GLADIOLI AND GLOXINIAS. 



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Selection of Lemoinei Varieties. 



Acurn, white. 

 Ajax, pink. 



Admiral Gervais, salmon. 

 Crepuscule, rosy lilac. 



Dagmar, rose. 



Deuil tie Carnot, black crimson. 



Jules Develle, lilac. 



M. Deviolaine, violet rose. 



Mera, violet blue. 

 Precurseur, rose. 

 Rembrandt, salmon rose. 

 Eev. W. Wilks, orange red. 



The above have variously coloured spots on the lower segments. 



Selection of Nanceianus Varieties. 



A. dela Devansaye, salmon, spotted. 

 A. M. Carlyle, scarlet, spotted 

 A. Van den Heede, scarlet. 



Persimmon, blue. 



President Carnot, cherry red. 



Professor Lambin, lilac mauve. 



Robert Lindsay, orange. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, scarlet. 



W. Watson, lilac -rose. 



Aurea superba, orange scarlet. 

 Ben Hur, salmon rose. 

 Columbia, orantro scarlet. 



Selection of Childsi Varieties 



Dolops, orange scarlet. 

 Earl Cadogan, orange scarlet. 

 Henry Gillman, salmon scarlet. 



.Splendour, rose, purple and white. 



Tross, scarlet and white. 



Wm. Falconer, pink and blush. 



Selection of Early-Flowering Gladioli. 



Blushing Bride, ivory white and 



crimson, H ft. 

 byzantinus, purple, hardy, 2 ft. 

 cardinalis, scarlet and white, \\ ft. 

 Colvillei, The Bride, white, 2 ft. 



Fire King, orange scarlet, flaked, 

 H ft. 



fonnosissimus, scarlet, \\ ft. 



insignis, rosy scarlet, 2 ft. 



Ne Plus Ultra, salmon rose, 2| ft. 



nanus in variety, 1 ft. 

 Queen Victoria, scarlet and white, 

 2 ft. 



Salmon Queen, salmon pink, H ft. 

 Sarnian Gem, salmon, 1^ ft. 



Most of the original species are principally interesting from a botanical point of view, 

 so that it appears unnecessary to give a list of them here. 



GLOXINIAS. 



According to Nicholson ("Dictionary of Gardening"), the gloxinia rightly belongs 

 to the genus Sinningia, but the more pojDular term has for years past been universally 

 accepted and will never be altered. From Sinningia, or Gloxinia speciosa, a Brazilian 

 species first brought into prominence about the year 1815, have been raised numerous 

 hybrids and varieties of superior merit, and further improvements are constantly being 

 effected by florists interested in this class of plants. Not only are the erect-flowering 

 gloxinias fast superseding the older drooping forms, but the colours and markings are 

 also much more diversified and beautiful than formerly. Some of the strains are 

 equally remarkable for the great size and substance of their foliage, the crassifolia 

 type effectively hiding the pots with their large recurving leaves. 



The gloxinia is a popular exhibition plant, and the Royal Horticultural Society's 

 code for judging says the flowers should have a " corolla circular, smooth on the edge; 



