. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. THE GLADIOLUS. Ola (Holm 'jaHilavenais. ii mere compliance with T IS custom to label this Hower GladdoliiH ijandia'ennix, f(ji- that is the name (jf an early hybrid between and U. p-ul- laciuns, raised many years ag-n in a Belgian g-ardeu. Eut it is scarcely worth while to discuss technicalities or draw Hne lines, and we prefer to talk about the gladiolus as a Ijeauty to be W(.)oed in the pleasant days of the after- summer. The Horist's varieties consti- tute a large anil separate class, and are usually designat
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. THE GLADIOLUS. Ola (Holm 'jaHilavenais. ii mere compliance with T IS custom to label this Hower GladdoliiH ijandia'ennix, f(ji- that is the name (jf an early hybrid between and U. p-ul- laciuns, raised many years ag-n in a Belgian g-ardeu. Eut it is scarcely worth while to discuss technicalities or draw Hne lines, and we prefer to talk about the gladiolus as a Ijeauty to be W(.)oed in the pleasant days of the after- summer. The Horist's varieties consti- tute a large anil separate class, and are usually designated " h}-- brids of gandavensis/' although they owe their origin to sevei'al species and to many and repeated crossings. To grow these well requires some care ; but they arc worthy of all atteuticm, so various ajid sjjlendid arc their flowers. In the first place, then, it must be said that they are not hartly, and therefore it will not do to leave them in the ground all the winter. Wc have. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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