Mr. Standish we noticed Miss Howell , light rose, pencilled with 
carmine, yellow throat; Scottish Chief “, fine peach-striped, and 
spotted with carmine-purple feather on damask; Lord Clyde , 
cerise-yellow throat, plum feathers; Joseph Maston , fine scarlet; 
Sir James Clark is a beautiful, bright salmon-rose, with very 
deep scarlet feathers in the centre of the lower petals, and a 
scarlet spot in the throat; it has a long, noble-looking spike, 
and is unquestionably a flower of great merit. 
The secret in growing Gladiolus is to dry the bulbs well, to 
give good rich soil, and to water freely in dry weather; where 
these are attended to, we do not think much difficulty will be 
experienced in their growth; and, although in some few in¬ 
stances we have seen symptoms of disease this season, yet we 
are inclined to think that a good deal of this results from want 
of care in drying off the bulbs. 
