LUTHER BURBANK 



the forerunners of a vast company of which more 

 would be heard in later years. 



(9) New varieties of Gladiolus. It was stated 

 that six of the best forms of this flower, from 

 among a million or more seedlings raised during 

 the ten years preceding, had been introduced four 

 years earlier, one of these being the first double 

 gladiolus and the first of a type in which the 

 flowers are closely arranged all around the spike, 

 like a hyacinth. In the catalog ten interesting 

 forms were listed and succinctly described, among 

 others a white form with very large flowers, sev- 

 eral dwarfs with curious stripes and markings, 

 and sundry double forms. 



(10) Hybrid Clematis. Six new forms were 

 named, including a double variety, with broad 

 snow-white petals, the flowers five to six inches in 

 diameter, that blooms almost constantly through- 

 out spring, summer, and fall. Another variety was 

 said to resemble a white water-lily, and it was said 

 of the group that "No hardy flower except the rose 

 and the lily is so magnificently beautiful as the 

 new hybrid Clematis; seedlings of which have 

 been grown at the rate of ten thousand a year for 

 several years." 



(11) A new Myrtle. This is described as a 

 new silver variegated Roman Myrtle or Brides' 

 Myrtle, originated as early as 1882. It had been 



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