NORWOOD BEAUTY

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Codiaeum variegatum Norwood Beauty

Looks like a smaller leaf version of Mrs. Snyder's Disreali.

Norwood Beauty:A brilliant oak-leaf type shaded red and yellow. A Craig seedling developed in 1811 and named for Norwood, Pa.,the town where the Robert Craig Nursery is located.

REF: Brown, B. Frank 1960 Floridas Beautiful Crotons

Type S with long center lobe, 2" x 8", - Ground color is light green with red midriv and veins margined yellow ultimately the green turns to deep red and the markings become bright crimson.

REF: Paper prepared by Wm. A. Geiger in collaboration with Mr. Christian of the Christian Nursery, Mr. Van der Lean and Mr. George L. Peacock. p.13.

A brilliant oak leaf type, shaded red and yellow.

REF: Reasoner's Tropical Nurseries inc, croton listing. Group II, Better Standard Varieties, p.3.