OTHER FLOWERS 



labels, I think it was from Decorah that there 

 came a gladiolus of surpassing beauty, Salvator 

 Rosa. In color here were three distinct tones of 

 pink, given in Ridgway as begonia-rose, eosine- 

 rose, and hermosa-pink; in the French chart gen- 

 eral tone 124-1, also 123-1, with deeper tones on 

 lower petals, 120-3, 4, and 119-3, 4. The three 

 colors as mentioned by Ridgway were shown in 

 this flower as straight above each other, with a 

 throat of carmine. Certainly, this marvellous old- 

 rose gladiolus (and possibly its name is Old Rose — 

 I am not certain of anything except the fact of its 

 superb beauty) is one of the finest blooms I have 

 ever seen. Its color is remarkably rich and un- 

 usual, and it carries its very large flowers on a 

 stalk of singular uprightness and substance. Mon- 

 tezuma, French chart 156-4, for its general tone 

 cannot be denied mention. Its color in Ridg- 

 way is pomegranate purple, a color-name pretty 

 enough to commend it anywhere; it is a superb 

 flower, practically self-colored, very tall, and with 

 large blooms. I noticed that the new sweet 

 pea, Hawlmark Pink, was charming with this 

 gladiolus. 



We speak of the clematis; and immediately 

 we think of climbing things — of C, panioulata^ 



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