GLORIOSA 



THE BULB BOOK 



GLORIOSA 



spring by carefully dividing the 

 tubers with a sharp strong knife, 

 taking care to cut between the young 

 sprouts. Each portion should have 

 the cut surface dipped in slaked lime 

 or soot before potting up. 



When seeds are ripened they should 

 be kept till March, and may then be 

 sown in a rich gritty compost in a 

 warm house having a night temper- 

 ature of about 70 F. The soil must 

 be kept fairly moist, and when the 

 seedlings are large enough to handle 

 easily, they should be transferred 

 singly to 3-in. pots. When these 

 are fairly well filled with roots, the 

 young plants should be moved into 

 4 -in. or 5 -in. pots, keeping them 

 moist and syringed to encourage 

 quick growth, and shading them 

 from very hot sunshine. No flowers 

 should be allowed to develop the 

 first year, as they would only 

 weaken the plants. The second 

 season after the winter rest the 

 plants are grown on in the ordinary 

 way. 



G. abyssinica (Clinostylis speciosa). 

 A showy dwarf - growing species 

 from Abyssinia, having large red and 

 yellow flowers. 



G. Carsoni. A native of East 

 Central Africa, from the shores of 

 Lake Tanganyika, being dwarf and 

 sturdy in growth. It has showy 

 heads of flowers, the broad petals of 

 which are yellow towards the centre, 

 shading to deep -red towards the 

 base. The tubers are small, and the 

 stems are 8 ft. or more long. The 

 plant is also found in abundance in 

 Rhodesia. (Gard. Chron. 1 904, xxxvi. 

 127.) 



G. grandiflora (Methonica grandi- 

 flora). This is closely related to G. 

 superba, and is considered by some 

 to be merely a variety of it. It is a 

 native of Tropical Africa, and has 

 the more or less wavy flowers often 



entirely yellow in colour, but assum- 

 ing a reddish tint with age. 



FIG. 171. Gloriosa grandiflora. 



G. minor. This peculiar little 

 species is unknown in gardens. It is 

 a native of N.E. Equatorial Africa, 

 having been found along the Shebeli 

 River, and apparently grows only 3 

 or 4 ins. high. 



G. Rothschlldiana, A native of 

 Uganda and Mombosa, with climb- 



Fio. 172. Gloriosa RothscUldiana. 



ing stems and tendril-tipped leaves. 

 The flowers, with broad somewhat 

 wavy segments are of a bright ruby- 

 red when fully open, but are tinted 



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