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Hollyhock seeds from Peter Lawson. May 16 – 55

1. Sulphur yellow 7 or 8 Plants all true

2 Cherry Red 6 true

3 purple with large white border. (6 altogether) 4 true —/ 1 single, redder in middle / pink in middle very pa 1 double

4 Dark Red with white stripes 5 all same & true; very like No 3, but rather redder

5 Red From 2 plants (died last autumn

6 Rose 6 true, but 1 rather darker 1 bright dark red,

7 Rose dwarf. True (not dwarf ? 3 plants all true & dwarf

Look 8 Wine colour

9 Pale yellow 2 almost white 6 yellow with much reddish orange 1 with very little yellow orange petals may be called pale yellow

10 Dark Brown 8 Perfectly true

11 Rosish purple with lilac veins 1855 (true) 2 rather paler.— 4 darker true

12 bright rose all quite true 7 Plants

13 Dark violet purple with lilac border; very peculiar colour & all true 6 Plants

14 Bright rose 8 Plants of these, 2 bright red & single / 1 red & double / 1 single [dirty] purple / 3 double pale Pink / 1 nearly white single

15 Peach blossom (7 Plants) 2 double pink / 1 double blackish red / 1 pure yellow / 3 orangy yellow

16 ash-coloured (6 plants) 3 ash purple of which 1 lighter / 1 rose double / 2 white with tinge of purple & double

17 Louis Philippe. chesnut-brown really purple, white border (5 all true like 16 but rather lighter —

18 Light rose all true 10 Plants

I compared several of these seeds and cd see no difference in them

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1855 Hollyocks

 June 18 young leaves just found Cotyledon yet present.

June 24th (leaves 1 inch in diameter) all Kinds exactly alike July 20'. do.—