B. ‘Gracilis Magnifica’

Moore Seed Co. Florists' wholesale price list: bulbs, flower seeds and horticultural sundries. Philadelphia, Pa. 1916. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/112737 B. gracllis Magnifica. this splendid new variety is of a very sturdy even habit. The plant grows about 10 inches high and forms a freely branching bush about 10 or 12 inches across. Its great characteristic feature consists in its uncommonly large flowers, which measure about 1¼ inches across, and of a limpid rose shading to a beautiful carmine toward the center, a color of exquisite beauty. The flowers ate borne on strong, short stalks and appear extremely early, and make a very free and continuous display above the fresh green foliage which ls sometimes slightly tinged with a light brown. In freedom of bloom, it excels the well-known B. Gloire de Lorraine. It is a superb plant for bedding and pot culture and will most certainly become a great favorite with all florists. Grows readily from seed. A grand winter bloomer, and an easy grower. Pkt. 25 c., ½ trade -pkt. 60 c., trade pkt. $1,00; Peter Henderson & Co., Henderson's wholesale catalogue for market gardeners, truck farmers and florists : spring 1935 edition. New York http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/78128. Magnifica, crimson flowers, foliage bronze
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• Classification: Cultivar
• Plant Type: Semperflorens
• Date of Origin: 1916