Hulot, with yellow of Sunrise, and pink 
or yellow Snapdragons at the base, make 
an out-of-door picture well worth trying. 
In all the gorgeous array of colors to be 
found in the lists of Gladioli, the variety 
Mrs. Francis King, that wonderful flame 
pink, is unsurpassed. For brilliancy of 
coloring and fine form it has no rivals in 
decorative effect. An arrangement of this 
variety with autumn leaves was called a 
symphony of autumn coloring and was 
well named. No more beautiful effect 
could have been produced than was 
achieved by the use of four-foot spikes of 
Gladiolus Mrs. Francis King, arranged with 
just a few inches of the stalks placed in 
the top of a five-foot vase, the magnificent 
flowers branching out on every side. This 
simple but effective vase, used in a room 
where the prevailing color was green, 
could not have been produced by any 
other flower, and the single color used in 
quantity made the effect so telling. 
An immense melon basket, filled with 
the light colored varieties, in a pleas¬ 
ing combination of creams, whites and 
tinted yellows, with their fine throat 
markings, gives a massing of colors un¬ 
equaled in any other mixture. In fact, this 
mixture of light varieties is the only one 
which can be used as cut flowers with any 
degree of satisfaction. 
None of the effects in the garden or in 
the house can be produced without care¬ 
ful attention to certain points in planting, 
selection and cutting. In the amateur 
garden success comes from large plantings 
of a few of the best colors, and magnificent 
color effects may be had with the colorings 
of the less expensive sorts. 
