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the darker colors are especially valuable for decorations when quanti- 

 ties of color are needed. Mrs. K. Atkinson, secretan- of the National 

 Gladiolus Society of England, writes that scarlet is one of the best selling 

 varieties in England. Dombrain (1873) states that when colors are not 

 clear they should be without splashing, and E. T. Flanagan adds that 

 the variegated blooms are not to be so widelv admired. M. Crawford sums 



up the color question by saying that fine coloring is the one requirement, 

 without which aU other perfections go for naught. 



In considering the value of colors for landscape use. B. F. White con- 

 siders all colors admissible so long as they are bright and briUiant. 

 Burbank prefers the soHd colors. Mrs. A. H. Austin and Mrs. K. Atkinson, 

 and Messrs. Van Fleet, Macomber, Burbank, Bassett, Black, Spencer, 



