THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



var. rosea, the soft rosy false dragon's-head. The 

 color of Canary-bird on the chart is sulphur-yel- 

 low (Jaune soufre No. 1). 



Isaac Buchanan may not be a new gladiolus 

 but it was new to me — a lemon-flaked soft pink, 

 the flakes giving a charming effect. The flower 

 is not large, but rare in color, and above Phlox 

 Drummondii, var. lutea, an interesting effect should 

 be got. Snowbird is a lovely white with pinkish- 

 violet slender markings in the throat; La Luna, 

 a soft creamy white with a very clearly defined 

 marking of richest Pompeiian red on the throat; 

 California, a pinkish lavender gladiolus, is an ex- 

 cellent color for use with America; Princess Al- 

 tiere, a very large pure white with royal-purple 

 markings on the lower petals; and Independence, 

 a magnificent salmon-pink, very light in tone, re- 

 minding me in a general way of the fine old Wil- 

 liam Falconer, but far and away better in type — 

 every gladiolus named here is to me worth getting 

 and growing. 



I emphatically advise the buying of small quan- 

 tities of these bulbs as a starter, as one would 

 with fine tulips; the careful labelling, staking, 

 comparing with other flowers differing in form, 

 color, and habit but blooming simultaneously; and, 



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