White Sentinel
Classification:
2 W-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, before 1915
Awards:
Special Class:
Seed Parent: 
Beacon 3 W-R 
Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England
Year Registered: 1897
Princess Mary x (N. poeticus var. recurvus x poet ?)
Beacon
Pollen Parent: 
2 W-W seedling
Chromosomes:
28
Pedigree Chart:
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
72 times as seed, 4 times as pollen
Descendants:
Comments

Perianth segments broadly ovate, yellowish white, spreading, with margins incurling, overlapping half; the inner segments a little inflexed, with margins slightly wavy; corona funnel-shaped, lightly ribbed, tinged pale yellow, slightly frilled, rim crenate and sometimes a little flanged. Resembles ‘Mitylene’ but with a yellower cup.

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White SentinelWhite Sentinel, 2 W-Y, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1915
Photo #43573 Albert F. Calvert, England