(U,ADIOT,rS 



ULAUCIUM 



64!) 



OCC. Piidei-- or body-color essciitlnllii neUoic. 



19. dracoc6phalu3, Hook. f. Stem stout, 2 ft. or less: 

 Ivs. 3-4, rather tirm: fls. 3-(J, of medium size, yellowish 

 green, the tube (2 in. or less long) curved; upper sc't;- 

 raents elliptic-oI)Ovate and more or less hooded, yellow- 

 ish and closely striate witli purple, the other segraeuts 

 much smaller and reflexing, mostly green and purple 

 spotted. B.M. 5884. -Odd. 



20. paittaclnus, Hook. (G. iV^a/a/f'fi.si.s-, Reinw.). Stem 

 3 ft. high, stout : Ivs. aliout 4, rather rigid : tls. many 

 and large, with a curved tube nearly or quite 2 in. long, 

 rich yellow but thickly grained arid (.iverlaid with red 

 (particularly about the margins of the segments); up- 

 per segments obovate and hooded, the lower much 

 smaller and reflesing. B.Jl. .3032. B.R. 17;1442. L.B.C. 

 18:1750. — One of the leading parents of garden Ula- 

 dioli. 



21. purpfireo-aiiritus, Hook. f. Stem 3— t ft., very 

 slender: Ivs. 3— 4, short: Us. 10 or more, primrose-yel- 

 low, medium in size, the curved tube less than 1 in. long; 

 segments obovate, not widely spreading, the lower ones 

 with a purple blotch. B.M. 5944. G.P. 2:89. — Hand- 

 some. A parent of modern Gladioli. 



OCCC. Under- or Jwdy-cojor irhifo. {Forni.^ of Xo. 1,' 

 muij be .iuu(jlit here.) 



22. bWnduB, Ait. Stem 2 ft. or less tall : Ivs. usually 

 4: fls. few, white and red-tinged, the curved tube l^i in. 

 long; segments all oblong or oblong-spatulate and flar- 

 ing or recurved, some of them red-marked in the throat. 

 Variable. Sometimes pure white (B.JI. 648), and some- 

 times flesh-color (B.M. 045).- An old garden plant. 



23. Jloribiindus, Jacq. Stem short (1 ft.), producing 

 fls. from near its base : Ivs. usually 4 : fls. 12 or less, 

 large, white tinged with punk, the slightly curved tube 

 2 in. or less long; segments obovate or .spatulate, ob- 

 tuse, wide-flaring, red-lined. B.M. (110. 



24. oppositiJldrus, Herb. Much like the last, but fls. 

 more numerous and snuiUer, in a distichous (or 2-side(l ) 

 spike, white, sometimes marked with rose. B.Jl. 7292 

 G.C. 111. 13:291. Gn. 45:903. -A very handsome plant 

 growing 3-0 ft. high, and producing spikes 2 ft. long. 



25. Milleri, Ker-Gawl. .Stem 12-20 in. : Ivs. about 4 : 

 fls. rather large, 4-5, nearly erect, milk-white, the tube 

 2 in. or less long and nearly straigljt ; segments oblong 

 and nearly acute. B.M. 032. 



n. J3i/brid>i. — The garden Gladioli are hybrids of va- 

 rious kinds and degrees. Of many, the parentage rs so 

 confused that it cannot be made out. However, there 

 are four main lines of development or divergence, rep- 

 resented in the late-flowering Gandavensis, Lemoinei 

 and Nanceiauus, and the early-flowering Golvillei. An 

 important article on the hvbridiziug of Gladioli, bv 

 Robert T. Jackson, will be found in G.F. 2:88. -Some o'f 

 the points of merit of the modern Gladiolus are : good 

 constitution; good substance or texture of flower; bril- 

 liancy and definiteness ol: color; large size; long spikes 

 (20-25 blooms). 



26. C61villei, Sweet (/7. cnrdiiinlis x trislis). Fls. 

 open or flaring, with oblong-acute segments, scarlet, 

 with loug blotches at the base of the lower segments : 

 early-flowering : spikes short. Hardy south of Wash- 

 ington with some protection. R.H. 1895, p. 289. It.C. 

 111.12:90. Gn. 28:520; 34:0,s0; 50, p. 00. -The oldest of 

 the garden forms. 



Runs into many types and strains. The modern 

 white-flowered type, represented by The Bride, is best 

 known in this country. Small forms are known as (?'. 

 nanus. Some forms are known as G. fhiribnudus. 



Another form of early-flowering Gladioli is known as 

 G. ra»)e.s'?<.s'. Past- (issue of G. enrdi noli ^ and ofpositt- 

 florus), but it is probably no longer jiossible to dis- 

 tinguish these two groups. 



27. Gandavensis, Van Houtte IG. p.iittaeinus x cordi- 

 nalis). Fig. 913. Upper segments nearly or quite hori- 

 zontal or hooded, the colors in bright shades of red and 

 red-yellow, variously streaked and blotched ; late-flow- 

 ering : spikes long. The commonest old-time tvpe of 

 gard'en Gladiolus. F.S. 2:84 (1840). R.H. 18-10:141. 

 P.M. 11:27. — First oft'ered to the trade by Van Houtte, 

 Aug. 31, 1841. M. Souchet, of Fontaineideau, France, 



did much to improve the Gandavensis type by repeated 

 selections and breeding. By Herbert and some others, 

 Gandavensis is considered to be an offspring of G. 

 p^ittaeinus x opposiliflorun. C. Brenchletjensis is one 

 of the Gan<lavensis tribes. 



28. Lem6inei, Hort. (G. Gandaven.tis x purpnreo- 

 ourotn.^). Pig. 914. A modern race characterized by 

 highly coloretl yellow, red and pturplish fls., purple- 

 blotched on the lower segments, witii 

 a more or less bell-shaped form of 



corolla — the segments broad and heavy //yi/ 



and the upper ones horizontal oi 

 strongly hooded. Grown by M. Le 



and the upper ones horizontal or I // -f"- 



moine, Nancy, Prance, and first shown ''^ji //'' f 

 at the Paris' Exhibition of 1878. Gn, ' ™ '^ ' 

 17:220; 30:554. R.H. 1879:3.30. 



914. Gladiolus Lemoinei Ion the rieht). and G. Nanceianus. 



29. Nanceianus, Hort. (G. Lemoinei x G. Saundersii). 

 Fig. 914. R<ibnst. with very large, open-spreading fls., 

 the two side segments widely flaring and sometimes 

 measuring 0-8 in. from tiyt to tip; upper segment long 

 and upright. First exhibited by Lemoine, the raiser, in 

 1889. The finest race, characteristically is full-open arid 

 large fls., in brilliant shades of red and purple. Gn. 

 41:840. G.C. HI. 13:131. 



30. CUldsii {G. Gnndaren.':!.^ y Soundcr.'^ii]. Fls. 

 similar to G. Lemoinei in shape and color. Origin;ttefl 

 b>' i\lax Leichtlin, Gennany. 



31. Froebeli, Hort., is G. Gandnnnxis x G. tSaiin- 

 derxil. var, .^li perhHS. 



32. Turic^nsis, Hort., is of like parentage. G.P. 3:89. 

 -This and the last are the work of Prcebel&Co., Zu- 

 rich. They are of recent origin. j^_ p[_ g 



GLADWIN. Iris fretidissima. 



GLASS. The important snli.iect of greenhouse glass 

 is treated under Grtenlioiise Glass. 



GLASSHOUSE. Any glass structure in which plants 

 are growti, particularly one which is large enout.'h X'> 

 admit the operator, it is a generic term. See Gr<en- 

 JioHse. 



GLASSWOET. Sulteornia. 



GLAUCIUM (name refers to glaucous foliage). Pa- 

 pueeri'irfiT. H.ikned Poppy. A dozen or more herbs of S. 

 Eu. and W. Asia: annuals, biennials or occasionally per- 



