CULTURE OF THE GLADIOLUS. 17 



Gladiolus gandavensfs Vesta. — Flower large, three upper petals 

 white, spreading and slightly reflexed ; three lower deeply veined with 

 pink and yellow, reflexed ; tube of corolla most brilliant cherry ; anthers 

 light purple ; growth strong and tall. A most desirable variety. 



G. GANDAVENSis AMABiLis. — Color a little deeper than gandavensis but 

 not different enough to be valuable except in a collection. Color vermilion 

 with yellow spots; habit dwarf, a free bloomer. 



G. GANDAVENSIS Edith. — Flower large; color mottled or shaded rose, 

 with a distinct white stripe through the middle of each petal from the base; 

 habit medium. A beautiful variety. 



G. GANDAVENSIS iEsoPE. — Flower medium, color clear dark cherry 

 veined with purple ; habit dwarf; a very distinct variety. 



G. GANDAVENSIS Aglae. — Flower medium ; color rose salmon beautifully 

 mottled ; growth vigorous. A very desirable variety. 



G. gandjivensis Adonis. — Growth vigorous; spike tall, flowers placed 

 opposite, giving to the spike a flat appearance, in this respect more like 

 floribundus (or oppositiflorus) than gandavensis. Color, clear cherry, 

 marked slightly witU white ; lower petals cherry, marked with yellow, and 

 striped with brilliant carmine. A fine variety. A late bloomer. 



G. GANDAVENSIS Berthe Rabourdin. — Growth very strong; leaves 

 dark green; flower sheath, compact; spike, tall, inclined to branch; color, 

 three upper petals, purest white ; three lower white, shading sometimes to 

 delicate pink ; base, most brilliant violet, well defined ; no confusion of 

 colors ; a most splendid variety ; late bloomer. We have now, (October 

 18th,) side shoots in fine bloom. 



G. GANDAVENSIS Endymion — a lovely flower; petals, large, and spread- 

 ing, lower very much reflexed ; color, rose, shading to deep pink ; on the 

 tips of the petals slightly veined with violet ; a free bloomer ; growth, me- 

 dium ; flower, very large; very desirable. 



G. GANDAVENSIS couRANTi FULGENs — Habit, tall ; growth, vigorous ; col- 

 or, red crimson, very clear and brilliant; lower petals delicately marked 

 with yellow and white ; form, open ; very fine. 



G. GANDAVENSIS Thisbe — Color, dcUcate rose; petals, reflexed, veined 

 •with white; lower petals striped with yellow and purple. 



G. GANDAVENSIS Janire — Color, Orange red ; growth, vigorous ; a good 

 showy variety. 



G. GANDAVENSIS Aristotle — Growth, medium; color, clear flesh color, 

 inclining to rose ; petals deeply striped with carmine ; flower, small ; growth, 

 medium ; not superior. 



G. GANDAVENSIS Egerie — Orange rose ; petals slightly marked with 

 carmine ; flower, medium ; good. 



G. GANDAVENSIS SuLPHUREUS — Growth, strong ; flower, delicate yellow 

 or straw color ; petals, large, slightly reflexed, the inferior striped with 

 yellow and purple ; throat, dark lake ; anthers, light purple ; a most beauti- 

 ful and very desirable variety ; a free bloomer, often throwing two or more 

 spikes of bloom from one bulb. 



All the above have been well proved, and are of superior excellence ; 

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