No. 1949. 

 GLADIOLUS WATSONIUS. 



Class. Order. 



TBI AN DMA MONOG YNIA 



This is a native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. It grows about a foot in height, 

 and flowers with us in May, planted in a 

 border in front of a greenhouse, without 

 any covering or shelter except the wall, 

 which transmits a little warmth, sufficient 

 to preserve the earth in general from 



freezing. 



It increases by offsets, and the soil 



should be sandy peat. 



Although our climate is so different from 

 that whence this beautiful plant is derived, 

 it nevertheless grows and flowers here in 

 great luxuriance. This facility of plants 

 accommodating themselves to such oppo- 

 site treatment is a great advantage, ad- 

 mitting of so many more kinds being kept 

 in our gardens. It also is another pFoof 

 of the great goodness of the Almighty 

 Creator, in adapting His works to such 

 varied situations, and giving them the pro- 



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