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Interior of the New Store of G. & J. W. Ludwig Floral Co., Pittsburgh. 



attempt to suggest unytliing on that 

 subject. I will nly mention (J. Jj. Allen 

 and his bulbs and tuberous roolcd plants, 

 and the excellent new book on the 

 gladiolus l)y that \eter;iii Mutliority, 

 Matthew ('rawford, as two of the most 

 reliable and convenient sources of in- 

 formation on the gladiolus and its cul- 

 ture, as well as otiier matters of infor- 

 mation regarding this flower. 



Great Future Possibilities. 



Altiiougii 1 am a lifelong breeder of 

 the gladiolns, it would talu; a much bet- 

 tor tongu(! and jxmi than mire to do 

 this sid)ject Justice. I have been so 

 busy admiring the gladiolus, and work 

 ing with it, that I liave never thongiit 

 mr.ch about its present or future. Ibjw 

 well the gladiolus has taki'ii care of its 

 good reputation you are ail awnic, and 

 I feel certain it will do even Ixdter in 

 time to conu'. Of course, 1 am an en- 

 thusiast, lis :i breeder of this, on(> of the 

 most magnificent of all the many b(>au- 

 tiful flowers, and I have boundless eon- 

 flilenee in its still gr(>ater advancement 

 in tin? future, both commercially and 

 artistically. Commercially its useful- 

 ness is only begiuTiing to be recognize*!, 

 and its future in the t/ands of the plant 

 breeder holds almost boundless ])ossi- 

 bilities. 



Improvement in Foliage. 



Only within the last few days some 

 f I lends of the gladiolus have reported 

 new beauties in foliage variation and I 

 believe much can be done to develop 

 this feature alone. In addition to the 

 reported foliage with white striping, 

 great improvement may lie expected 

 with the normal color. For a number of 



years I have been selecting and breed 

 ing with this object in view, and finil 

 file gladiolus as susceptible along this 

 line as in the imj>roveinent of its flow- 

 ers. We should have tall, wide, ri(di 

 green foliage; tall, slender and grace 

 fill foliage, of forms best suited to 

 the usual straight-stemme<l varieties, 

 and some beautiful, slender and droop 

 ing foliage, best suited to blend with 

 what are known as hent or cidoked 

 stemmed \arieties. That there is a fu- 



ture of usefuliress for the last named 

 form of stem, I feel confident, if the 

 flower is specially attractive. 



Colors of the Stem. 



.\iiollier feature ol' promise is the C(jl 

 ors of th(» stem. Some of t lu' stems nvo 

 almost white and others arc line cream 

 or yellow. This, no ilouiil, will become 

 a feature of usefulness in the gladiolus 

 of t h(^ f ul ure. 



()tlier features of foiin and type will 





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