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727. Varieties. Each year new varieties are pro- 

 duced, which far outshadow those before known, either 

 in novelty of color, substance, form or prolificacy. Among 

 the present standard varieties are : - 



America, pink. 



Augusta, pure white, blue anthers. 



Baron Hulot, violet. 



Blanche, white, slightly flecked with rose. 



Canary Bird, yellow. 



Empress of India, dark maroon. 



Europa, white. 



Glory, ruffled, cream yellow. 



Golden King, yellow. 



Halley, salmon pink. 



Independence, red. 



Mrs. Frank Pendleton, pink, blotched purple. 



Mrs. Francis King, salmon scarlet. 



Myrtle, pink. 



Niagara, cream white. 



Peace, white, lavender dashes in throat. 



Primulinus seedlings, yellow, hooded. 



Rochester White, white. 



Taconic, pink. 



Tracy's Dawn, pink. 



728. Gladiolus, botanical characters. A six-parted 

 perianth, usually readily divisible into an upper and a 

 lower segment. The lower segments of the species em- 

 ployed in hybridization all possess some kind of marking, 

 blotch, penciling, dotting, or a pure white throat. The 

 essential organs comprise three stamens, one pistil, the 

 stigma of which is three-branched. Each flower is sur- 

 rounded by two spathe valves, and the flowers are arranged 

 upon a spike bearing from three to thirty blooms. The 

 leaves are rather prominently ribbed, and by sheathing 

 each other at their bases, form a flat growth in one plane. 



Habitat. Most of the species are from South Africa, 



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