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June 18, 1940. BRIGGS Plant Pat. 404

GLADIOLUS Filed Feb. 27. 1939 ,lmlzerzfar Patented June 18, 1940 Plant Pat. 404

GLADIOLUS Elizabeth A.

Chas.

Application February 2'7,

1 Claim.

My present invention relates to improvements in flowering gladioli of the type notable for earliness of bloom and hardiness in growth out of doors in the winter and the propensity to prolific bloom, and for its clarity of color and lasting qualities of bloom. The object of this invention is to provide a gladiolus of superior Rose Doree color with pure white blotch in the throat, with large individual fiowers of excellent substance and well placed and well formed.

My new variety of gladiolus originated as a seedling produced from cross pollination work carried on by myself. To the best oi. my knowledge and belief the parents of this new variety were the variety Bridesmaid and an unnamed pink variety produced by myself. It first bloomed in May, 1933. Bridesmaids was the result of a cross of W. H. Phipps (parents unknown) on a pink unnamed seedling of my own origination. The unnamed pink seedling was the result of a hand pollinated cross by the applicant between two unnamed seedlings. This applicant takes no precaution to prevent admixture of pollen by wind or insects in making her CIOSSGS.

The accompanying illustration shows in reduced size a ireshely cut spike of my new variety, as true to nature as the artist could paint it. It must be understood, however, that the painting cannot depict the softness of the coloring of the natural flower.

Following is a more complete description of the plant and flower of this new variety,

The plant The plant is a very vigorous grower and the tips of the spikes usually reach a height of 48 inches above the ground. Foliage is very dark green and exceptionally broad and vigorous. Color of the foliage is Deep Dull Yellow Green (2) (Plate XXXII Ridgways Color Standards and Nomenclature).

This variety is more vigorous and a hardier and an earlier bloomer than similar varieties gladioli grown under the same conditions of soil and climate. Usually each spike opens five to seven of its flowers at one time and has a flowers in all. Corm is firm, healthy and-not subject to disease. Color of corm is Wax Yellow (Plate XVI Ridgways Color Standards and Nomenclature). Corm is covered to root scar with a heavy tunic Light Vinaceous Cinnamon in color (Plate XXIX 55 Ridgways Color Standards and Nomenclature).

Briggs, Enci E. Ogg, Encinitas, Calif.

nitas, Calif., assignor to 1939, Serial No. 258,738

The spike and flower The individual flowers are large, the lower blossoms usually being four and one-half to five These flowers consist of six petals of uniform size and shape. wrinkled, and have unnotched and unwrinkled edges.

substance thus valuable for shipping and long stamens arise of the throat and are heavy Three white The petals are smooth and unsmooth clear color with They are of making the variety very keeping.

from the center topped with anthers containing much pollen and are of Pale Hortense Violet color (Plate dards and Nomenclature).. Arising stamens is a single center of the XI Ridgways Color Stanfrom the slender, white style which terminates in three short spreading br anches.

The calyx is Deep (2) (Plate XXXII and Nomenclature) flower.

The flower stalk Deep Dull Yellow Dull Yellow Green in color Ridgways Color Standards and is firmly attached to the is stiff and vigorous and is Green in color (2) (Plate XXXII Ridgways Color Standards and Nomenclature) The color in Ridgways Color Standards and Nomenclature which most nearly approaches the color of this new variety is clear Rose Doree (Plate I). The white blotch.

throat is marked with a pure Other known varieties of somewhat similar coloring have not the color. Rose Doree are Frank J. McCoy The most notable ly distinguish known Rose from Frank J.

my new gladiolus from clarity and smoothness of varieties somewhat similar and Giant Nymph.

characteristics which readiall other Doree varieties and particularly McCoy and Giant Nymph, are:

1. The smoothness and clarity of color. 2. The earliness of bloom.

3. The hardiness of doors in the 4. The unusually qualities.

5. The propensity in growth when grown out winter.

good shipping and keeping to prolific bloom.

Having thus disclosed my invention, I claim: The new variety of gladiolus plant herein delarly by its out of doors in the ity of color, unusua particuhardiness in growth lly good shipping and keeping qualities and propensity to prolific bloom, as

described.

ELIZABETH A. BRIGGS.

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