LILIUMS AND OTHER BULBS 135 



Montbretia. In the late autumn there is no more useful 

 flower for cutting than the Montbretia. The 

 colours have a range from softest yellow to deepest 

 orange and coppery bronze. They last many days 

 in water, and if the flowers are cut just as they are 

 bursting they travel safely, and with care every bud 

 will open in water. 



Germania. Soleti couchant. 



Messidor. Eldorado. 



Rayon cTOr. Etoile de Feu. 



The Davison- Wallace varieties, of which Prometheus, Lady 

 Hamilton, Hereward, Westwick, Lord Nelson, and 

 George Davison are the best, are all gorgeous flowers 

 for the florist, but they are somewhat expensive yet. 



George Henley (new) is one of the very best, having a fine 

 upright stem and most artistic colouring. This 

 variety was raised by a great flower-lover, Mr. Sydney 

 Morris of Thetford. 



EARLY SUMMER-FLOWERING HARDY 

 GLADIOLUS 



These are to the florist far and away the most useful 

 of all the Gladiolus family. They are beautiful in pots 

 and, with gentle forcing, a good supply of them may be 

 relied upon for at least four months in the year. 



Each year brings forth novelties of surpassingly beautiful 

 colour, but in spite of this many of the varieties enumerated 

 below will still be with us twenty years hence. 



v*Ackermann. 



*Colville alba (The Bride). 



