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G. M. Alphand. White tube, violet 
spotted throat, purple limb. 
G. M. Grivet. Throat spotted with 
maroon, bordered with violet, mouth 
spotted with violet. 
G. Mogul. Tube spotted with red, crim- 
son purple limb. 
G. Mrs. William Bull. 
white. 
G. Ne Plus Ultra. White, with crimson 
throat, spotted with carmine. 
G. Washington. Deep vermilion. 
G. Wilhelmine. White mouth, banded 
with blue, throat spotted with rose. 
InsEcts.—Gloxiniasare not usually much 
troubled with insects. Thrips will, how- 
ever, sometimes attack the leaves, in which 
case sponging and fumigation are the best 
remedies. If aphides make their appear- 
ance on the young flower-stalks they can 
be best destroyed by means of fumigation. 
Red, flaked with 
GNIDIA. 
Evergreen greenhouse flowering shrubs, 
natives of the Cape of Good Hope. All 
the species bear yellow flowers, and are 
summer bloomers. They are not equal 
from a gardening point of view to many 
plants that thrive under similar conditions. 
They succeed with treatment such as re- 
commended for Adenandras, which see. 
GOMPHIA. 
Evergreen stove shrubs, some of which 
grow to considerable size. Their flowers 
are not equal in appearance to those pro- 
duced by many occupants of the stove, 
although they are distinct in appearance. 
Their method of propagation, and the 
after treatment they require, are such as 
recommended for Gardenias (which see) 
except that at no time must they be kept 
so cool as Gardenias may be. 
G. decora. This species grows to a good 
size, forming a large bush. Its flowers are 
yellow, and are produced in summer. 
From South America. 
G. obtusifolia. A distinct-looking kind, 
a low grower. Also a summer bloomer, 
the flowers yellow. <A native of Jamaica. 
G. Theophrasta. Has bold, handsome 
foliage, and attains a large size if allowed 
sufficient room. A yellow-flowered summer 
bloomer. From South America. 
GOMPHOLOBIUM. 
These most elegant pea-blossomed ever- 
green greenhouse plants are natives of New 
Holland. Viewed from a short distance, 
their thread-like branches and _ incon- 
Greenhouse and Stove Plants. 
GOMPHOLOBIUM. 
spicuous leaves. are scarcely perceptible, 
giving the flowers the appearance of being 
suspended in the air. 
They are naturally climbers in their 
native country, clinging to other more 
robust-growing plants, consequently in a 
cultivated state they require support. They 
are sometimes grown on wire trellises, of a 
balloon or circular shape, but these are 
objectionable, because the thread-like stems 
get so entwined round the wires that they 
cannot be removed without seriously in- 
juring the plants, even when they get too 
large lor the trellis they are first put on, 
and if placed on a large one to begin with, 
it has for some time a bare, unfurnished 
appearance. There is nothing equal to 
thin, painted sticks over which to train the 
shoots, and care should be taken never to 
allow them to become too much entangled. 
In selecting young stock, it is necessary 
to see that they are quite clear from any 
of the worst kinds of insects that plants 
are subject to—such as white and brown 
scale. The Gompholobiums are com- 
paratively tender plants, and are not able 
to bear any application of insecticide strong 
enough to kill the insects. They require 
to be wintered in a light situation in a good 
house, where a heat is kept up in the night 
of from 40° to 45°; they are plants that 
cannot bear keeping in so low a tempera- 
ture as some other natives of the same 
country, as they are liable to become a prey 
to mildew, which destroys the leaves when 
it is scarcely perceptible upon them. In 
such a situation as above they will*keep 
growing slowly through the winter. They 
are subjects that always require more than 
ordinary care in watering, having very fine 
roots, but as their feeding fibres are never 
apparently quite at rest, they must never 
be allowed to get too dry. It must not, 
however, be understood that they will bear 
water-giving before the soil is in a state 
approaching dryness, as might be done 
with impunity to strong, coarse-rooted 
plants. 
They strike from shoot-cuttings, which 
should be taken off about the end of April, 
such as are in a growing state, and have 
got moderately firm, being selected. The 
cuttings should consist of three or four 
joints each, and must be put an inch or 
two apart in 6 or 7 inch pots, in sand, 
covered with a propagating glass, kept 
moist, moderately close and shaded, in an 
intermediate temperature, where they may 
be expected to root in a few weeks. Then 
remove the glasses, encourage growth by a 
genial atmosphere, and when fully rooted 
move singly into small pots, drained, and 
filled with fine peat, to which add a good 
