GLADIOLUS 



CCC. Under- or body-color essentiuUij yiUaiv. 



19. dracoc^phalus, Honk. f. Stem stout. 2 ft. or less: 

 Its. 3-4. ratli.-r linn: tN. :!-u, "I' iii. -.11,1111 size, yellowisli 

 green, tin- mU- , _' m. or !.■-- l-n^ 1 rui-ve.l; upper seg- 

 ments ,-ilipti.--..l-v;,n. .■iiHl iiH.r- Ml- I, ., hooded, yellow- 

 ish anil I'li.s.-lv sti-Kitc w-itli pnrplr. tin' other segments 

 much smaller'and reHexing. mostly green and purple 

 spotted. B.M. 588i.-Odd. 



20. psittacinus, Hook. ((?. iVata?(')!s;s,Reinw.). Stem 

 3 ft. high, stout : Its. about 4, rather rigid : fls. many 

 and large, with a curved tube nearly or quite 2 in. long, 

 rich yellow but thickly grained and overlaid with red 

 (particularly about the margins of the .segments); up- 

 per segments obovate and hooded, the lower much 

 smaller and reflexing. B.M. 3032. B.R. 17:1442. L.B.C. 

 18:1756. -One of the leading parents of garden Gla- 



21. purpilreo-auratus. Hook. f. Stem 3^ ft., very 

 slender : Ivs. 3-4, short: fls. 10 or more, primrose-yel- 

 low, medium in size, the curved tube less than 1 in. long; 

 segments obovate, not widely spreading, the lower ones 

 with a purple blotch. B.M". 5944. G.P. 2:89. -Hand- 

 some. A parent of modern Gladioli. 



cccc. Under- or bodji-rnlnr white. {Forms of Xo. 15 

 may he sought here.) 



22. blindus, Ait. Stem 2 ft. or less tall : Ivs. usually 

 4: fls. few, white and red-tinged, the curved tube IJ^ in. 

 long; segments all oblong or oblong-spatulate and flar- 

 ing or recurved, some of them red-marked in the throat. 

 Variable. Sometimes pure white (B.M. 648), and some- 

 times flesh-color (B.M. 645).— An old garden plant. 



23. floribiindus, Jaeq. Stem short (1 ft.), producing 

 fls. from near its base : Ivs. usually 4 : fls. 12 or less, 

 large, white tinged with pink, the slightly curved tube 

 2 in. or less long; segments obovate or spatulate, ob- 

 tuse, wide flanng red Imed B M 010 



24 oppositifldrus Herb Much like the last but fls 

 more numerous and small* r m i di tichous (or 2 sided) 

 spike, white sometime m 1 1 1 imOi rise BM 7212 

 G C III 13 291 Gn 4 \ I indsome plant 

 growing 3-6 ft high ml il s 2 ft long 



25 MlUeri Ker G^^^ I n Ivs about 4 

 fls r-ither Isrje 4-i 11 1 1 1 11 ilk white the tube 

 2 in 1 1 I lu 111 I 11 ii 11 a„ht segments oblong 



GLAUCIUM 



649 



did much to improve the Gandavensis type by repeated 

 selections and breeding. By Herbert and some others, 

 Gandavensis is considered to be an offspring of G. 

 p.iitlaeiiiKs X nppositifloriis. C. Brenchleyinsis is one 

 of the Gandavensis tribes. 



2S. Lem6inei, Hort. (G. Gandavensis x purpurea- 

 niinitus). Fig. 914. A modern race characterized by 

 highly colored yellow, red and purplish fls., purple- 

 blotched on the lower segments, with 

 a more or less bell-shaped form of 

 corolla— the segments broad and heavy 

 and the upper ones horizontal or 

 strongly hooded. 



moine, Nancy, France, and first shown 

 at the Paris" Exhibition of 1878. Gn. 

 17:226; 30:554. R.H. 1879:330. 



/// 



mil are hvbrids of 



914 Gladiolus Lemoinei (on the riEht) and G 



29 Nancei4mis Hort (G Te 



thei ,1. 1 ,11 n. t :l m 1 



constitiiii 11 _ I 111 t 111 1 1 I 11 I III 



lianc\ and dehniteness ol coloi iu„esi?t lon^ sjul 1 s 

 (20-2o blooms) 



26 CaiviUei, Sweet {G eaidinahs x ttiitis) Fls 

 open or flaring with oblong acute segments scarlet 

 with long blotches at the base of the lower segments 

 early flonermg spikes short Hiid^ south of Wash 

 ington \Mth some piotection E H IWi p 289 G C 

 III 12 90 Gn 28 o20 34 080 50 p 60 -The oldest of 

 the gaiden forms 



Runs into many tjpes and strains The modern 

 white flowered type represented b> The Bride is best 

 known in this countrj Small forms are known as G 

 nanus. Some forms are known as G. floribundiis. 



Another form of early-flowering Gladioli is known as 

 G. ramnsus. Paxt. (issue of G. crirdinnlis and o/ipositi- 

 florit.'<\, Init it is probably no longer possible to dis- 

 tinguish these two groups. 



27. Gandavensis, Van Houtte k,.! " . > ■ rardi- 

 nalis). Fig. 913. Upper segninn ■ ite hori- 



zontal or hooded, the colors in liv 1 !-i-d and 



red-yellow, variously streaked ami tuMKiiiil: late-flow- 

 ering : spikes long. The commonest oid-time tvpe of 

 garden Gladiolus. P.S. 2:84 (1846). K.H. 1846:141. 

 P.M. 11:27. — First offered to the trade by Van Houtte, 

 Aug. 31, 1841. M. Souchet, of Fontainebleau, France, 



O Saundeisti) 



F nt R 1 1 t vitli THr\ li! 1 11 Heading fls 



1 1 1 1 Mil I I ometimes 



_raent long 



I I I 11 II ' I I I I I III lull open and 



lu^efl 111 liilhiiit lud.s of red ind purple Gn 

 41 846 C C III H 131 



30 CMldsu (G Gandaiensis X Saundetsii) Fls 

 similar to G Lemoinn in shape and color Originated 

 b) Max Leiclitlin C ermanj 



31 Froebeli Hort is G Gandavensis x G Saun 

 deisii -sar ■iKpitlii^ 



^2 Turic^nsis Hoit is of like parentage G I 3 89 

 — This and the last aie the work of iroebel t ( o Zu 

 rich The) are of recent origin L H B 



GLADWIN. Ins fcettdissima. 



GLASSHOUSE. Any glass structure in which plants 

 are grown, particularly one which is large enough to 

 admit the operator. It is a generic term. See Green- 

 house. 



GIASSWORT. Salieornia. 



GLAUCIUM (name refers to glaucous foliage). Pa- 

 paveritceo!. Horned Poppy. A dozen or more herbs of S. 

 Eu. and W. Asia; annuals, biennials or occasionally per- 



