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Slower (Brower 
August, 1918 
“ Gladiolus Studies III. 
[ Varieties of the Garden Gladiolus/' 
[i By Alfred C. Hottes. 
: [Written txpmilr for The Flower Grower.] Reviewed by S- E. SPENCER. 
/IN EXAMINATION of the catalogs 
/\ issued by growers of Gladioli 
/ \ will show at once a great di- 
versity of ideas in regard to col- 
ors, markings, sizes, and values. One 
variety, Independence, has been vari- 
ously described as light scarlet, light 
red, rose pink, deep rosy pink and deep 
rose pink bordering on scarlet. Medium 
and small varieties are often described 
as having “ large” blooms. Sometimes 
the same variety is offered under sev- 
eral names, or the same name may be 
used for two or more varieties. It has 
also frequently happened that inex- 
perienced or careless growers have put 
on the market new seedlings described 
as choice and very desirable when in 
reality they were decidedly inferior. 
In an earnest endeavor to remedy 
some of these evils and to establish a 
uniform standard of colors! sizes and 
markings the American Gladiolus So- 
ciety as soon as it was organized, 
elected a committee on nomenclature 
whose duty it should be to settle dis- 
putes in regard to names, establish 
uniformity in descriptions and pass 
upon and register the names of desir- 
able new seedlings. 
Arthur Cowee, Prof. L. B. Judson of 
Cornell University, and Leonard Joerg, 
were the first members of this com- 
mittee, and an arrangement was made 
with the Department of Floriculture 
of Cornell University for the use of 
land for the official trial grounds. 
The committee announced in the 
A. G. S. Bulletin No. 2 (1911) that they 
were ready to receive bulbs from all 
growers for testing as to proper names, 
and for the naming and registration 
of new varieties. 
More than 70 growers responded by 
sending to the trial grounds about 600 
varieties, and Bulletin III published 
December, 1916, is the official report 
issued by the University in co-operation 
with the Nomenclature committee. 
This work has been done in a very 
thorough and systematic manner and 
the descriptions will serve as a stand- 
ard for all who issue catalogs and 
other advertising matter. 
The color chart Repertoire de Couleurs 
authorized by the American Gladiolus 
Society was used at the trial grounds, 
and it is evident that we must learn a 
new list of names of shades and colors. 
The familiar ones such as crimson, 
purple, rose pink, red, etc., are not 
adapted to the great range of colorings 
found in modern Gladioli. This chart 
contains 365 color plates with four 
variations of each color. 
The name of the originator is given 
if possible, the average size of blooms 
in centimeters, and synonyms, if any 
are known to be in use. A sample 
paragraph will serve as an illustration 
of the system adopted : 
MRS. FRANCIS KING. 
Originator, Coblentz. Group, Nance- 
anus. Childsii. Stock from Teas, 
Tracy. 
Bloom— Large, (12 cen.) tube straight, 
medium slender, medium long. Seg- 
ments unequal, connivent ; the upper 
horizontal with edges slightly incurved, 
the lower almost straight and nar- 
rower. Stamen filaments white with 
red bases ; anthers nearly white with 
blue suture lines. Perianth vermilion 
red (87-11) sparsely splashed with deeper 
vermilion red (87-III) and often pen- 
ciled to form a blotch on two lower 
segments of vermilion red. Bloom well 
open and the standard of substance. 
Shape excellent and color clear. Six 
blooms open at one time. 
Season— Midseason; 80 days. 
Spike- Tall,, (120 cen.) erect, a fair 
number of blooms (18) branched. Three 
spikes often per corm. 
Habit — Erect, tall, spreading. 
Growth — Vigorous, well furnished 
with medium broad leaves. 
Cor ms— Large; cormels prolific, large. 
A list of synonyms noted by the au- 
thor will be of interest : 
Alice Cary, syn. Snowcrest. 
Baltimore, syn. Salmon Queen. 
Baron Jos. Hulot, syn. Blue Jay (Childs.) 
El Capitan, syn. Tallest Yellow. 
Evaline, syn. Smoky Violet, John Schmel- 
zer. 
Faerie, syn. Cream Pink. 
Fairy, syn. Mrs. Jas. Lancashire, Fairy 
Queen. 
Gaiety, syn. Pigeon, Bird of Paradise. 
George Paul, syn. Faust, Harvard. 
Hiawatha, syn. Aurora. 
Hoilandia, syn. Mikado, Alice Roosevelt. 
Klondyke, syn. Golden Queen, Golden 
Nugget. 
La Marck, syn. DeCheville. 
Madam Butterfly, syn. Yellow Jacket. 
Madam Lemoinier, syn. Easter. 
Mary Fennell, syn. Charlotte, Giant Lav- 
ender. 
Minnesota, syn. Sterling. 
Mrs. W. E. Fryer, syn. Red Canna. 
Princess of Orange, syn. Kunderds Orange. 
Reine de L’Anjou, syn. Reine Blanche, Le 
Radium, Jeanne d’Arc. White Excelsior. 
Rochester White, syn. White Queen. 
Rosella, syn. Kathryn. 
Scarsdale, syn. Cedar Acres Mauve. 
Snowbank, syn. Princess Sandersoni. 
Taconic, syn. Perfection, Gertrude. 
Velvet King, syn. Coblentz 312, Emma, 
Grenadier. Sidney Grant, Wm. Mason. 
White Lady, syn. Weisse Dame. 
The author’s explanation of the 
cause of this duplication of names is 
worth quoting : 
"Groff, Coblentz, Kunderd and many 
others in the early years of their work 
produced an excellent lot of seedlings 
which have been disseminated un- 
named about the whole country. Other 
growers have recognized enough merits 
in them to justify naming. The re- 
sult has been that two or more growers 
have named the same seedlings. In 
many cases growers have mixed these 
miscellaneous bulbs with their own 
seedlings and felt that they originated 
them.” 
Mr. Cowee has registered a variety 
under the name of Faust which is not 
the same as George Paul, and his Blue 
Jay is entirely distinct from Baron Jos. 
Hulot. 
Pages 448-451 inclusive contain a list 
of varieties registered but not yet de- 
scribed, a list of large flowered kinds, 
11 centimeters and over; tall varieties, 
105 centimeters or more, and a list of 
seventy-five recommended as good com- 
mercial exhibition varieties. 
The American Gladiolus Society. 
Additional prizes offered since the 
Preliminary Schedule was printed in 
the July issue of The Flower Grower. 
OPEN TO ALL. 
A. E. Kunderd, Goshen, Ind., 
Offers in each of the following classes bulbs ,to the 
value of the prizes set forth for each class : 
1st 2nd 
No. 26— $5.00 $3.00-Best 6 spikes Purple Glory. 
No. 27— 5 00 3.00— Best 6 spikes Myrtle. 
No. 28 — 5.00 3.00— Best 6 spikes Mrs. Frank Pendle- 
ton. 
No. 29— 5.00 3 00— Best 6 spikes Summer Beauty. 
No. 30 — 5.00 3.00 — Best 6 spikes Mary Pickford 
No. 31— 5.00 3.00— Best 6 spikes Pride of Lancaster. 
No. 32 - 5.00 3 00— Best 6 spikes Orange Glory. 
No. 33— 5 00 3.00 — Best 6 spikes Arizona Rose. 
No. 34— 5 00 3.00— Best 6 spikes Sweet Orra. 
No. 35— 5.00 3.00 Best 6 spikes Butterfly. 
No. 36— Best display of Kunderd varieties not less 
than 15 spikes nor more than 25 spikes. First prize 
$10.10 ; second prize $6.00 ; third prize $4.00. All 
prizes to be paid in stock. 
FOR NON COMMERCIAL GROWERS. 
Garden Magazine, Garden City, N.Y. 
No. 88 -The Garden Magazine Achievement Medal 
for the finest quality of bloom shown in Classes 51 
to 100, exhibitors showing less than 25 spikes not to 
be considered. 
A. E. Kunderd, Goshen, Ind. 
Offers in each of the following classes bulbs to value 
of the prizes set forth for each class : 
1st 2nd 
No. 89 — $3.00 $2 00 Best 3 spikes Myrtle. 
No. 90— 3.00 2.00 — Best 3 spikes Purple Glory. 
No. 91 — 3.00 2 00 — Best 3 spikes Mrs. F. Pendleton. 
No. 92— 3.00 2.00 Best 3 spikes Alice Tiplady 
No. 93— 3.00 2.00 — Best 3 spikes Lilywhite. 
No 94 — 3.00 2 00— Best 3 spikes Kunderd’s Glory. 
No. 95— 3.00 2.00 — Best 3 spikes Pride of Goshen 
No. 96 — 3 00 2.00 — Best 3 spikes Mrs. A. E. Kunderd. 
No. 97 — 3.00 2.00 -Best 3 spikes Rose Glory. 
No. 98— 3 00 2.00 Best 3 spikes Youell’s Favorite 
No. 99 — Best display of Kunderd’s varieties not less 
than 10 spikes nor more than 15 spikes. First prize 
$6 00. Second prize $4.00. Third prize $2.00. All 
prizes to be paid in stock. 
A correspondent writes us that his 
experience leads him to believe that 
varieties of the Gladiolus that produce 
cormels sparingly retain their vigor 
longest if not indefinitely, and that 
conversely, those kinds that are pro- 
lific producers of cormels tend to lose 
their vigor more rapidly. Our own 
deductions are along similar lines and 
we would be glad to have the experience 
of others. 
