requires the same 

 Gloxinia maculata 



gement as is given to such plants as 



It is increased from the young shoots, which should be 



treated in the following way 



wh 



they are two or three 



inches long take them off and put them in pots filled in th. 

 ordinary way with sand; give a little water to settle the 



cuttings, and cover them with a bell-gl 



Then place th 



pots on a warm flue, or, if in summer, on a warm shelf in the 



shading them from the sun by placing a sheet of paper 



the gl 



ferred 



leaf-mould unsifted 



they will soon root freely, and may be 



small pots filled with a mixture of sandy peat and 



They will afterwards require shifting 



after which 



and plenty of water during the growin o 



they should be rested by gradually withholding the supplv of 

 water. 





