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GLADIOLUS BLOUETIANPS. 



commonly seen in gardens are not of this class, and, practically, they are as 

 harmless — except when taken internally — as the majority of the other plants 

 usually cultivated. 



The species are very numerous, the annuals and perennials comprising scarcely 

 less than one hundred, of which only a single species, L. Dortmannia, is indigenous. 

 A few are natives of northern climates, hut the majority are found in countries in 

 which the temperature is considerably higher than in Great Britain. The dwarf 

 trailers are natives of the Cape of Good Hope and Australia. 



The Order and genus take their name from Dr. Lobel, a Physician and Botanist 

 of the reign of James the First. 



With a view to guide our readers in their purchases, we append the following 

 list of some of the most remarkable of the recently imported varieties : 



Agathocles 



Ajax 



Aurora 



La Belle Pyramide 



Caelestis 



Cardinalis alba 



Episcopalis 



Favorite 



Insignis 



L' Etoile du Matin 



Topaz 



Vesuvius 



Queen Victoria 



Vierge Marie 



large violet crimson. 



violet plum or damson, fine. 



puce. 



plum crimson. 



Hue. 



white. 



dwarf, good light blue. 



violet, strong grower, fine foliage. 



rich intense scarlet, one of the best. 



violet. 



violet blue. 



violet crimson. 



bright scarlet, very fine. 



good white. 



GLADIOLUS BLOUETIANUS. 



If. Blouet's Corn-flag. 

 Liimcaii Class — Triandrta. Order — Monoynia. Natural Order— Iridace-JE. 



Of all the Cape Bulbs the Gladioles are, and will probably continue to be, the 

 most popular ; for, not only are their flowers larger than those of most of their 

 congeners, but the greater hardiness of their corms renders them more fitted for 

 cultivation in the open air in this country, than the dwarfer and more delicate genera 

 from the same localities. 



