Coming to the front as rivals of the Gladiolus, Montbretias hold a prominent place. They are Cape plants, and some of them have been regarded as gladiolus in times past. Ixia, Tritonia, Freesia, Waitzia, and other genera have also so close a family relationship with Montbretia, that different botanists have placed the same plant in different ones of these, and the supposed genera are found to cross with one another. The plant known in collections as Tritonia aurea has been intercrossed with Montbretia, and a pretty race of hybrids have been developed. Popular Gardening for June has an illustration of one of these hybrids, known in catalogues as Montbretia crocosmiaeflora.