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May 26, 1942. H X Plant Pat. 519

BUDDLEIA Filed Nov. 6, 1941 WITNESS d g INVENTOR 6M, an PAUL J.SCHMIDT 'dleia which was Patented May 26," 1942 Plant Pat. 519i BUDDLEIA Paul J. Schmidt; Youngstown,

The General Ohio, assignor to:

Nurseries Company, Painesville,

Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application November 6, 1941, SerialNo. 418,034.

1 Claim. (01. 47-60) Thisinvention relates to a new variety of Bud- Buddleia Dubonnet as the female, or seed parent,-

with a. red seedling Bud'dleia, designated as No.

27, as the male, or pollen parent.

The red seedling Buddleia N0. 27 was produced by me .by crossing Buddleia Concord, as the male I or pollen parent,rwith Buddleia Fortune, as the female or seed parent.

The seedling Buddleia No. 27 was producedin 1939 in my trial field at Youngstown, Ohio, by cross pollination effected in the summer of, 1938. In 1939, seedling No.27 was crossed at my trial field with Buddleia Dubonnet and one specimen of the new variety was produced. in 1940., The new variety was asexually reproducedat my trial field. at Youngstown, Ohio from root cuttings taken from the one specimen during the fall of- 1940. In'the summer of 1941, about two hundred and seventy-five plants were produced from these root cuttings at my trial field. g

The drawing The plant generally, I

The plant has the usual fibrous root mass and shallowness of growth with average root spread.

Its resistance to wetness and drowth is average. Its resistance to disease is very good; in fact, it appears to be free from diseases and insect pests.

Its winter resistance is average. Slight winter protection is desirable in northern Ohio, but it may endure severe winters without protection, especially when it has a southern exposure.

It is generally indifferent in soils, but grows best in sandy soils and flowers best in clay soils, as do most varieties of Buddleia.

The plant is herbaceous, generally upright, bushy, and compact, with denseness. It is somewhat an average height of four dwarfed, growing to to five feet, with an produced by me by crossing average spread of the usual shape of a Buddleia.

It is of very vigorous growth and more vigorous than other known varieties.

It prefers full sunlight in well but is indiiferent as to exposure.

Parts of the exposed plant The main'stalks of the plant grow upright, are much branched from a location closetotheground to the upperends, and are stiff and tough with a tendency towardwoodiness. They drained soil,

are generally square in cross-section: and from It," to A" across, being about twice the-average Buddlei'a, stalks. They'are cross section ofother adequate-to support stand heavy winds.

feethigh, depending the bloom well and. withon. soil fertility, and as single stalks much branched beginning just: above the ground. They aregenerally smooth and the large stalks arecomparable to Maerz & Paul Plate No. 13-J'-5 in color, marked: with Piccaa tendency toward the flower heads and leaves are arranged oppositely, alternate pairs of dilly, comparable to: Maerz. 8; Paul Plate- No.

- The main stalks and laterals leaf well, none being-bare. a. I y r The foliage is borne fromthe ground levelto is very compact. The

opposite leaves along the stem being offset ninety degrees from each other'about the axis of the stem. They are abundant and immense, being about twice the average size of Buddleia. Generally they are lanceolate and somewhat widened transversely, averaging from five to seven and one half inches in length and from two to two and five eighths inches in width at their widest portions.

They are thick and leathery and are smooth on both their upper and lower surfaces. They are a much deeper or darker green than the prior varieties, the color being a green comparable to Maerz 8: Paul Plate No. 24-J-6 on the upper surface and between Oyster Grey and Water Green, comparable to Maerz & Paul Plate No.

three feet, but otherwise has They grow from four to five? ranges, but the small a plant. The blooming perio tial shade.

The inflorescenses are compound and very large, being from six to ten inches in length and from two to two and one-half inches across, whereas lengths of six to eight inches were heretofore considered above average. The inflorescences are borne singly and upright on the terminals of the main stalks and on the terminals of strong laterals and are well supported. The inflorescences are generally. determinate panicles and average from twenty-four to thirty-six on a d in northern Ohio extends from about the mi dle of July until the first frost, is continuous, and is little affected by cutting of blooms from the plant. Their permanence on the plant is exceptional and they keep longer than the blooms o other varieties of Buddleia. Y

Thcflorets j The florets are of theusual size and are supported in the usualmanner on the rachis. Most of the florets have petals which are flat forwardly at the central portion of the floret but are recurvent'beginning a short distance from the center of the'floret and continuing to the outer margin, so that each floret presents a convex face forwardly.

' The petals also have .unusual peculiarly notched outer margins." The recurvency, coupled with the dense massing of the florets on the :rachis is such as to obscure or conceal the outlines of the upper facesof most of the florets, Whereas ordinarily the petalsof Buddleia are flat andthe florets are less compact so thatithe entire outline and shape of a. the

the floret, is distinct and stand out. The petals are of the large :portion of individual florets usual texture for Buddleia, The coloring is ex The petals of the individual florets are uniform in color on their upper faces from the outer edges to their juncture which forms the funnel, the color being" comparable to Maerz 8z Paul Plate No. 41-K-8. The general tonality of the inflorescence, howevenis deeper and richer, and is "comparable to 'Maerz 42-L-9. The outside of the to Maerz & Paul Plate No. 44-K-5. The inside of ceptional.

8; Paul Plate No.. funnels is comp arable is based on a white underlying color as a result of which the purple, instead of blackening when the bloom is viewed under artificial light, intensifies and-'becomes-evenricher and more pronounced. The color holds well until the florets dry and drop. The'individual florets of each inflorescence bloom close to the same time, those at the base of the inflorescence opening first and the blooming progressing from the base upwardly to the end, but the blooming of the florets is so overlapping that all of the florets of each inflorescence are in bloom concurrently foralong period; Their persistence, botlron the cut and uncut inflorescences, is excep' tional. The fragrance is the usual lilac-like ha grams of Buddleia but is. very persistent, being very pronounced evenin the dried bloom. V

The genital organs @are ofijthe usual size and shape. The matured fruit isdarker brownzthan The dwarfed: and compact'plant with exccp tionally large leaves and thick, toughstalks, and The recurvent margins and peculiarly notched edges of the petals of the florets. v I i Iclaim: The new and distinctvariety of Buddleia herein shown and described and characterized particularly in the striking and unusual color, large size,

and compactness of the inflorescence as a whole,

and the coexistence .for long periods ina' high degree of freshness and beauty of all the florets of an individual inflorescence.

' i PAUL Leona/r m. 1

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