OTHER FLOWERS 



this last. Roem Von Kemmerland was a great 

 beauty, Frencli chart 157, all shades. This gladio- 

 lus reminded me of an old favorite, Rosella. Its 

 color was delicious, its flower very large and effec- 

 tive. La Grandesse was one of the loveliest of 

 all, a clear, warm pink. The flowers were large 

 and boldly frilled. This is a splendid flower. Its 

 color in the French chart is mauve rose, 153, the 

 palest tones. A trio of gladioli which, according 

 to my notes made on seeing them for the first time, 

 would take any prize anywhere, used together, 

 either cut or planted, is made up of Chris, Loveli- 

 ness, and Liss. Liss, French chart 142, is of a 

 fine, lively pink, something like a darker edition of 

 Tracy's Dawn, which I have always liked. Love- 

 liness has for its color a very pale pink, palest buff 

 within its flowers; it is a large, well-opened flower 

 of unusual charm. Chris is a rich flower of vel- 

 vety texture, not large but effective. Goliath is a 

 glorious dark flower, French chart 170-4, very 

 wide-open and deep in color. Goliath, Radium, 

 and Illinois look well with each other. Of Ra- 

 dium I must say one word. It is a lovely flower. 

 When freshly opened it is white, suffused with 

 pale pink, pale yellow in the throat, with a car- 

 mine blotch below. As it ages the upper petals 



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