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A curious plant, and not difficult to cultivate, if treated 

 like the other Cape plants it is allied to. The bulb sends 

 out off-sets pretty freely, and should be kept very dry after 

 the leaves decay. 



Homoglossum Prtecox. MSS. Gladiolus precox. Kenn. in 

 Bot. Rep. n. 38. cum Ic. Gladiolus Watsonius. Curt, in Bot. 

 Mag. n. 450. cum Ic. — Jacq. Ic. v. 2. t. 233.— Collect, v. S. 

 p. 257. 



This plant delights in sandy soil, and in rather more warmth 

 than a common green-house affords, though it is not easily 

 killed by cold : the pot however must be particularly well 

 drained, for it grows wild on the sides of mountains near 

 Constantia, which are burnt up in summer. Mr. Curtis 

 justly remarks, that it is more nearly allied to Antholyza than 

 to Gladiolus. 



Gladiolus Concolor. Par. Lond. n. 8. cum Ic. Gladiolus 

 tristis jS. Ker in Bot. Mag. n. 1098. cum Ic. 



Several species of Gladiolus allied to this, expand their 

 flowers, and diffuse a fragrant smell, like those of Hesperan- 

 thus, during the night : many of them encrease likewise by 

 innumerable little bulbs, formed in clusters very near the 

 base where the fibres issue. I suspect that these little bulbs, 

 of which I counted one hundred and sixty under a single 

 root of this species, are deposited by a superabundance of 

 returning sap, generated by the leaf : for I found only about 

 half a dozen under a root, the leaves of which Mr. Charles 

 Greville was so good as to allow me to cut off, soon after 

 they were formed. 



GladiolusCardinalis. Curt, in Bot. Mag .n.lSo.cumlc. 



I believe that this fine plant will succeed much better in 



