Gladiolus Studies - — II 



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The following varieties are mentioned 

 used as parents: 



America 



Badenia 



Baron Joseph Hulot 



Blanche 



Blue Jay 



Canary Bird 



Chicago White 



Cordelia 



Dr. Dotter 



Elizabeth Kurz 



Europa 



Glory 



Golden King 



HaUey 



Harvard 



Heliotrope 



Isabel 



Lady Howard de Walden 



Liebesfeuer 



as having possibilities when 



Mastodon 



Mrs. Frank Pendleton 



Mrs. G. W. WiUock 



Niagara 



Panama 



Parure 



Peace 



Princepine 



Princeps 



Princess Louise 



Prophetesse 



Rochester White 



Schwaben 



Sparta 



Sulphur King 



Victory 



White Excelsior 



White Lady 



GATHERING AND PLANTING SEEDS 



After the fertilization of the ovules the capsules soon begin to develop, 

 and when they have attained their full size they ripen speedily. The 

 pods crack from the top downward, and the seeds can be gathered as 

 soon as this takes place. They should be dried in an airy room. The 

 pods or the seeds may be placed in cloth sacks to which air can be admitted. 

 It is necessary to remember always that seeds are young plants and for 

 their proper germination should be stored in a cool, not too dry, place. 



Opinions differ as to the proper time for sowing. Fuld prefers to sow 

 the seeds in December in the greenhouse, and then have some young corms 

 to set out in May, thereby saving a year in the production of new varieties. 



Douglas (1885) writes as follows: 



My plan is to prepare a hot-bed for them, and to sow about fifty seeds in a seven- 

 inch pot, using good light compost. The seeds vegetate in two weeks, and the way 

 to be successful is to keep the young plants growing on without any check. The 

 plants grow very rapidly, but it is best not to disturb them. As they increase in size, 

 gradually admit more air, until by the end of May the lights may be removed entirely; 

 placing them over the frames only in very rough and frosty weather. By the end 

 of September or not later than the middle of October, the young seedlings have 

 completed their growth, and the pots will be full of bulbs varying in size from a marrow 

 pea to a filbert. The pots may be laid on their sides until the leaves decay, when the 

 next step will be to shake the bulbs out, wTap them up in paper, and store the packages 

 in a dry place where frost cannot reach them. 



