THE NEWER GLADIOLI 



ings; Rosella below Salvia azurea, with the an- 

 nual pink mallow near by; and, last, Rosella with 

 Baron Hulot, that small-flowered but ever-needed 

 gladiolus of the color known as bishop's violet 

 (chart, Violet ev^que No. 4) . I am myself minded 

 to grow Baron Hulot in the midst of ageratum 

 Stella Gurney — precisely as one lets a colony of 

 tulips appear above forget-me-not; and Baron 

 Hulot would be also most perfect among the fine 

 creamy flowers of chrysanthemum Garza. 



With a few very short descriptions I am done. 

 Senator VoUand is an interesting flower, the gen- 

 eral tone of its petals bright violet (chart, Violet 

 de campanule No. 1). Blotches of amaranth 

 (chart, Amarante No. 4), with yellow- white spaces 

 below these, occur on the inferior petals, with a 

 lovely mottling of the amaranth on these lower 

 petals as well. "Bright violet" does not describe 

 the color of this flower to me as well as pale 

 cool lavender, with richer lavender or purple on 

 the throat, flakes of a true cream color upon the 

 purple. Canary-bird, with its clear light yellow 

 (no visible markings of any other color), is most 

 charming in combination with Senator VoUand. 

 And the Senator again might stand to great ad- 

 vantage before tall groups of Physostegia Virginica, 



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