April  18,  1901. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER ; 
317 
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N«.  1086  — Vol.  XLII..  Third  Series. 
Joiqiral  of  /ijor%tltui{e. 
THURSDAY,  APRIL  18,  1901. 
The  Gladiolus. 
the  season  for  planting  the  corma 
of  this  stately  autumn  flowering 
plant  approaches  I  ^wish  to  put 
in  a  plea  for;  its  more  extensive 
cultivation,  and  state  what  I 
consider  the  best  means  to  insure 
success ;  and  when  I  write  of  the 
Gladiolus  I  write  only  of  two  sections,  that 
known  ordinarily  as  Gandavensis,  and  the 
other  as  Nancianus  or  Lemoinei. 
Raisers  and  Progress. 
Although  we  have  some  grand  cultivators  and 
raisers  of  seedlings  now,  it  must  ever  be  borne  in 
mind  that  the  French  raisers  gave  us  the  start. 
Mons.  Souchet  of  Fontainbleau  originated  a  mag¬ 
nificent  series  of  varieties,  and  sent  them  out  from 
year  to  year  under  the  name  of  varieties  of  Ganda¬ 
vensis.  There  is  some  doubt  about  the  origin  of 
this  series,  and  question  how  it  got  the  name  of 
Gandavensis,  but  I  do  not  think  we  need  trouble 
ourselves  about  that.  Year  after  year  a  small 
number  of  varieties  are  sent  out,  about  ten  or 
twelve,  and,  unlike  many  other  florists’  flowers, 
these  continue  in  the  French  catalogues  up  to  the 
present  date. 
The  other  section  is  that  of  the  Lemoinei  group. 
They  are  noticeable  by  a  very  large  spot  on  the 
lower  petal,  so  that  the  French  call  them  a  Grande 
Macules.  Many  years  ago  now  Mr.  William  Bull 
of  Chelsea  introduced  from  Natal  species  which 
he  called  purpureo-auratus.  He  tried  to  induce 
some  English  cultivators  to  hybridise  it  and  the 
Gandavensis  species,  hut  without  success.  How¬ 
ever,  Lemoine  of  Nancy  took  it  up,  and  has  pro¬ 
duced  some  very  pretty  varieties,  and  afterwards 
others  followed  his  example.  It  was  stated  as  a 
recommendation  for  growing  them  that  they  were 
hardy,  but  Lemoine  Dever  said  so  absolutely.  He 
said  they  were  nearly  hardy  at  Nancy,  and  they 
would  pass  through  the  winter  if  they  had  some 
slight  protection  with  any  kiud  of  mulching. 
EADERS  are  requested  to  send  Notices  of  Gardening 
1  Appointments  or  Notes  of  Horticultural  Interest, 
.imations  of  Meetings,  Queries,  and  all  Articles  for 
blication,  officially  to  “  THE  EDITOR,  ’  at 
Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  Street, 
ndon,  E.C.,  and  to  no  other  person  and  to  no  other 
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