. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. i IDEALS IN GLADIOLI. In The Eeview of March 28, page 40, Brother Meader expresses his amaze- ment at my ideal gladioli, seven feet or so in height, and he thinks my 7- foot plants would require extraordi- nary root systems in order to with- stand the Ohio winds. Yes, the breezes blow sweepingly in Ohio, so that it is necessary to have unusually well de- fined anchorage in the root systems of our gladioli. When each hybridist will sum up the demands and needs of the various agen- cies using gladioli, we shall approach nearer to a common viewpoint a
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. i IDEALS IN GLADIOLI. In The Eeview of March 28, page 40, Brother Meader expresses his amaze- ment at my ideal gladioli, seven feet or so in height, and he thinks my 7- foot plants would require extraordi- nary root systems in order to with- stand the Ohio winds. Yes, the breezes blow sweepingly in Ohio, so that it is necessary to have unusually well de- fined anchorage in the root systems of our gladioli. When each hybridist will sum up the demands and needs of the various agen- cies using gladioli, we shall approach nearer to a common viewpoint as to what our ideals should include; then will our ideals largely coincide. We have a number of ideals, each for a specific purpose. For a strictly garden purpose we should want a dwarfer plant, with only a few blooms open at a time and lasting a long time in bloom, but for a cut flower and for massing purposes the ideal which I mentioned, and about which Brother Meader becomes quite humorous, is what will be shown by us in the not distant future. Suppose a florist wants a lot of gladi- oli for decoration in a large room, church or hall, why should not a vase of gladioli with 4-foot or 5-foot stems, broad foliage and enormous flowers, make glad both the decorator and the employing party? By no means are these abnormal, but they are built up systematically, with a large number of characters, instead of only the few which Mendel contemplated. Besides, one must not forget that Mendelism is for one thing, which can be and is superseded. Was not my ideal thor- oughly harmonious, well balanced, rightly rounded? Eeplying to Mr. Meader's question, a majority of our present hybrids of Primulinus are nicely opened to catch those "boisterous breezes," to test their wings and anchorage. They em- brace qualities of all types, but are mostly clear yellows, with little or no markings, while some have nice lines or blotches. The results are absolutely in the hands of the hybridist; h
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