Can-Can: Light yellow with a rose edge. Prized for large bouquets, stately gladioli (yes, that s the accepted plural form, and much more graceful than the alternatives) offer an enormous color range, including the most delicate pastels, bold hues and almost unimaginable bi-colors …
Excerpt from Gladiolus Aristocrats We urge a larger planting of the choice varieties herein listed. We need more of the beautiful things of this world; and what is more beautiful than flowers, and what flower more beautiful than the gladiolus with its many forms and shapes, its endless variety of colors and markings; its usefulness as a garden ornament and its value as a cut flower for home decoration and social occasions; its cheering effect upon the sick, and its help fulness to those who mourn a friend? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, ...
Excerpt from Dahlias and Gladiolus The Boy scout-(marshall) (h. D.) Very large, flesh pink with light at centre; very beautiful flower, best of stems. Tubers Plants $2. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. ...
Excerpt from Gladiolus Bulbs, 1922 This flower has been so much improved in re cent years by the work of plant breeders that we now have all the colors and combinations of colors imaginable. No other flower can be so easily grown nor last so long after being cut, and it has no equal as a cut flower for table decorations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. ...
