THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



of gladiolus in this country, was the formation of 

 the American Gladiolus Society. To all who take 

 serious interest in this flower, I would recom- 

 mend the small monthly publication, "The Mod- 

 ern Gladiolus Grower," published at Calcium, 

 New York, by Mr. Madison Cooper, himself an 

 amateur; this paper is the organ of the American 

 Gladiolus Society, and a very fountainhead of 

 expert information in all matters relating to 

 gladioli. 



But to the gladiolus itself ! Let me herald first 

 the coming, the glorious coming of the lavender 

 beauty, Badenia by name. No words can paint 

 the beauty of this flower. A true lavender in 

 color, not too blue, its flowers are large, finely 

 expanded, and many open upon the stem at one 

 time. 



Countless combinations of this with other 

 flowers crowd upon one's vision. Which would 

 be fairer, an arrangement of like colors? Shall 

 we let Badenia open above a mass of well-staked 

 , velvet-purple petunia? Or shall we see it rise 

 above quantities of cool-pink Ostrich Plume aster ? 

 Again, we might grow it near palest yellow snap- 

 dragon; or, a more subtle arrangement yet, plan 

 to have it late against Salvia azurea, the junction 



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