Noun:

कृपाणपर्ण प्रजाति, खंगिकालता, ग्लेडियोलस,

gladiolus's Usage Examples:

3), or with a symmetry in the median plane as in Gladiolus.

Soc., 1869, p. 25) points out that the west European species of Erica, Genisteae, Lobelia, Gladiolus, 'c., an some of them more nearly allied to corresponding Cape species thai they are to each other; and many of the somewhat higher races of ~, mrnl ~prmprs, h,i-mr~ pvdprii-1v div~rmred from stock now unrepresented anywhere but in South Africa.

Gladiolus byzantinus, Mill.

Few bulbs come into the summer flower gardens, but amongst those which should always be well represented are the Gladiolus, the Lilium, the Tigridia and the Montbretia.

foetidissima (stinking iris), Gladiolus communis, a rare plant found in the New Forest and the Isle of Wight, and Romulea Columnae, a small plant with narrow recurved leaves a few inches long and a short scape bearing one or more small regular funnel-shaped flowers, which occurs at Dawlish in Devonshire.

Africa. Every species introduced is of value, is easily grown, and is suitable for many garden uses, but the charm of the Gladiolus is derived from the beautiful hybrid varieties.

The most important genera are Crocus (q.v.), with about 70 species, Iris (q.v.), with about ioo, and Gladiolus (q.v.), with 150.

The members of this order are generally perennial herbs growing from a corm as in Crocus and Gladiolus, or a rhizome as in Iris; more rarely, as in the Spanish iris, from a bulb.

The same mode of increase occurs in the gladiolus and crocus, but their bulb-like permanent parts are called corms, not bulbs.

Those who desire their gardens to be beautiful late in the autumn should not fail to employ the Gladiolus largely.

Synonyms:

iridaceous plant, genus Gladiolus, sword lily, glad, gladiola,

Antonyms:

unwilling,