J;., 1913. 
THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
219 
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t advances in gladioli. 
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the Order of the Flag—is 
■! {^v^nxI garden plants, aiidot spe- 
- . .-°^<ause so many of its genera 
taken in hand by raisers, to the 
_i it improvement of our gardens, 
only to mention such families as 
. cus, and gladiolus to show how 
Flag order is horticulturally. 
H« Sort, who was such a keen hy- 
j arge numbers of hybrid gladioli 
' til prior to 1836, “ with every 
• r: >ur from white to scarlet, rose, 
:n4 blackish-purple, and some are 
; y ipt rkled in c*onsequenee of the 
■'i tnstis.” Curiously enough how- 
’ Dean considered it was not 
: ' different species or local varie- 
. ^Jts only that the cultivator may 
' * lieauty of his collection. Much 
• me undoubtedly by crossing judi- 
finest seminal varieties of such 
' have been already improved in 
. aiid are disposed to break 
i'diiplicity of forms and colours.’^ 
'^ mably, tliis method has been the 
; ^y which our gardens have been 
-Miriched by gladioli, but for the 
*ion of new races a species or a 
‘ ' been necessary in combination 
- iden forms of a good type. 
i»-stan(e, the C^iildsi group, w^hich 
' strong growers with large 
raised by the late Herr Max 
n, in 1882, by crossing selected 
' *1 the Gandavensis group with the 
. hght-spotted G. Saundersi. The 
gladiolus, G. gandavensis, is a, very 
^ though it w as originated by 
? psittacinus and G. cardinalis. 
"b oppositifolius, and G. ramo- 
- also been used, probably in the 
4 ^ improve it, 
‘ fanety of colouring. In 1857 Mr 
"P®" this group, 
’>Vn*i ■ show some evidences 
^.-'‘“ndKl results of his labours, and 
a '^hite to 
^ W ® ^ shading 
- ^ rr laid binder 
•: an 1 flowers. Fully 
^iian C ® "^ider colour 
• G k- is the race 
■ >nterc/et‘''“^'’ I''®"' it, by 
In these Messrs. Keh 
- ’ rae well'^ beautiful, the 
’^•hjv ®"d finely set 
--r'lnTt®"'® Latterly 
' rpT^ived yellow varie- 
" ^nt attention, and for 
•’ i" this 
^ iriety Golden Mea- 
^ -'n aUhe *‘^"tre 
■^t firm the s’ilv ®" 
. variety in J ^'’P the 
• "inar This is 
as in tViia. ^aese flowers will 
'^^^dil, Driof * ^®’‘y distinct 
- ■ 7- i e., ^ trifle prohibitive 
’■•rieties^thaf®*^' '“®®t of us 
::; 'l'‘i‘ethe 3amf b^utiful’ 
•3e rates. "t "ch colour,’ 
♦}» 
terised by large yellow blotches on a ground 
colour that ranges from creamy-white to 
blood-red. Here again the Messrs. Kelway 
a beautiful group that began with the cross¬ 
ing of G. purpureo-auratus with G. ganda¬ 
vensis. The G. nanceianus group lias de¬ 
scended from G. Saundersi, and selected 
varieties of G. Lemoinei, and is more free- 
blooming than the true gandavensis forms, 
while it yields varieties with purple, claret, 
and \dolet colouring. It may be mentioned 
here that several gladioli have blue colour¬ 
ing, but the bluest of blue varieties is Baron 
Jules Hulot, of violet^blue shade, and a 
gladiolus that alw^ays fixes attention upon 
have added their touch of improvement to itself w’herever grown or shown. 
have^b!r*<^ Lemoinei 
“road flowers, charac- 
GLADIOLUS GOLBEN MEASURE. 
The finest yeUow gla<Uolu8 yet raised; it gained for Messrs. Kelway and Son the 
eUver cup offered for the greatest advance in this colour by the National Gladiolus Societv 
in 1912. -r 
