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X GLADIOLUS CHILDSil. 
A robust race of Gladioli was raised by Herr Max Leichtlin of Baden-Baden from G. Gandavensis 
and G. Saundersii. The plants are tall and the flowers large, blooming at the same time as the Nanceianus 
varieties. They will be found useful for grouping in herbaceous and shrubbery borders. 
Fine Mixed Hybrids, producing tall bold spikes of very large flowers, ranging mostly in 
colour from rose to pink, red and fiery scarlet per loo, 15/- ; per doz. 2/3 
Wonder, a fine new seedling producing h-’ndsome long .spikes of very large open flowers, brilliant 
velvety cherry-crimson, ht. 2^ ft per 100, 21/- ; per doz. 3/- 
X GLADIOLUS EXCELSIOR. 
This is a very beautiful new strain, the result of crossing some of the best varieties of Gladiolus 
Gandavensis with Gladiolus Nanceianus. The flowers are very large and open, and range in colour 
from salmon-scarlet to soft blush-rose, with scarlet and cream-coloured blotch or crimson blotcli on a 
white ground, ht. 3 to 35 ft. 
Beautiful Mixed Hybrids per too, 12/6; per doz. 1/9 
X GLADIOLUS “AMERICA.” 
This is a most beautiful new hybrid of Gladiolus Gandavensis and G. Childsii) possessing a very 
vigorous habit and producing erect spikes two or three feet long with very large open flowers, mea- 
suring 4J inches across, of an exquisite shade, pale silvery shelUpinU shaded white 
per 100, 25/-; per doz. 3/6 
X GLADIOLUS PRINCEPS. 
One of the largest and most handsome Gladioli ever raised. The flowers are of great size, open, and 
of beautiful form, colour brilliant dark scnrlet with white stripe down centre of each petal ; a remarkably 
efiective plant in herbaceous borders per 100, 6o/- ; per doz. 8/6 ; each gd. 
GLADIOLI. 
Various Beautiful Species and Varieties. each— d 
alatus, a remarkably attractive and showy dwarf species, bearing in early summer large 
elegant lemon-coloured flowers, broadly tipped brick-red, ht. 8 in. ; suitable for pot culture 
or warm sunny spots on rockwork per doz. 4/- o 5 
X blandus, var. albiflorus, a very beautiful Cape species, flowers with elegantly waved 
petals, varying from ivory-white to white tipped rose, with a slight blotch of primrose in the 
centre, June-flowering, ht. f ft. ; recommended for pot-culture. Cape pit, or sunny nooks on 
rockwork per doz. 7/6 o 8 
X primulinus (Maid of the Hist). See Novelty hist, /age 6. 
X salmoneus. See Novelty List, page 6. 
Segfetum, a charming species, producing in summer rosy red pretty flowers with white 
markings, ht. 2 ft per too, 5/6 ; per doz. -/to — 
tristis {syn. spiralis), bearing in summer graceful spikes of large greenish white sweet- 
scented flowers, prized for cutting per too, 17/6 ; per doz. 2/6 o 3 
l©“ All other Gladioli species, in commerce, can be supplied if required. 
X GLORIOSA (Glory Lilies), very beautiful bulbous warm greenhouse or stove climbers with 
brilliantly coloured flowers. Trained on globes or wires the blooms are seen to advantage. 
The roots should be grown in a compost of loam and peat. 
Leopold!. Novelty List, 6. 
Rothschildiana, the true original species from Uganda, and the finest of all, with 
flowers measuring ntarly 6 inches across, colour brilliant crimson-lake, the perianth seg- 
ments being margined gold, anthers golden 2-year-old seedlings, per doz. 72/- 6 6 
superba (The Malabar Glory Lily), bearing showy rich orange-red flowers; remarkably 
showy •••• 3 ^ 
virescens (syn. Methonica Plantii), the Mozambique Lily, flowers rich or.inge and 
yellow 2 6 
GLORY OF THE SNOW. See Chionodoxa, page 21. 
GLOXINIA, beautiful bulbous stove plants, large flowers of perfect form, colours rich and varied. 
X Barr’S Exhibition Named Varieties per doz. 24/-, 30/- & 36/- — 
xFine Named Varieties per doz. 12/6 
X Barr’s Beautiful Seedling Varieties, Mixed „ 6/6 — 
GRAPE HYACINTH. See Muscari. 
GUERNSEY LILY. See Nerine sarniensis. 
HABRANTHUS pratensis. See Hippeastrum. 
