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have its bad faults of only opening two or three flowers on the 

 spike before the others fade, and have the same tendency of the 

 flowers to face downwards. The Nanceianus have the better 

 colours, but there are no whites or yellows yet in either section." 



FIG. 36. -A VARIETY OF GLADIOLUS GANDAVENSIS. 



Colonel Gillon, rose, large 

 white blotch, purple dots. 



G. A. Kuyp, carmine red, 

 blotched and pencilled 

 purple on white. 



Georges Frick, crimson, 

 blotched brown, pen- 

 cilled white. 



Peau Rouge, coppery 

 salmon rose, marbled 

 brown and yellow. 



President Chandon, ver- 

 milion, blotched sulphur 

 yellow. 



Tsarine, lilac rose, carmine 

 blotch, white edge. 



