GLORIOSA SUPERBA 
derivaiton self-evident. 
English names : 
Family : 
Gloriosa, Climbing Lily. 
Liliaceae. 
Country of origin : 
Tropical Africa and Asia. 
Colour : 
at first yellow, changing later 
to yellow and deep scarlet. 
Garden use : 
a striking herbaceous climber, 
climbing by means of the 
tendril-like leaf-tips; suitable 
for supports in the open, 
fences, trellis-work, etc. The 
tubers are poisonous. 
Tropagation : 
from the underground tubers, 
which should be planted 
about a foot deep, or from 
seed. 
A, the 6 stamens radiating from the base of the 
reflexed perianth segments, and the ovary 
with the base of the style, which is bent 
sideways almost at right-angles. 
B, a young fruit. 
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