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of colours and markings, the lower petals being very conspicuously 

 blotched. The plants are of erect, sturdy, and robust habit, and form a 

 pleasing feature in the garden. The nanccianus Gladioli have very 

 large open flowers, produced on erect branching stems. Their range of 

 colour is not so great as in the Lemoinei section, but the flowers are of 



Fig. 206 Butterfly Gladioli (G. Lemoinei Hyhhids). 



elegant outline and are charmingly blotched and marked on the lower 

 petals. Moreover, they are very floriferous. There is another section of 

 hybrids, raised by Hen Max Leichtlin, called Cliildsii, a cross between 

 Gladiolus Saundcrsii and (jandavensis. They somewhat resemble 

 (I. nanceianus, but have a more robust and taller habit with larger 

 blooms. The colours, however, are not so refined, and there is a certain 



