212 THE GLADIOLUS AND ITS CULTURE. 



For a dozen choice varieties choose Surprise, Lord Camp, 

 bell, Vulcain, Pluton, Celine, Ophir, La Quintanie, Raphael, 

 Rembrandt, Isoline, Jeanne d'Arc, Princess Clothilde, and 

 Count de Morny. For the same number of cheaper sorts : 

 Penelope, Goliah, Aristotle, Empress, Janire, Nemesis, 

 Hebe, Fanny Rouget, Sulphureus, Archimedes, Vesta, 

 Don Juan. 



The following should be in every collection, however 

 small : Count " de Morny, La Poussin, Brenchleyensis, 

 Vesta, Penelope, Hebe, Pluton, Calypso, Vulcain, Madame 

 de Vatry. 



New varieties are yearly produced, and there are many 

 promising American seedlings. 



