110 BULBS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLANTS. 
three to four feet high. The bulbs should be planted 
in the open border, where they can have slight protec- 
tion, and need only to be taken up when over-crowded. 
G. recurvus (Recurved).—An unassuming yet 
interesting species. It is a tall, slender-growing plant, 
producing from two to five violet-purple flowers of small 
size, tinged with yellow. The sheath is white, mottled 
with purplish-brown, and is as glossy as the finest porce- 
lain, which, in a measure, it resembles. It has a fra- 
grance like that of the Violet. 
G. purpureo-auratus. — A tall, slender-growing 
species of very graceful habit, producing freely yellow 
and purplish flowers. Not remarkable for its beauty 
so much as because of its parentage of the Lemoine 
Hybrids; a deservedly popular class, far superior in all 
the requirements of a desirable flower. 
G. Saundersii.— One of the best of the species, 
and the parent of a new strain, of which we shall have 
occasion to speak, in noticing hybrids. It is remarkable 
for its ease of culture, and for its brilliant scarlet flow- 
ers, with conspicuous pure white centers. It grows 
about two feet high, giving a fair sized spike of blooms. 
G. suaveolens (Fragrant).—If the Gladiolus were 
grown for fragrance alone, this species would be the one 
most sought. Its flowers are pale yellow, or straw col- 
ored, the upper petals dotted with red. It is only 
adapted for greenhouse culture. 
G. undulatus (Wavy).—This is a dwarf-growing 
species, producing pale yellow flowers with a broad red 
stripe through the center of each petal, on a slender 
stem. Rarely cultivated. 
G. viperatus (Viper).—It derives its common 
name from the resemblance of its flowers to a viper’s 
head. This species is more singular than beautiful. 
The very fragrant flowers are greenish-gray, with dark 
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