A GARDEN NOTE-BOOK 



At the time these beauties came from Ohio, 

 others made their welcome appearance from 

 Vaughan's gladiolus fields, which are not far from 

 us in Michigan. And first let me mention three or 

 four seedlings: No. 129 is one of the largest, purest 

 white gladioli one could imagine; in fact, the finest 

 white I have ever seen; No. 17, a lilylike bloom 

 of pale blush-pink — Ridgway, hermosa pink; 

 French chart, 153-1, or paler. This is a large 

 flower, very upright in habit, with markings of 

 purple so far down the throat that they are not 

 visible. Seedling 64, French chart, 169 all tones, 

 Ridgway, Tyrian pink, is exceedingly imposing, 

 a clear, rosy magenta flower, very large and fine. 

 One central lower petal has a cream-white inner 

 blotch; No. 23 is a rose-pink flower of great size 

 and startling beauty — a very large flower, white 

 ground with splashes of violet rose, in Ridgway; 

 French chart, 154-1. Owosso is a deeper yellow 

 than Schwaben, with some frillings at its edges — 

 a lovely variety, practically a clear tone with no 

 markings. When I saw gladiolus Mrs. O. B. 

 Campbell for the first time I thought it precisely 

 like a magnificent zonal pelargonium. This flower 

 is not large, but of velvety texture, bright rosy 

 scarlet, I should call it; Ridgway has it scarlet-red 



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