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twisted out, the roots pulled apart, the old fibres removed, 
and the different varieties placed in separate paper bags, 
where they remain a few days until thoroughly dried; 
they are then put in boxes and removed to a dry cellar, 
where they will remain in perfect safety until wanted for 
planting in the spring. Each variety should have a neat 
label, with the name, stuck in the ground by the side of 
the bulb, at the time of planting, and carefully kept with 
the bulbs when taken up, and placed with them in the 
bag; there will then be no mistake. 
Gladiolus Gandavénis.— It is not more than twenty 
years since this very striking variety was introduced into 
this country from England. We imported two bulbs, 
for which we paid one guinea; color, superb orange, scar- 
let, and yellow. This variety was raised as a seedling by 
Van Houtte, and derives its name from the town of Gand, 
It is a hybrid between G. psittacinus and some other spe- 
cies, not certainly known. 
G. floribiindus, is a beautiful variety or species; color 
shaded-rose, pink, or white. The flowers are very deli- 
cate, and produced in long crowded spikes. The growth 
is strong, and the bulb smaller than in any of the describ- 
ed species, except G. cardinalis. 
G. ramésus.—Beautiful rose, marked with white and 
carmine. The bulbs are small, and if planted the last of 
May, will bloom well. The growth is much stronger 
than that of G. cardinalis. 
From these different species have sprang the grand col- 
lection of hybrid Gladiolus, now so highly esteemed, 
which have been produced by amateurs and cultivators 
in Europe and imported into this country, many of the 
varieties at great expense, But we shall no longer be de- 
pendent on foreign cultiyators for the production of 
splendid new varieties, for within the last two years 
