cultivation:

Gladiolus adlami, dull yellow with minute red spots, Transvaal, 1889.

" alatus, 3/4 ft., scarlet, yellow, June, 1795.

" alatus algoensis, 3/4 ft., orange, July, 1824.

" albidus, 1 ft., white, June, 1774.

" angustus, 2 ft., yellow, June, 1756.

" atroviolaceus, dark blue, purple, white, Palestine, 1889.

" blandus, 1-1/2 ft., flesh, June, 1774.

" brachyandrus, 2 ft., scarlet, whitish, Zambesi Land, July, 1879.

" brevifolius, 1-1/2 ft., pink, June, 1802.

" byzantinus, 2 ft., red, July, Turkey, 1629.

" campanulatus, 1-1/2 ft., light purple, May, 1794.

" carneus, 2 ft., flesh, June, 1796.

" caucasicus, Caucasus, 1842.

" cochleatus, 1-1/2 ft., white, red, March, 1829.

" Colvillei, 1-1/2 ft., bright red marked with pale purple. Hybrid.

" Colvillei, alba, white.

" communis, 2 ft., red, South Europe, 1596, July.

" communis albus, 2 ft., white, June, South Europe.

" concolor, 1 ft., yellow, June, 1790.

" Cooperi, 3 ft., red, yellow, September, Natal, 1862.

" crispiflorus, various, July, 1842.

" cruentus, blood red, white, September, Natal, 1868.

" cuspidatus, 1-1/2 ft., white, brown, May, 1795.

" debilis, 1-1/2 ft, white, May.

" decoratus, 3 ft., scarlet, yellow, East Africa, 1890.

" dracocephalus, 2-1/4 ft., greenish yellow with purple lines,
Natal, 1871.

" Eckloni, 1 to 1-1/2 ft., pinkish white, densely red spotted, Autumn,
South Africa, 1862.

" edulis, 1-1/2 ft., white, June, 1816.

" Elloni, white tipped with purple, 1890.

" festivus, pale rose, July, 1844.

" flexuosus, 1 ft., orange, June, 1825.

" floribundus, 1 ft., citron, July, 1788.

" Gandavensis, rich crimson, yellow, summer, hybrid.

" gracilis, 2 ft., blue, white, April, 1800.

" hastatus, 1 ft., flesh, May, 1846.

" hirsutus, 1-1/2 ft., pink, June, 1795.

" hyalinus, 1 ft., yellow, red, June, 1825.

" imbricatus, 1 ft., red, June, Russia, 1820.

" involutus, 1-1/2 ft., pink, June, 1757.

" Kirkii, 3 ft., rose, Grahamstown, 1890.

" Kotschyanus, light violet, Afghanistan and Persia.

" Leichtlini, scarlet, yellow, Transvaal, 1889.

" Mackinderii, 2 ft., red or yellow, 1905.

" Milleri, 1-1/2 ft., violet, May, 1751.

" Mortonius, 1-1/2 ft., white, 1837.

" namaquensis, 3/4 ft., orange, June, 1800.

" natalensis, 4 ft., scarlet, yellow, August, Natal River