Impatiens plant

#The present invention relates to a new and distinctive cultivar of Impatiens plant, botanically known as Impatiens and known by the cultivar name Paul Revere. The new cultivar was developed by me though controlled breeding by crossing an unpatented selected New Guinea Impatiens seedling number 74-200-8 (seed parent) with unpatented seedling number 74-108-1 (pollen parent). Both seedlings were developed by me from previous pollinations. Asexual reproduction of terminal or stem cuttings has shown that the unique features of this new Impatiens variety are stabilized and are reproduced true to type in successive propagations.

#The following characteristics distinguish the new Impatiens from other cultivated Impatiens of this type known and used in the floriculture industry:

#1. Large variegated foliage having dark green outer areas and light yellow green inner areas near the midrib. Young foliage is heavily rippled but at maturity the foliage appears only rugose.

#The accompanying colored photograph illustrates the overall appearance of the new cultivar, and shows the colors as true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in a colored reproduction of this type.

#The following is a detailed description of my new Impatiens cultivar based on plants produced under commercial practices in the greenhouses of Mikkelsens Inc., Ashtabula, Ohio, during September, 1976. Color references are made to the Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.

#Parentage: A controlled cross of Impatiens seedling No. 74-200-8 with Impatience seedling No. 74-108-1, both of which were developed by me in previous pollinations.

#Propagation: