THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



MAY 1st, 1841. 

 PART I. 



EMBELLISHMENTS. 



ARTICLE I. 



1. GLOXINIA RUBRA. {Red-flowered Gloxinia.) 



Gesneriace/E, Didynamia, Angiospermia. 



[Gloxinia; so named in compliment to B. P. Gloxin, a French botanist.] 



The very beautiful flowering kind we now give a figure of was sent 

 to this country by Mr. Buist, nurseryman, of Philadelphia, to Messrs. 

 Youngs, of Epsom Nursery. Mr. Buist obtained his original plant 

 from Rio Janeiro a few years back. We saw the plants in Messrs. 

 Youngs' Nursery last autumn, then showing bloom, a specimen of 

 which was afterwards sent us. Grown in the stove, in a strong and 

 moist temperature, the plants bloomed most profusely and brilliantly. 



The flowers are of a deeper crimson red colour when they first 

 expand, growing paler with age, and assuming in the throat a bluish 

 tinge. It is one of the most ornamental plants that has been re- 

 cently introduced into this country, and deserves a place in every 

 stove, vinery, &c. It is sold at three guineas per plant. 



The usual treatment given to the previous kinds of this lovely 

 tribe of plants is equally successful with the present kind. In a rich 

 loam and peat soil, with a very free drainage, the Gloxinia flourishes. 

 In a growing condition abundance of water is required. When done 

 blooming, a season of rest is required in winter, when water is with- 

 held ; and on the approach of spring the tubers arc repotted, duly 

 excited, and soon are brought into a blooming state. In order to 

 extend the blooming period, the tubers should be potted at sundry 



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