INDEX 



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Acid phosphate 204 



Acquired characters 230 



Actinomorphic blooms 210 



.'Estivation 209 



Annual gladioli 244 



Anthocyanin colors 230 



Aphis, root 256 



Arctiid moth 2SS 



Aster beetle, black 255 



Award of merit 221 



Bagging flowers for crossing 234 



Beds 



Seed 242 



Bibliography 259 



Blends, a form of marking in blooms 212 



Blister beetle 256 



Blooms 



Actinomorphic 210 



Characters of 208, 233 



Doubling, value and disadvantages of 219 



Ideal form of 212 



Indoor arrangement of 196 



Number open at once 216 



Peloric 211 



Reversion form 210 



Semi-peloriate . 210 



Zygomorphic 210 



Blotches, a form of marking in blooms 212 



Bone flour 202 



Bone meal 202, 203 



Branches 



Advantages of 216, 218 



Disadvantages of 218 



Bulbs 



Definition of 244 



Diff'erence between bulb and corm 244 



(See also Corm.) 



Caosules, number to allow to develop 237 



Cell-sap colors 230 



Chile saltpeter, use of 203 



Chilognatha 255 



Color 



Bloom, color of, not correlated with color of 



corm 247 



Changes due to environment 225, 229, 230 



Commercial 213 



Nature of, in flowers 230 



Range found in gladioli 212 



Commercial types 213-218 



Corm 



Characteristics of a good corm 246 



Correlation in color with that of bloom 247 



Definition of 244 



Dividing corms 247 



Grading 246 



Multiplication of 245 



Old corms 246 



Relative value of sizes of 246 



Sizes of 246 



Storage of 248 



Cormels 



Culture of 249 



Peeling 250 



Reproduction by 249 



Season of growth of % 250 



Sizes of 249 



Soaking 251 



Storage of 250 



Time to bloom 249 



Value of 249 



Cornell variety test card 220 



Cover crop 203 



Crosses 



Definition of 223 



Possible reason for lack of 231 



Reciprocal 231 



Technique of making 234 



Cultivation page 



Time for 205 



Value of. 205-206 



With irrigation 207 



Culture 



Of Colvillei varieties 251 



Of indoor gladioli 251 



Of nanus varieties 251 



To extend season of bloom 254 



Curved spikes 219 



Cut flower 



Gladiolus as a 195 



Cutting 



Blooms, method of 196 



Corms 247 



Cutworms, poison bait for 256 



Dashes, a form of marking in blooms 212 



Diabrotica beetle 256 



Digging 208 



Dots in throat of flower 212 



Double flowers 219 



Dried blood 202 



Dry rot 2S7 



Emasculation 234, 236 



Epicauta 256 



Eyprepia. 255 



Feathering, a.form of markin:^: in blooms 212 



Fertilizer ■ -* 



Commercial 201-204 



Manure as a 201 



Time to apply 201-204 



Flecking, a form of marking in blooms 212 



Forcing. (See Culture of indoor gladioli.) 



Fordhook hybrid gladi')li 244 



Garden value 



Among shrubbery 198 



With columbine 198 



With Galtonia [- Hyacinthus] candicans., . . 198 



With iris 198 



With petunias ,. . 198 



With phlo-K 198 



With roses 198 



Gladiolus 



alatus, pot culture of 251 



cardinalis 



As a parent of Colvillei 231, 237 



Contribution of, to hybrids 231, 237 



carneus, pot culture of 251 



Childsii 212, 237, 244 



Colvillei 



Indoor culture of 251 



Parentage of 231 



Variety albus 223 



Variety The Bride 251 



cruentus, contribution of, to hybrids. . .212, 237 



cuspidatus, pot culture of 251 



dracocephalus 209, 231 



gandavensis 



As a seed parent 231 



Characteristics of 212, 227 



Hybrids of 227, 231, 237, 244 



gracihs, pot culture of 251 



Lemoinei 



As a parent 231 



Blotches 212 



Contribution of, to hybrids 237, 244 



Milleri, pot culture of 251 



nanceianus 231, 237, 244 



nanus 



Indoor culture of '. . 251 



Use of _. . 196 



Variety descriptions 252 



oppositiflorus 



Arrangement of flowers 211 



Contributions of, to hybrids 237 



papilio, contribution of, to hybrids 237 



praecox 244, 24s 



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