No. 1756. 
GLADIOLUS NATALENSIS. 
Class. Order. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
“ses. 
This plant is a native of Natal, on the 
South East coast of Africa. Itis one of the 
most splendid subjects with which we are 
acquainted. We received the bulbs from 
our worthy friends at the Leyden Botanic 
Garden, where we first noticed it in 1830. 
It flowers in August, and grows from three 
to five feet in height. It bore the winter 
perfectly well out of doors, in front of our 
stove, in sandy peat soil, and appears to 
increase itself by offsets freely. 
No art can do justice to the delicate and 
elaborate pencilling of this exquisite flower; 
its splendour is inimitable. While con- 
templating its beauty, let us not forget the 
All Powerful and most benign Creator, who 
has formed such things to illustrate His 
own unspeakable goodness, in giving us 
such pleasing objects to excite our admira 
tion, and to fill our hearts with punt 
and delight ! 
