Mrs. R.O. (Sarah) Backhouse
b 1857 d 1921
Hereford, Herefordshire, England
Mrs. R.O. (Sarah) BackhouseRev. G.H. Engleheart, England
Year Registered: 1898
N. abscissus x N. radiiflorus var. poetarum
Will Scarlett
Perianth segments broadly ovate, rounded at apex, slightly mucronate, pure white, spreading, with margins sometimes wavy or incurled, overlapping half; the inner segments slightly inflexed, not noticeably mucronate, somewhat truncate, asymmetrically shouldered at base; corona disc-shaped, ribbed, pale bright yellow, shading to intense yellow-orange at rim, with the rim closely and minutely dentate.
Lidcot, 3 W-YYO, Mrs. R.O. (Sarah) Backhouse, England, 1921
Photo #31210 RHS Yearbook, England