The New Blue Gladiolus 



The gladiolus, like the rose and the poppy, seems to avoid 

 the color blue. Mr. Burbank has succeeded, however, in bring- 

 ing out the submerged hereditary factors for blueness that exist in 

 this, as apparently in most other flowers. A long series 

 of experiments in hybridizing and selection was nec- 

 essary to produce this striking result. 



