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throat of greenish toned crimson, is a real beauty; and another 
beauty is Tiffany, a white primulinus. Both of these are sure 
to win many friends. 
Proctor has given us in Soubrette and Lady Fair, the one 
rose pink and the other creamy buff suffused 
with pink, two fine addit ons to our honor list. 
From the gardens of Alexander the same 
Alexander who has won fame as “The Dahlia 
King”—we have quite an array of new sorts. 
Among his out tanding beauties are Peggy 
Savage, bright scarlet with yellow throat; Irene, 
geranium pink splashed with 
carmine and yellow; Clara 
Hunt, geranium pink; Mrs. 
Hammond, rose pink splashed 
with carmine and yellow and 
Frank Simms, flaming red 
with yellow throat. 
Mr. Stephen, who is an 
amateur, and grows flowers 
for the love of them, has but 
recently started hybridizing. 
None of his seedlings have as 
yet been given a name, though 
one, which he exhibited under 
a number, gained for him a 
silver medal at last year's 
Boston Show. 
Doctor Moody, another 
amateur, has produced a large 
number of fine seedlings, some¬ 
thing more than three hundred 
all told, but has not yet given 
a name to any of them, as lie 
proposes to try them out at 
least one more season before 
deciding upon their quality. 
So far they have given prom¬ 
ise of an interesting develop¬ 
ment. 
A third amateur to be 
caught in the whirl of the 
hybridizing game, is Mr. 
Charles F. Fairbanks, who 
bids fair to become a leader, 
for he has in his garden a 
large collection of the rarer 
sorts from which to select the 
parents. 
1 tried my own hand at the 
production of new varieties 
but was not very successful. For several years 1 planted about 
ten thousand seeds each season and year after year they yielded 
nothing but junk. Of the entire bunch there were only three 
that seemed at all worthy of a place in my catalogue, one of 
them 1 thought fit to go with the patricians, but Gersdorff gave 
it “XX” only. Hard man to please—that Gersdorff. 
B ESIDES having the finest collection of varieties, Mr. 
Stephen should be credited with having the most beautiful 
Gladiolus garden in the state—beautiful, 1 mean, from the land¬ 
scape point of view. It is in a cosy dell which is bordered on 
three sides by knolls that are covered with trees and shrubs, 
making an effective foil for the bright-colored llowers and afford¬ 
ing the plants protection from the wind. The combination 
makes a charming picture. 
Another handsome garden is Doctor Moody’s at Brockton. 
WHITE WONDER 
(KEMP) 
Seedling from the 
Gladiolus Mrs. 
Francis King 
The number of varieties there is quite large—nearly three hun¬ 
dred—and the enthusiastic doctor is continually enlarging it 
both by purchase and by propagation. He has already a long 
string of seedlings that bid fair to yield a good proportion of 
high grade sorts. 
S OME of our growers have large collections of high grade 
varieties. The largest is that of Mr. Fairbanks, a gentleman 
farmer, who has gathered together, on his estate at Lexington, 
more than seven hundred of the finer sorts. He has not only the 
old favorites and the new, bu tin his garden may be seen many 
of the very rarest that have been produced by European and 
American hybridizers. 
Another fine collection is that gathered by Mr. Stephen, 
who last season planted in his garden, at Waban. more than 
four hundred varieties, and there were absolutely no inferior 
sorts to be seen in the entire group. At the Boston Show of 
that year he was awarded the Challenge Trophy of the New Eng¬ 
land Gladiolus Society for the best collection. 
T HE largest area devoted to the cultivation of Gladiolus is 
the farm of Jelle Roos, at Concord, where 38 acres are re¬ 
served for these plants; and another large acreage is that which 
B. Hammond Tracy cultivates at Wenham, 27 acres. No 
others have done so much to bring the Gladiolus to the atten¬ 
tion of our people as have Mr. and Mrs. B. Hammond Tracy. 
It was Mrs. Tracy who first staged an exhibit with artistic 
effect, and many of her exhibits, during past years, have been 
exceedingly beautiful. Mrs. Tracy also taught the women 
the value of color combinations, for garden effect as well as for 
house decorations. Her numerous lectures and articles have 
been both entertaining and instructive. Several other growers 
have large gardens and are extending them every year. At 
Mansfield, but a few miles from Boston, there is a larger group 
