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shades and blends that real orchid-like Gladiolus may be found. 

 As but a few among the many, these are mentioned: 



Sweet Lavender (Coleman) in light pinkish lavender tones 

 blending to creamy yellow in the throat blotched magenta cer- 

 tainly lives up to its name. Solfatare (Vilmorin-Andrieux), 

 pale lavender with pinkish overlay, suffused reddish lilac and 

 with creamy white and sulphur yellow throat. Not very new, 

 yet a wonderfully clear porcelain blue is Reverend Ewbank 

 (Velthuys). Mrs. Francis Sprague (Cowee) is of a light mauve 

 tone with a claret red throat, while Mrs. F. C. Peters (Fischer; 

 introduced by Roos) is a rosy hued lilac and crimson blotched. 



purple as is seen in Fuchsias is the color of Hortense (Tracy) ; 

 and Blue Orchid (Kunderd) is a rich violet-blue, with the lower 

 petals blotched black with golden centres. Louise (Wright) is of 

 a beautifully clear lavender tone blotched with maroon to- 

 ward throat. 



Intensely lilac in tone is one sent out by Meader, called Lilac 

 Royal, and one of foreign origin which is being distributed by 

 de Groat is General Suerdoff, a pale blue blending to laven- 

 der. 



A clear pink-lavender blending lighter toward throat with 

 white midribs and deep cerise blotches on a creamy white 

 throat forms a bloom of distinctly refined and delicate coloring 

 —this is Odd Fellow (Decorah Gladiolus Gardens), and dainty 



in its coloring of lavender-blue and a throat of violet and white 

 is Bluebell (Meader). 



fancy varieties comprising blooms more or less striped or 

 splashed in contrasting colors are well liked by some growers. 

 These fancies not only occur among Gladiolus but may also be 

 found in the Dahlia, Rose, Iris, and Chrysanthemum, and as a 

 rule I do not care much for them. However, to complete the 

 gamut of colors in the Gladiolus, here are some of the best : 



Elizabeth Gerberding (Diener), a pale shell pink lightly flaked 

 deep rose, with creamy yellow and carmine to crimson throat; 

 Enchantress (Miller) creamy white with pale rosy flakes, throat 

 of deep cream yellow and purplish rose, almost a blend and fine 

 for cutting; Enchantress (Vaughan) a flesh white splashed on 

 edges with rose pink, burnt orange and crimson throat; Ethel 

 War dwell (Alexander), quite different in character, a scarlet 

 vermilion striped and stippled inside and out with scarlet and 

 white, a blood red throat; jack London (Diener), a light salmon 

 flamed brilliant orange with throat of golden yellow marked 

 ruby; Marechal Fabert (Vilmorin-Andrieux), a satiny rose mar- 

 bled with carmine red, ruby and yellow throat. A cream white 

 with bases of lower petals cream yellow, and the whole bloom, 

 inside and out, heavily striped and splashed dark scarlet and 

 blackish cardinal red, with very dark throat is Old Glory (Kun- 

 derd), a very distinctive bloom. 



THE CUT BLOOMS IN FLORISTRY 



KATHRYN BEACH TRACY 



JHERE are infinite possibilities in the use of the Gladi- 

 olus, a flower developed and popularized, in this 

 country more than any other, largely through its 

 adaptability for household decoration for which our 

 own gardens supply such wonderful spikes of bloom. 



When Shakespeare walked in Ann Hathaway's garden he 

 may have discovered "books in the running brooks, sermons in 

 the stones, and good in every thing," but never the sym- 

 phonies of color that greet the flower lover along 

 his garden pathway and in his home to-day 



Nature seldom bestows upon one family 

 such an endless range of color in such 

 superb form as is found in the mod- 

 ern Gladiolus. To plant the bulbs 

 and await development is all 

 that is needed for out-of-door 

 beauty; to arrange the stems 

 of a basketful of cut 

 blooms, and let fall into a 

 vase is enough for satisfac- 

 tion in the home perhaps, 

 but the supreme joy is the 

 unlimited arrangements 

 which suggest themselves 

 with continued handling of 

 these marvelous flowers. 



No Japanese girl is with- 

 out a knowledge of flower 

 arrangement, and each spray 

 ortwig has a message forthose 

 who look. We try to copy, 

 sometimes succeed, more often 

 fail, mainly because the American 

 taste for quantity is not satisfied 

 with artistic quality. 



Gladiolus Alice Tiplady, a brilliant 

 orange Primulinus Hybrid, is gracious enough 



to bloom before the Belladonna Larkspur has left the garden; 

 and its graceful, often crooked spikes with the heavenly blue 

 of Belladonna gives one of the most gorgeous displays of color, 

 rising from the golden depths of an Aurene bowl. This same 

 Alice Tiplady is oriental, with color intensified, when used in 

 a glossy black urn, the brilliant orange reflected in some black 

 plate or bowl on the table beneath. 

 One needs only a few blooms of Crimson Glow, well named, 

 with a few long grasses from the patch of old- 

 fashioned Ribbongrass, arranged in an old blue 

 lustre pitcher, to have a study for an 

 artist. 



In almost every garden the varie- 

 ties Halleyand Mrs. Francis King 

 are found. The glowing salmon 

 pink of Halley and the lumi- 

 nous flame of Mrs. King fill 

 garden and home with a 

 blaze of color in whatever 

 arrangement one may 

 choose. These varieties 

 should never be combined 

 with pure white, which 

 seems to absorb all their 

 depth of color. With the 

 rich deep buff of Gladiolus 

 Niagara, both are more 

 beautiful. The beauty of 

 Niagara is hard to surpass, 

 for color, texture, and grace, 

 for every arrangement. The 



PRIMULINUS HYBRIDS 

 AND FRUIT ARRANGED 

 FOR COLOR EFFECT— A 

 SUGGESTION FOR 

 THANKSGIVING 



