Lexicographical Neighbors of Gladioluses
Literary usage of Gladioluses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1877)
"Capital gladioluses were shown by Mr. Fenwick, Mr. Jackson, and Mr. Spoor,
Jan., who won the chief prizes in the classes for twelve and six spikes, ..."
2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"or gladioluses (too awkward?)? Each of these plurals is used and each has its
detractors. Happy are those for whom the word is gladiola and the plural ..."
3. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1859)
"All the Lilies which will grow out of doors will do so all the better in Rhododendron
bed«. All gladioluses the same. All dwarf Tulips, Crocuses, ..."
4. Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine. (1856)
"Some of the gladioluses, between two and three feet high with spikes of flowers
in proportion, were splendid; ..."
5. The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists Magazine by Joseph Harrison (1856)
"Some of the gladioluses, between two and three feet high with spikes of flowers
in proportion, were splendid; ..."
6. American Gardening (1890)
"Do gladioluses run out ?" we are asked. No, we think not. But, says one : " Mine
were formerly nearly all white ; now they are mostly dark, ..."
7. The Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1881)
"THE chief features'of this meeting were the Dahlias and gladioluses, ... Kelway and
Sons' (of Langport} collection of gladioluses formed the chief feature ..."
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