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51_22 Slough, England The above were the main ones I think. They had been procured, for the most part at least, by crossing. He also had some of the truly annual kinds, whcih he called Eschscholtzia tenuifolia. He says that he is not able to cross these small-flowered annual sorts with the large-flowered kind. The large-flowered kind, though perennial, is treated as an annual for horticultural use in England. The plants stand the cold well, but not the kind of wet usual to an English winter. He had a lot of Godetials of may colors. These are derived from Godetia amoena, lindleyi, viminea - and are very showy. One of the most re- |
51_23 July 17, 1930. remarkable is Bijou, clear white with crimson spot. It is an extremely lively animated sort of thing. Then he has dwarfed, low rounded plants completely covered with bloom, or varying to stocky or dwarf strains - all derived from Godetia grandiflora Lindley (G. Whitneyi). Balfour says Godetias are favored for cut flowers; put into water they will flower for two weeks until the last bud in the raceme has opened. I return to the Eschscholtzia. The Geisha is crimson on under side of petal and deep gold above. There are variants of this with crumpled or crinkled edge, and also fluted petals. One bed of the [Eschscholtzias] |
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