Excerpt from Berardi's Catalogue of Dahlias Gladiolus, 1929 The predominating color of this giant H. C. Is a rich wine with an under lying tone brilliant -'crimson maroon with slight bluish violet tone at tips of petals. Flowers are well formed full centered, of true hybrid cactus type and of im mense size attaining to a diameter of 12 to 14 inches and are borne on long stifl stems high above the foliage, and look you right in the face. Flower does not burn, and is a splendid keeper both on the plant and when cut. 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.