clear pink coloring with a few yellow shades are 
all qualities which can be counted on for this cross. 
+1505 PLOVER var. Golden Gleam X 
BABYLON, Castle Hill var., FCC., RHS. 
Plover var. Golden Gleam is a bright, gleaming, |uminous 
yellow rendered even more striking by the dark red maroon 
band carried along the margins of the lips. A narrow stripe of 
the same color is carried up the center of the lip to the base 
of the golden yellow crest. We are quite confident that these 
sturdy seedlings in a short period of time will mature and 
flower many beautifully colored pinks and _ yellow-pinks of 
especially clear coloring. Due to the yellow blood here, a 
certain number of predominantly yellow forms can also be 
expected. We expect this to be very much on the order of 
that famous new hybrid Cymbidium Tinsel. 
#1513 VERONA var. Ruby #850 X 
BABYLON, Castle Hill var., FCC., RHS. 
We selected the excellent and colorful variety of Cymbidium 
Verona used here from a noteworthy hybrid with the confi- 
dence that it would pass on to its progeny the massive ruby 
red lip and clear pink coloring of its sepals and petals. As 
Babylon, Castle Hill var., FCC., RHS., is itself an outstanding 
parent for imparting substantial lips to its progeny, in com- 
bination with Verona, var. Ruby, we feel the result here should 
be spectacular to say the least. 
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