560 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 
corm, and the latter, if quite dry, stored away in paper bags, or boxes of 
dry sand, in a dry shed. Numerous little corms are produced around the 
old one, and these should be separated when the old ones are put away, 
and the following year they should be grown in pans. In their second 
year they may be planted-out, and will probably flower. The stock may 
also be increased by means of seed, sown in pans in March, started in 
heat, the seedlings gradually given more air and less heat until they can 
be turned outside for the summer. Ripen and dry off in autumn, and 
plant out the following March. Gladioli may also be grown in pots. 
Use a 6-inch pot, and place corms in according to the usual size of the 
species when grown. Thusa single corm of G. Lemoinei or G. nancieanus 
will be sufficient, but the same size pot will take half a dozen corms of 
The Bride. The soil for potting should have been made rich well in 
advance. 
Description of Ghent Cornflag, Gladiolus gandavensis, about one- 
Plate third less than the actual size; showing corms, leaves, and 
flowers. 
Other genera of IRIDEX which are represented among garden plants 
are: Babiana, something like Ixia, but with hairy leaves and short 
flower-spikes ; Freesia, with the habit of Ixia, and slender spikes of 
tubular fragrant flowers ; Morwa, very similar to Iris; Schizostylis, an 
autumn-flowering Ixia-like plant with bright crimson flowers; Sparawis, 
with tall spikes of elegant tubular flowers; T’ritonia, another Ixia-like 
genus, of which 7. Pottsii, crossed with the allied Crocosma awrea, has 
produced a most useful race of summer-flowering, easily-grown, half- 
hardy plants; Watsonza, a near ally of Gladiolus. These genera are all 
natives of South Africa, 
NARCISSI 
Natural Order AMARYLLIDEH. Genus Narcissus 
Narcissus (the old Greek name). A genus of (according to Bentham 
and Hooker) about twenty species of bulbous perennial herbs, mostly 
hardy. They have narrow strap-shaped or Rush-like leaves, and flowers 
solitary or in umbels, at first included in a membranous spathe, and 
always white or yellow. The perianth forms a tube below, with six 
spreading segments above, the mouth of the tube surmounted by a 
circular crown. There are six stamens inserted in the tube, and not 
protruding beyond the crown. The ovary is three-sided, below the 
