OTHER FLOWERS 



and rose doree, and the French chart 124-4. The 

 round markings on the lower petals of these gor- 

 geous flowers are of a purple almost black. Here 

 is a marvel for our gardens, so vivid that all it 

 needs is to be allowed to bloom below Artemisia 

 lactijlora, or among early cream-white chrysanthe- 

 mums, to create a true horticultural sensation. 



Other varieties that were particularly fine, these 

 all named, were Myrtle, a flower of a lovely color, 

 all the tones of 153 in the French chart, and in 

 Ridgway, hermosa and La France pink; Chicago 

 Salmon, superb in form and color, Ridgway, be- 

 gonia rose, and French chart 124, all tones, also 

 125; Schwaben, very well known and deservedly 

 so, a fine pale-yellow gladiolus, a large, well-opened 

 flower, violet blotches in the throat, though very 

 far back. This gladiolus is very fine grown or 

 cut in combination with mauves, or with primu- 

 linus hybrids. Attraction is of the color called by 

 Ridgway spectrum red and begonia rose; in the 

 French chart 121, all tones. Attraction has a 

 wonderful open throat of waxy white. It pos- 

 sesses very fine, even dazzling flowers, growing far 

 apart on the stalk, the latter very strong and tall. 

 Out of three fine primulinus hybrids in the rich 

 flame, copper, and yellow of that tribe, I should 



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