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violet inside. The flowers do not produce much show 
where a single plant is grown, but it should be grown 
in masses like the last described species. 
G. capitata.—Headed Gilia—A pretty, hardy annual, 
with blue, and a variety with white, flowers in clustered 
heads. From June to August, two feet high. 
G. androsicea.—Leptosiphon androsaceus.—This is a 
very pretty, hardy annual, of humble growth, six or 
eight inches high; varying in the color of its flowers, 
from white to pale-pink, red, or purple. It is a valuable 
little plant for flowering early in the summer, from au- 
tumn-sown seeds. The leaves of this plant are deeply 
divided into segments, always consisting of an even num- 
ber, as four, six, eight, etc. 
In addition to these there are G. achilliefolia, gera- 
niefolia, multicaulis, nivalis, and others, all pretty an- 
nuals. ; 
GLADIOLUS.—Corn Fae. 
{From the Latin gladius, a sword, in allusion to the shape of the leaves.] 
This is called Sword-Lily, Corn-Flag, Corn-Sedge, etc., 
etc. ; in French, le Glaiewl. The genus embraces a num- 
ber of species, some of which are planted in autumn and 
others in the spring. G. Byzantinus, from Turkey, and 
G. communis, from the South of Europe, with few vari- 
eties, have been in cultivation for more than two hun- 
dred years; they are raised by the Dutch Florists and 
sent out annually to their customers with Tulips, Hya- 
cinths, and other bulbs, They are planted in autumn and 
flower the next June; the colors are purple, red, and 
white. Ali the other species have bulbous roots, and re- 
quire to be taken up in autumn and dried, or kept in pots 
in the green-house. 
