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NEST BRAUNTON 



Fig. 28. GLADIOLUS dracocephalus hybrid 



A. Gladiolus dracocephalus, a wild species characterized by having a dull yellowish green bloom finely 

 marked throughout the perianth wth brownish red. 



B. A scarlet seedling designated as No. i Scarlet by Ernest Braunton. 



C. The hybrid between G. dracocephalus and No. i Scarlet. It is intermediate in color, the perianth 

 bearing the characteristic G dracocephalus markings and the larger flaring form of the pollen parent, 

 No. I Scarlet 



