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2. Gladioli-flowered 

 Carinas. (Dammann.) 



Introductions of 1899 to 1900. 



Nero. About 3 feet high, the beautiful 

 foliage is of a dark brown red, stems 

 of a whitish hue flowers of a rich 

 cherry red 



Paestum. About 3 feet high , large 

 green leaves, flowers light chrome 

 yellow with regular vermilion spots. 

 Very large spikes 



Solfatara. About 3 feet high, light 

 green foliage large flowers of a beauti- 

 ful orange color with carmine reflex 



Toledo. About 3 feet and 1 j 2 ; leaves 

 green; enormous minium red flowers, 

 often with a light golden edge . 



Introductions of 1898. 



Capri. Height about 1 foot. Glaucous 

 leaves, very large salmon - scarlet 

 flowers slightly spotted with yellow 



Ischia. Height about l a / 2 feet. Leaves 

 vivid green, flowers sulphur - yellow 

 upon which appear when they begin 

 to fade, large vermilion spots . 



Minerva. Height 3 feet. Dark green 

 foliage ; large trusses of very large 

 cinnabar red flowers, a new and grand 

 rich flowering variety . 



Professor Rossi. About 2 feet high, 

 dark green foliage turning to brown. 

 Very large trusses of salmon - red 

 flowers. Of great value for cutting 

 purposes 



Sultana. Height about 3 feet. Glaucous 

 foliage with a greyish tinge. Flowers 

 canary -yellow with numberless ver- 

 milion spots. A very remarkable colour 



Introductions of 1896. 

 Adonis. About 2 feet high, laeves green 

 with a brown border; flowers blood- 

 red 



Aetna. About 3 feet; leaves very dark 



red, flowers crimson and purple 

 Ajax. About 2 feet ; leaves green; flowers 



wax-yellow with rosy spots. . 

 Alkmene. About 3 feet. Leaves green ; 

 flowers orange with a golden yellow 



border . 



Arethusa. Aboutl foot l L. Leaves green; 

 flowers very large, sulphur - yellow, 

 changing afterwards into a bright sal- 

 mon colour; inside dark red; new 



colour 



Count of Turin. About 2 feet. Leaves 

 glaucous, flowers very large, fire-red, 

 dark red striped with a yellow border, 



centre blood-red 



Queen of Italy. About 2 feet. Leaves 

 large, green, l'anicleenormous; flowers 

 very large, dark scarlet with a broad 

 golden border ; finer than Queen Char- 

 lotte 



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Crown-Prince of Italy. About 3 feet. 

 Leaves glaucous ; flowers very large, 

 dark scarlet; most beautiful . . . 



Princess Helena of Montenegro. 

 About 3 feet. Leaves green, flowers 

 very large, salmon-red, striped and 

 bordered with golden yellow ; petals 

 round ; magnificent 



Princess Laetitia. About 3 feet. Leaves 

 Musa-like. Panicle enormous, flowers 

 large, bright fire-red, dark red flamed 

 and yellow bordered. Splendid 



Stromboli. About 2 feet. Leaves glau- 

 cous; flowers very large, red and 

 bright scarlet, fire-red in the centre. 

 Very fine 



3. Gladioli-flowered 

 Carinas of different raisers. 



Best introductions of the last years. 



a. Green-leaved. 



Alsace, pale sulphur-yellow 



Ami Jules Chretien, salmon - scarlet 

 and yellow 



Anna Ernst (1899), canary-yellow, 

 crimson spotted 



Architecte Mouren, salmon, golden 

 border 



Auguste Chantin, copper-red, bright 

 flamed 



Auguste Nonin 



Baronne de Poilly, salmon . 



Candeur, cream-yellow changing into 

 white 



Ch. Molin (1900), salmon - orange, 

 crimson spotted 



Citoyen de Cronstadt, chrome-yellow, 

 crimson spotted 



Claude Fichet, brown-red with dark- 

 red, large flowered 



Comtesse de Bouchaud , salmon , 

 crimson spotted, yellow border . 



Coronet, chrome-yellow .... 



Cyclope, fiery blood red, very large 

 flowered 



Czar Alexander 111, bright scarlet . 



Daniel Gerard, crimson, dark crimson 

 flamed, golden-bordered .... 



Francois Vuillerraet, brilliant granate- 

 red, very large flowers 



Franz Buchner, orange with mauve- 

 hue and yellow border .... 



Frau Breraennann, dwarf, compact, 

 flowers large, scarlet with golden 

 yellow border and spots .... 



Fiirst Bismarck, splendid scarlet with 

 a dark red hue and undulated petals 



Genereux, vermilion, very large flowers 



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