GLADFOLUS IGNES'CENS. 
Class. 
triandria. 
brilliant corn flag. 
Natural Order. 
tridacea;. 
Order. 
monogynta. 
Of hybrid 
Origin. 
Height. I Flowers in 
Habit- 
Cultivated 
3 feet. | August. 
Bulb. 
in 1844. 
No. 1161. 
Under No. 1113, we published Gladiolus Gan- 
davensis, and there promised the mode of culture, 
as practised by Mr. Cole, in the garden of J. Wil- 
more, Esq., of Oldford, to whose collection we are 
further indebted for specimens of the present and 
other newly-raised hybrid varieties. 
Gladiolus ignescens is in truth, a beautiful flower, 
and will further tend to show the value of the vari- 
ous species, when the variableness of their beauty 
is mingled together by hybridisation. Flowers in 
the hand of the gardener are becoming as pigments 
in the hand of the artist. Combinations are made, 
and new beauties developed, that previously had 
been unthought of, by even the operator himself, 
Although, for convenience, we adopt popular 
names, it must be remembered that these Gladioli 
aie but varieties; the present one, having been raised 
between Cardinalis and some other species. 
From the tendency to early growth of all the Car- 
dinalis section, its varieties require to be potted 
early in November. The compost should be equal 
parts of peat, leaf-mo uld, and hazel loam, with the 
addition of a little sand. The pots to be well- 
291. 
