Gladiolus Studies 



II 



271 



Gladiolus {(oniintud) page 



primulinus 



As a promising parent 240 



Behavior of color in hybrids 231, 238 



Contribution of, to hybrids 212, 238 



Form of bloom 212, 238 



Use of 198 



psittacinus 



Estivation of 209 



Characters of 212 



Contribution of, to hybrids 212, 237 



purpureo-auratus 



Estivation of 209 



Characters of 212, 227 



Contributions of, to hybrids . . . . 231, 237, 245 



Hybrids of 227 



ramosus 227, 237 



recur\'ns, pot culture of 251 



Saundersii, contributions of, to hybrids. 231, 237 



segetum 234 



sulphureus, pot culture of 251 



tristis, pot culture of 251 



tristis concolor, as a parent of Colvillei .... 231 



turicensis 237 



villosus, pot culture of 251 



Watsonius, pot culture of 251 



Grasshoppers, injuries by 255 



Hard rot 257 



Hybridist, compared with an inventor 222 



Hybrids 



Definition of 223 



General discussion of 222 



Greater vigor due to hybridity 230 



(See also various species concerned.) 

 Improvement 



Greatest need for :■.■.••. -49 



List of varieties, with possibilities when used 



in hybridization 240-241 



Indoor culture 251 



Inheritance of acquired characters . . . 230 



Intermixtures, a form of marking in blooms. . . 212 



Irrigation 207 



Katydids, injuries by 255 



Lamarck 230 



Landscape 



Characteristics of a landscape variety 218 



Colors of gladioli for 215 



Leaf mold 202 



Lice, root 256 



Lime 



Injury from 202 



Use of 202-203 



Manures 



Cow 201 



Horse ■ 201 



Injury due to too heavy application 201 



Poultry 201, 203 



Sheep 201-204 



Marbling, a form of marking in blooms 212 



Markings of flowers 212 



Meloe 256 



Mendel and MendeUsm 226 



Mendelism in relation to gladioli 227 



Millepedes 255 



Mottling, a form of marking in blooms 212 



Mulching with manure 206 



Mutation 223, 233 



Nitrate of soda 202-204 



Peloric flowers 211 



Penciling, a form of marking in blooms 212 



Planting 



Danger of deep planting 199 



Depth of 199 



Distance apart 205 



Planting (continued) p.\GE 



Early, for cormels or seeds 205 



Individual corms 205 



Setting of corms 205 



Succession 204 



Time of 204 



Value of deep planting 199, 207 



Pollination 



Methods of 23s, 236 



Time of .... 235, 236 



Potassium muriate 202, 204 



Potassium sulfate 202, 204 



Potato fertilizer for gladioli 203 



Reciprocal crosses 231 



Red spider '. 25s 



Reversion form of bloom 210 



Rot 



Dry 257 



Hard 257 



Ruffled gladioli • . 231, 233 



Scab 2S7 



Score card, Ohio Gladiolus Society 221 



Seed 



Beds 242-243 



Fertilizers for seed beds 242 



Gathering 241 



Sowing 241 



Seed capsules 237, 241 



Semi-peloriate form of bloom 210 



Soil 



Proper soil for gladioli 199-201 



Sour, preferred by gladioli 201 



Soot, use of 203, 247 



Species, use of, for improvement 237-239 



(See also Gladiolus, for various species men- 

 tioned.) 

 Spikes, curved 



Advantageous 219 



Disadvantageous 219 



Splashes, a form of marking in blooms 212 



Sports 223, 225 



Staking 



Inadvisability of 207 



Method for amateurs 207 



Method of 206-207 



Stippling, a form of marking in blooms 212 



Storage 



In cellars 249 



Of cormels 250 



Of corms 248 



Storage houses 248 



Temperature for 248 



Use of sand or soil for 249 



Substance of bloom 216 



Succession planting 204 



Suffusion, a form of marking in blooms 212 



Sulfate of ammonia 204 



Superphosphate of lime 203 



Tankage 203-204 



Temperature 



For indoor culture 253 



For storage 248 



Test card, Cornell 220 



Tiger moth 255 



Uses of gladioli 



As cut flowers -. I9S 



As substitute for orchids and lilies 196 



For bridal bouquet 196 



In funeral work 196 



In general decoration 196 



In the garden 198 



Weismann 229 



Wireworms, injuries by 254, 255 



Wood ashes, use of, as fertilizer 202 



Zygomorphic flowers 210 



