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Hybrid Gladioli are quite hardy on the Riviera, and can be* 

 left in the ground from year to year. Dry bulbs started only in 

 summer will bloom in spring, when handsome spikes will fetch 

 high prices. Very few gardeners as yet go in for forced Gladioli. 



Gladiolus segetum is very plentiful in a wild state, and it 

 blooms through the cornfields in April. 



FIG. 10. NARCISSUS POETICUS ORNATUS. 



G. Colvillei, and especially its charming white variety " The 

 Bride," are seldom obtained before April. They are grown in 

 large masses such as sometimes to glut the market entirely. 



Gladiolus tristis, a dull white elegant flower with purplish- 

 black marks on the outside of the divisions, blooms as early as 

 February. It finds favour on the market, chiefly on account of 

 its earliness. 



