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GLOXINIA speciosa. 
(Garden Varieties.) 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. GESNERACEA. 
GLOXINIA. Botanical Register, vol. 3. fol. 213. 
1. GLOXINIA magnifica. 
2. insignis. 
9. bicolor. 
4 Cartoni. 
For the few last months our gardens have been furnished 
with some new varieties of this beautiful plant, which have 
excited universal admiration ; especially those in which pink 
is the predominant colour. "We have, therefore, thought it 
desirable to take advantage of an opportunity afforded by 
Mr. Glendinning of the Chiswick Nursery, for bringing 
together the most distinct among them. 
The account Mr. Glendinning has given of their origin is 
as follows : — 
These beautiful varieties were raised from G. speciosa 
rubra fertilized with the pollen of Sinningia guttata. The 
flowers, however, give little evidence of the male parent, 
although the branching habit which distinguish Nos. 1, 2, 
and 4, are proofs of their alliance to Sinningia, particularly 
that of magniflora, which has very hairy leaves and stems, 
and an erect growth. 
* They were first raised in the garden of the Duke of 
Northumberland at Syon, by his Grace's gardener, Mr. Car- 
ton, who has been long celebrated for producing various 
interesting novelties by hybridizing. The plants which 
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