March 16, 1901. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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are of almost every colour with an endless variety of 
charming shades. They are also specially adapted to 
every class of decoration, and always produce a 
delightful effect when arranged by tasty fingers. 
Much as I have said for fashion’s flower,words com¬ 
pletely fail me in attempting the description of their 
usefulness and beauty, which, though not half under¬ 
stood as we inhale their delicious perfume, we are 
compelled to crown then ” t! e brightest and best of 
of Gladioli, chiefly of the hybrid Gandaven- 
sis type, which have been put up by Messrs. 
Kelway & Son, Langport. It is entirely beyond our 
scope at present to name even a tithe of the many 
grand varieties we have noted on different occasions 
during the flowering season these many years past, 
but confine our attention to three named varieties as 
samples of the thousands which are grown to such 
perfection at Langport. 
are white, with the exception of rosy midribs to the 
segment. The central spike in the jug represents 
Baron Schroder, a crimson flower with a maroon- 
purple band along the centre of the lower petal or 
segment. The value of this variety was recognised 
as long ago as August 26th, 1890, when the Royal 
Horticultural Society accorded it an Award oi 
Merit, the highest honour given to a purely florists’ 
flower. The variety on the right is Frank Miles, a 
Photo., F, Mason Good. 
Kel-way’s Gladioli, Lady Wimborne, Baron Schroder, and Frank Miles. 
the gems of the garden.”— H. H. Gilson,The Gardens, 
Glencairn, Belfast. 
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KELWArS LARGE FLOWERING 
GLADIOLI. 
Those who have been in the habit of visiting the 
London and other flower shows for many years past 
cannot have failed to notice the exquisite exhibits 
The great length of the spikes, no less than the 
number and size of the flowers, strikes the beholder 
as a feature of these Gladioli, which are generally 
shown with eight to twelve expanded blooms, and 
as many more in the bud state. The accompanying 
illustration placed at our disposal by Messrs. 
Kelway & Son, will show the condition of the spikes 
to which we refer. The variety Lady Wimborne on 
the left side of the figure has very large flowers that 
blush flower, flaked with carmine. The three sorts 
just mentioned typify the pale, the dark, and the 
striped flowers, which are abundantly represented by 
many other varieties. They represent the work of 
fifty years’ labour amongst this noble and stately 
class of plants. Planting may be accomplished at 
any time from the end of February to the third week 
in May. This month ought to see the main crops 
planted in most parts of Britain 
