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say that seedling 502 is the finest. The others are 

 AHce Tiplady and Regulus. No. 502 has a depth 

 of color which reminds one of certain Brazilian 

 butterflies. Apricot-yellow, rose, scarlet, all these 

 shades are caught in this flower and blended in 

 one fiery glow. To conclude this group, Vaughan's 

 seedling No. 6 is a flower of tremendous interest 

 to me; Ridgway calls this flower peach-red; the 

 French chart shows it in plate 88, all tones; the 

 blotch on its throat is Ridgway, oxblood red, 

 French chart 95-4. This is, I believe, the most 

 striking gladiolus I have ever seen, six flowers open 

 at one time. Its color is of Oriental magnificence, 

 its rich hues and velvet texture remarkable. Also 

 the flower is well opened, my only criticism being 

 that the flowers may be set too close to each other 

 along the stem. The name of this glory in gladioli 

 is Martha Washington. It reminds one of Le- 

 moine's Beaute de Juillet, but this is more scarlet 

 and brown, while that is vivid rose-pink, with vel- 

 vety carmine blotches. 



From yet another source, from fields at Mount 

 Clemens, Michigan, arrived a generous basket of 

 cut blooms of gladioli. Among tliese I found a 

 group of most excellent whites — Wisconsin, LTm- 

 maculee, Utah, and Maine, a wonderful purity in 



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