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not under the circumstances write dispassionately 

 of it. 



The above-mentioned sextet, then, I would 

 say, comprises several of the newer varieties of 

 gladiolus whose interesting color and fine form 

 fit them particularly for garden groupings of orig- 

 inality and charm. Of other fine varieties I shall 

 presently speak, but these are really marvellous 

 for beauty. One has but to see them to feel ideas 

 for placing them, flocking softly to one's brain. 

 Next year, oh, next year! 



It is impossible to overpraise the cool elegance of 

 gladiolus Peace. Its flowers are milky -white (color 

 chart, Blanc de lait No. 1) with well-defined nar- 

 row stripes on the lower petals, far back in the 

 throat, of rosy magenta (color chart, Magenta 

 rougeatre No. 1). The variety is said to be un- 

 surpassed for cutting, as the flowers keep well in 

 water, and buds will open the entire length of the 

 spike. Peace is surely the noblest white gladiolus. 

 Its large flower, the slender violet markings so well 

 within the throat that there is hardly an effect of 

 color, gives one the impression of a pure white spike 

 of bloom which had once looked upon an evening 

 sky. 



Two gladioli with charmingly suggestive names 



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