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For commercial use, the general consensus of opinion is that the bloom 

 should be white, pink, scarlet, yellow, or red, or perhaps blue. Maurice 

 Fuld objects to blue in that it does not appear to good advantage in 



Fig. 18. M.\RKINGS FOUND IN PERIANTH SEGMENTS OF VARIETIES OF THE GLADIOLUS 



A, flecks (very small dashes); B, dashes or splashes (long irregular dashes): C, feathering (dashes or 

 fine markings that originate at the outer edges of the segments); D, mottling (irregular spots wider and 

 more prominent than dashes); E, suffusion (colors laid on as though painted on another color); F, blend 

 (gradual transition Trom one tone of a color to another of the same color, or from one color to some 

 other different color); G, clear throat (unmarked in any way); H, dots; I, stippling (very fine dots in the 

 throat); J, penciling (lines of the throat); K, mottling (irregular spots in the throat); L. blotch (regular, 

 large areas of color, on lower segments); M, marbling (an interm.ixed or clouded effect! ; N, the loz- 

 enge blotch found in many of the nanus varieties in which the center is clear and the outer edge much 

 deeper in color. 



A, B, C, D, E, F, and G are found in various parts of the perianth. H, I, J. K, L, M, and N are 

 throat markings 



artificial light. Matthew Crawford writes: "The color should be choice, 

 high-priced, more like carmine than vermillion. Colors may be tinted, 

 but should not appear bleached, washed out or faded." B. C. Auten 

 emphasizes the importance of having the colors lively, rather than dull. 



