DOUBLE FUCHSIAS 
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OLD SMOKY. A double producing large 
flower of novel coloring. Tube and 
sepals flesh pink, underside of sepals 
pink, corolla old rose with a smoky cast. 
Upright grower, useful as trailer also. 
PAN AMERICAN. Scandent habit; 
flowers very large; sepals red, corolla 
pale pink. 
PATTY EVANS. Soft pink sepals and 
tube, and ivory white ‘corolla. Bushy 
grower and good bloomer. 
PARTY FROCK. Copyrighted. Upright 
to four feet. Very large semi-double 
corolla of a pastel blue. The outer petals 
appear to have been hand painted with 
a soft pink. Long rose colored sepals 
resemble a large bird in flight. 
PEPPERMINT STICK. A _ double on 
the Purple Heart order. Tube and up- 
turned sepals carmine rose; corolla royal 
purple in center; outer petals, light rose 
with purple edge. Good upright grower. 
PETITE. A small double pastel with 
bright lilac blue corolla and soft rose 
tube and sepals. Vigorous bshy grower 
ideal for potting. 
PINK FAIRY (Waltz) 1954 introduc- 
tion. Large double clear pink corolla 
and creamy white tube with broad re- 
curving sepals of palest rose slightly 
tipped with white. The petals are a 
beautiful clear pink, slightly deeper at 
base, and when fully matured often 
opens wide, giving a star-like effect to 
flower. A good self branching upright 
with beautiful clean, dark green foliage. 
Needs no pinching back to make a show 
pot. 
PINK QUARTET. A quartet of rolled 
petals, surrounded by spreading ones. 
Broad, short, upturned sepals, deep pink; 
corolla pale pink. Strong upright, free 
bloomer. 
POLAR SEA. Strong upright. Double 
corolla of dark imperial purple marbled 
white at the base. Tube and Sepals white: 
PRES. FELIX FAURE. A double of the 
darkest purple splashed with crimson; 
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tube and sepals turkey red. Heat resist- 
ant. 
PURPLE HEART. A _ double with 
broad, upturned, red sepals. Corolla 
violet purple in center; outer petals 
fuchsia pink, some marbled with purple. 
Upright with long willowy branches. 
REVERIE. Medium-sized double in the 
popular pink shade. The recurved sepals 
are soft pink, corolla pale tyrian rose; 
petals are waved and spreading. An 
upright grower and quite heat tolerant. 
ROSANA. A full double large rose, a 
fine self in solferino purple. Very pro- 
ductive in flowers, extra fine foliage. 
RUBEO. Vigorous bush with large ru- 
gose foliage. Corolla ranging from deep- 
est rose bengal on the center petals to 
deep crimson on the outer petals. Pale 
carmine tube and carmine sepals. 
SAPPHIRE (Waltz) 1954 introduction. 
Double corolla of deep purplish blue and 
wide frosty sepals of clear pink inside 
and outside flushed pink, with short 
creamy white tube. Ideal for pot plant. 
SANTA CRUZ. Deep crimson sepals 
and corolla. A fine upright grower. 
SAN LEANDRO. Double, magenta to 
vermilion, tube and sepals carmine. 
Upright grower; large flowers don’t 
mind a little heat. 
SEVENTEEN. A _ double self-colored 
fuchsia of real rose shade. The petals of 
the large double flower and the thick 
recurvnig sepals are clear rose madder. 
SHARON. A semi-trailing variety. The 
flowers are double and well formed, 
sepals of palest scarlet. The petals are 
rose bengal splashed with extensions of 
geranium lake at the base. 
SNOW BALL. Large white double. 
Corolla creamy white and very double. 
Tiny flush of pink at base if in sun. 
Sepals long and reflexed. Vigorous 
grower but needs moist conditions in 
warmish shade with good drainage. 
