Gladiolus Studies — III 



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Fig. 39. MARKINGS FOUND IN PERIANTH SEGMENTS OF VARIETIES OF GLADIOLUS 



A, flecks (very small dashes) 



B, dashes or splashes (long irregular dashes) 



C, feathering (dashes or fine markings that originate at the outer edges of the segments) 



D, mottling (irregular spots wider and more prominent than dashes) 



E, suffusion (colors laid on as though painted on another color) 



F, blend (gradual transition from one tone of a color to another of the same color, or from one 

 color to some other different color) 



G, clear throat (unmarked in any wav) 

 H, dots 



I, stippling (very fine dots in the throat) 



J. penciling (lines of the throat) 



K, mottling (irregular spots in the throat) 



L, blotch (regular, large areas of color on lower segments) 



M, marbling (an intermixed or clouded efifect) 



N, the lozenge blotch found in many of the nanus varieties in which the center is clear and the 

 outer edge much deeper in color 



A, B, C, D, E, F, and G are found in various parts of the perianth H, I, J, K, L, M, and N are 

 throat markings 



