Gladiolus Studies — III 447 



ZINGARI Origi'ialor — Hoeg. Reg. A. G. S., 



1915 

 Group — 

 Stock from Hoeg 



Synonym — Formerly Hoeg Xo. 96. 



Bloom — Medium size (9 cm.). Tube curved, slender, long. Segments unequal, 

 connivent: the upper horizontal and broad, the lower reflexed and narrower. 

 Stamen filaments white; anthers lilac. Perianth Rose Xeyron red (119-111), 

 the edges of the segments light Rose Xeyron red (119-1), blotched with carmine- 

 purple (156-111) with a dash of lemon-yellow at the tip of the blotch. Compact 

 bloom, good substance, an especially good pink. 



Season — • Mid-season to late; no to 120 days. 



Spike — Medium short (60 cm.), erect, a fair number of blooms (11), not branched. 

 Two spikes often borne per corm. 



Habit — Erect, medium tall, spreading. 



Growth — \'igorous; plant well furnished with broad lea\es. 



Corms — Medium size; cormels, few. 



