O comfort man, to whisper hope, 



Whene'er his faith is dim, 

 That he who careth for the flowers 

 Will much more care for him. 



CHAPTER X. 



THE GLADIOLUS AND ITS CULTURE. 

 History. Species. Culture. Varieties. 



THERE is no bulb which has so rapidi/ grown into favor, 

 or so much improved by hybridization, as the Gladiolus. 

 A few years since, it was comparatively rare ; we had a 

 few varieties, but they were little noticed, and excited little 



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