The Gladiolus 



By Hammond Tracy, Wenham, Mass. 



The result of the outpourings of nature's horn of plenty 

 is shown in the use of no flower more than in the gladi- 

 olus. It might almost be said that in quantity of bulbs for 

 planting for effect or to insure quantity of blooms for 

 cutting, all along the line of solid colors, lies the whole 

 secret of success in the growing of the gladiolus. 



The motto. "When you're getting, get a plenty," must 

 produce results. 



GL.ADIOLUS "D.\W.N'." 



Of course, there are plantings in amateur gardens 

 where small quantities are advisable for hou.se use, but 

 even here many bulbs of a few of the best colors will give 

 much better satisfaction. In the large garden or in the 

 grower's field, success comes from large plantings of 

 solid colors. 



The gladiolus is just beginning to be ajipreciated as a 

 garden flow-er in the amateur garden and as a commercial 

 asset for the grower. It has come into its own in recent 

 years chiefly because of its rapidlv increasing popularity 

 and appreciation of its possibilities, and these jmssibilities 

 are even yet but little understood, because in order to gain 

 the desired effect they must be used in quantity. Take, 

 for instance, the blue of Raron Hulot. When used in 

 large quantities the beautiful blue shows to advantage. 

 One of the most beautiful and artistic casket covers was 



made entirely of I'.aron Hulot Gladioli with the green of 

 the Asparagus and the Alaiden Hair Fern. In a hotel 

 foyer, no more beautiful effect could have been produced 

 than was achieved by the use of four-foot spikes of gladi- 

 olus Mrs. Francis King arranged with just a few inches 

 of the spikes placed in the top of a five- foot vase, the 

 magnificent flower spikes branching out on every side. 

 This simple but effective arrangement of "Besnard Red" 

 in a foyer in which the prevailing color scheme was green, 

 could not have been accomplished with any other flower, 

 but here, as with Baron Hulot, it was the single color, 

 used in Cjuantity, that made the effect so telling. An im- 

 mense basket filled with the light-colored throated varie- 

 ties in a pleasing combination of creams, whites and tinted 

 yellows gives an arrangement unequalled by any other 

 mixture. In fact, this mi.xture of light-colored varieties 

 with carmine spots or throats is the only mixture that can 

 be used for decorative effects with any degree of satis- 

 faction. 



When the florist, as well as the amateur, plants in large 



GLADIOtUS "H.\R\AK1X' 



