Gladiolus Studies — III 331 



EVA ^ Originator — Michell 



Group — Childsii 

 Stock from Michell 

 -Bloom — Large (10.5 cm.). Tube cur\-ed, slender, long. Segments unequal, cormivent; 

 the upper horizontal and broad, the lower sUghtly reflexed and narrower. Stamen 

 filaments pink; anthers \-iolet. Perianth madder lake (122-iij ■with carmine 

 lake stripes on a white throat. Edges of segments feathered with dull purple 

 lake (170-11). A good color. 

 Season — ^Iid- August to late August; 97 days. 

 Spike — Medium tall (72 cm.), erect, a medium quantity of bloom (14 on main, 3 on 



secondary,-) . 

 Habit — Erect, rather tall, spreading. 



Gro'.cth — Medium \igorous; plant well furnished with medium narrow leaves. 

 Corms — Medium size; cormels, few. 



EVALINE Originator — Groff 



Group — 

 Stock from Woodruff; Stewart 



Synonyms — Stewart No. 11, Smok\' Violet; Large Purplish; John Schmelzer. 



Bloom — Large (10-12 cm.). Tube cur\-ed, medium slender, medium long. Segments 

 unequal, cormivent ; the upper horizontal and broad, the lower refle.xed and narrower. 

 Stamen filaments vermilion; anthers \-iolet. Perianth crushed strawberr\- 

 (109-111), segments feathered with vinous purple (171-11). A ding\-, muddy 

 color. Well arranged to form an excellent spike of bloom. Good substance. 



Season — Mid-season; 72 days. 



Spike — Medixim tall (86 cm.), erect, a large number of blooms (19). 



Habit — Erect, medium tall, compact. 



Gro'u.'th — Vigorous ; plant medium well furnished with medium narrow leaves. 



Corms — Medium size; cormels, few. 



EVOLUTION Originator — Groff. 1904. Reg. A. G. 



S., 1914. Cowee 

 Group — 

 Stock from Cowee 

 Bloom — Large (10 cm.). Tube straight, slender, medium long. Segments unequal, 



cormivent; the upper much reflexed and broad, the lower reflexed and narrower. 



Stamen filaments white with pink tips; anthers \-iolet. Perianth pale Ulac-rose 



(i 78) , freely feathered with \-iolet-rose, white throat blotched with carmine. Bloom 



wide open, but color often is not so clear as it should be. 

 Season — - Mid-season to late; 90 to 108 days. 

 Spike — Medium tall (87 cm.), erect, much curved, a fair nimiber of blooms (12), 



bare for nearly half its length. Two spikes frequently borne per conn. 

 Habit — Erect, meditmi tall, ven.- spreading. 



Growth — Vigorous; plant medium well furnished with medium broad leaves. 

 Corms — Large; cormels, few, medium large. 



EXPANSION Originator — Childs. Reg. A. G. S., 



1914 

 Group — Childsii 

 Stock from Childs 

 Bloom — Mediimi size (9 cm.). Tube nearly straight, stout, medium long. S^:ments 

 unequal, cormivent; the upper horizontal and broad, the lower straight and broad. 

 Stamen filaments reddish; anthers \-iolet. Perianth scarlet (87-1) blotched with 

 blood red (93) on a white throat. Widely expanded blooms. Childs' description, 

 " white, pink and crimson," is rather misleading. Good substance. 



" Vilmorin, in 1872, introduced a gandarensis variety of this name. Krelage, in 1899, introduced 

 a Lemoinei variety of the same name. Childs originated and introduced a rose-colored variety in 1896. 



