Gladiolus Studie: 



III 



349 



Season — Early, last of July ; 70 days. 



Spike — Medium tail (100 cm.), erect, often cur\-ed, blooms freely (13), branched. 



Often two or three spikes per corm. 

 Habit — Erect, medium height, rather compact. 

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

 Corms — Medium large; cormels, many. 



HARLEQUIN 



Originator — C h i 1 d s . 

 Reg. A. G. S., 1914 

 Group — Childsii 

 Stock from Childs 



Bloom — Medium large (10 

 cm.). Tube curved, 

 slender, long. Segments 

 unequal, connivent; the 

 u p p er horizontal and 

 broad, the lower straight 

 and narrow . Stamen 

 filaments reddish; an- 

 thers %-iolet. Perianth 

 lilac-rose (,152-1) feath- 

 ered and striped with 

 carmine-red (113-iv), 

 and with a carmine 

 throat penciled with car- 

 mine-red ( 1 1 3-IV) . Very 

 much mottled. The 

 medial Unes are em- 

 bossed. 



Season — Mid-August; 90 



days. 

 .Spike — ^ledinm tall (85 

 cm.), erect, often cur\"ed, 

 a fair number of blooms 

 (15 on main, 6 on 

 branch). 



Habit — Erect, medium tall, 

 somewhat spreading. 



Growth — Medium \-igorous ; 

 plant medium well fur- 

 nished with narrow 

 leaves. 



Corms — Meditun size; corm- 

 els, medium nimaber, 

 good size. 



HARVARD (Teas) i" 

 Originator — 

 Group — 

 Stock from Teas 

 Bloom — Medivmi size (8 cm.). Tube straight, mediimi slender, mediimi long. 

 Segments unequal, cormivent; the upper horizontal with reflexed edges, the 

 lower much narrower and reflexed. Stamen filaments white; style lavender. 

 Perianth crimson-carmine (159-iv) with a white throat. Flowers appear at various 

 sides of the spike. Color bright, and bloom compact. Seven blooms open at one 

 time. 

 Season — Earlv August; 83 to 100 days. 



Spike — Medium tall (76 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (12-18). Two and three 

 spikes borne per corm. 



Fig. 



" This is not the Harvard of Tracy, which is George Paul. 



