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are undoubtedly useful, only c’ose study and observation can j period of the year. The graceful spikes have a distinct and highly 
enable anyone to master the subject in order to apply the know- j effective appearance. Those represented by the engraving are hybrids 
ledge usefully. i 0 f ramosus, which we saw in bloom a week ago in a well-managed 
Fig. 72.—EARLY GLADIOLI. 
EARLY GLADIOLI. | garden, and nothing in the conservatory exceeded the effect of the 
A'BOX of early Gladioli, accompanied by a brief note calling atten- j tapering spikes with their column of brilliant flowers. live or six 
lion to the brightness and diversity of their colours, serves as a reminder I corms may be placed in a 5 or 6-inch pot in November, plunged in a 
■of the great value of these flowers for conservatory decoration at this I frame in ashes the same as Hyacinths, until the roots are working freely 
