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of the single flowers on the spike of such varieties as Peace and Rosella, 

 add greatly to their artistic value." Hutchinson, Zeestraten, Tracy, 

 Krelage, Tait, Barnes, Fischer, Van Fleet, Betscher, M. Crawford, Wilmore, 

 White, Hoeg, Babcock, Black, Macomber, Gage, Huntington, Munsell, 

 Fuld, Flanagan, and Mrs. Austin believe that doubling would not be an 

 improvement. Bonvallet argues that doubling would make the flowers 

 more durable. Spencer says: " Any new feature would add greatly to 

 the popularity of the flower, as did the cactus dahlia." Thomann 

 thinks a semi-double variety might be an improvement. Auten believes 

 that it depends on what form the flower takes in doubling. 



The following card has been devised for use in describing varieties 

 of gladioli on the trial grounds of the American Gladiolus Society at the 

 Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station:^ 



CORNELL VARIETY TEST OF GLADIOLI No 



Name Old Nos. 



B LOO M — Size — Very large-large-medium-small. 



Color marking • 



Segments — Equal-unequal; connivent-separate. 



Upper — -Horizontal-hooded-reflexed; broad-narrow. Lower — straight-reSex; broad-narrow. 



Stamens — Color of filament; of style; 



Tube — Straight-curved; slender-stout; long-short; compact-loose. 



gpi (^E — Tall-medium-short; erect-curved-drooping; free-fair-bloomer-no bloom. No. blooms 



Branched? 



REMARKS ON BLOO M — Compact, loose; keeping quality ; substance 



HABIT OF PLANT — Erect-drooping; tall-medium-dwarf. Height of plant 



Spreading-compact. 

 GROWTH — Good-medium-poor. Season — Early-mid-season-late. 

 PROLIFICACY — No. CoRMS — Many-few. Size — Large-small. No. Cormels — Many-few. Size — 



Large-small. 

 FOLIAGE — Well-furnished-medium-poor; broad-medium-narrow; veins prominent-obscure. 

 COMMERCIAL VALUE — Cut Flower — Extra good-good-medium-poor. 



Landscape — Extra good-good-medium-poor. 

 VALUE AS A WHOLE — Extra good-good-medium-poor. 



remarks: 



Estivation 



No. corms sent No. that grew No. bloomed. 



'The introductory paragraphs of Cornell Extension Bulletin ii, Gladiolus Studies— III. Varieties of the 

 Garden Gladiolus, explain the methods used in describing varieties. 



