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ent with the Gloriosas. They are per¬ 
fectly at home in Florida. No plants are 
grown more easily and with less care. 
Deep rich soil, and a support to climb 
upon are all they require. They are all 
tropical plants, one species being found 
in India and the others in Central Africa. 
This genus, evidently so closely allied to 
the true Lilies when we consider the foli¬ 
age and flowers, is a puzzle to the biol¬ 
ogist as far as the rootstock is concerned. 
In the Lilies we have typical bulbs made 
up of numerous loose scales; while Glori¬ 
osas .have peculiarly shaped solid tubers, 
giving no clue to their relationship. 
The most magnificent of all the species 
is the new Uganda Climbing Lily 
(Gloriosa Rothschildiana). It starts 
into growth with me by the middle of 
April, and is in full flower by the middle 
of May. (Some varieties, however, start 
much later.) It is a very vigorous grower, 
climbing to a height of from six to ten 
feet. The flowers, as in all the species, 
are axillary, near the ends of the stems. 
The points of the leaves are provided with 
tendril-like apices, with which the plant 
fastens itself to bushes and tall herbage. 
The flowers are large and very gorgeous, 
lily-like, with reflexed segments, and of 
a dazzling orange-scarlet color with yel¬ 
low edges. Each stem bears from eight 
to ten flowers, which open successively; 
the lower ones first and the terminal ones 
last. This species was discovered several 
years ago' in Uganda, Africa, and was 
introduced into cultivation by Lord Wal¬ 
ter Rothschild of Tring, England; from 
whom I received about a dozen tubers in 
the spring of 1905. 
The Malabar Glory Lily (G. superba) 
starts into growth much later, usually not 
before the beginning of June. It is also 
a very strong grower and exceedingly 
floriferous, each stem producing from ten 
to thirty of its showy blossoms. The 
stems, attaining a height of from six to 
ten feet, often throw out side-shoots at 
their tops. The flowers are rather dis¬ 
appointing at first, from the predominance 
of green in them; but after a few days, 
bright orange-yellow hues supersede the 
green almost entirely. Nothing can be 
more striking than this lily in full bloom, 
clambering over a flowering specimen of 
Pleroma macranthum. The bright, glow¬ 
ing, orange-yellow flowers of the Glori¬ 
osa, and the large, glossy, bluish-purple 
blossoms of the Pleroma, show a charm¬ 
ing and strikingly beautiful contrast. I 
have fertilized this species with the pollen 
of G. Rothschildiana and vice versa; and 
I have now quite a number of promising 
hybrids from both species. In 1906 I 
raised several hundred seedlings of the 
Malabar Glory Lily, and most of them 
flowered last year. I have never noticed 
such a variation as was displayed here, 
though the plant was crossed with its own 
pollen. Some plants were strong grow¬ 
ers ; others showed a weak constitution. 
Many had broad, large leaves; others 
small and narrow foliage. But the great¬ 
est difference was displayed in the blos¬ 
soms ; the color ranging from a dull yel¬ 
lowish green to the deepest orange-yel¬ 
low. Some of the flowers even were pure 
yellow. 
The Mozambique Glory Lily (G. vire- 
scens), as its name implies, was intro¬ 
duced from Mozambique. Its prevailing 
color is yellow, with some green. 
Leopold’s Glory Lily (G. Leopoldii) 
seems to be intermediate between two 
already mentioned. The flowers are pure 
yellow when opening, changing finally to 
