GARDENS NEAR THE SEA 



gether hardy, being classed with bedding plants. 

 Their corms will not live in the ground over the winter, 

 but must be taken up in the late autumn after their 

 foliage has been nipped and ripened by the frost, dried 

 thoroughly, and stored in a cool place free from moist- 

 ure. In the following spring, they can be again planted 

 with the expectation of a wealth of bloom. 



Tigridias, which flower profusely, although for a 

 short period, through the summer, should also have 

 their bulbs planted in the spring when the danger of 

 frost is past. 



So conspicuous is the summer blossom of the gladioli 

 in every garden of note that it would now be difficult 

 to place them satisfactorily with other plants. They 

 occur in many varied and exquisite colors. Through 

 hybridization they have of late been improved wonder- 

 fully. The size and depth of the individual flowers 

 is extraordinary and their texture suggests velvet. 



The practise of planting gladioli through gardens 

 and beds composed of June roses has spread widely, 

 probably because their bulbs are small and do not take 

 the nourishment of the soil away from the roses, and 

 also because they enliven such places after the roses 

 have faded. I have seen most extensive plantings of 

 roses and gladioli together near the sea. The so-called 

 June roses, however, do not all pass with the last day 

 of the month. Many of them bloom until late in the 

 season, and when the bloom of the rose and that of 

 the gladiolus are seen at the same time, they seem to 

 me not altogether congenial companions. 



I like far better to see gladioli among the irises 



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