14 
The Garden Magazine, March, 1921 
J. Horace • McFarland Co., Photo. 
“BRAVE FLOWERS— THAT I COULD GALLANT IT LIKE YOU, 
AND BE AS LITTLE VAIN!" 
Henry King 
The Gladiolus is never seen to better advantage than 
when so planted in mass against a heavy background of 
shrubbery which at once throws the decorative spikes 
into brilliant relief 
