ON THE CtTLTCRE AMD PRESERVATION 1 OF GLOXINIAS. 223 



sifying tlieir colours as much as possible ; tlie short gravel walks 

 are intended to lead to some rustic seats fixed in the rock-work, 

 with Ivv or other climbing plants about them. BEBB repre- 

 sent grass walks ; C C C C, a gravel walk surrounding the whole. 

 I) 1) D D are intended for beds retaining all the bulbous-rooted 

 plants together, distributing them in each bed, so that they all 

 may have plants in flower during the whole season, or they may 

 be systematically arranged, so that each bed may contain a single 

 natural order — as, for instance, the orders Crucifera, Composite, 

 Leguminosrc, or Umbelliferee ; but this can be left to the taste of 

 tin' proprietor. E E E E are beds for herbaceous plants, the 

 colours being mixed in each or kept in distinct beds, as red, blue, 

 yellow, white, &c. F F F F are fountains for aquatic plants, sup- 

 plied by means of pipes from some neighbouring water. The whole 

 may be surrounded, close to the gravel walk, by a neat wire fence, 

 or close pales, to exclude vermin : if pales be used, it should be 

 further surrounded by a neat, well-clipt edge of native plants, as 

 Roses, Privet, Swettbriar, &c. Where it is wished to be verv 

 private, the ground G G G G may be planted with native forest 

 , both deeideous and herbaceous. H H H H, the entrance 



F. F. Ashford. 

 UAth, 1*84. 



ARTICLE V.— On the Culture and Preservation of 

 Gloxinia maculata and speciosa. By W. K. 



Having sedn a Query in the first Volume of the FloricuUurdl 

 Cabinet, for information on the culture and preservation of the 

 Gloxinia maculata and speciosa, and having cultivated these beau- 

 tiful plants for a number of years with great success, I take the 

 liberty t" submit tin- mode of treatment which T have adopted, and 

 which has amply repaid me with a fine show of flowers every year. 

 The <j. m acu l ata, is a plant that requires a strong heat to have the 

 bloom in great perfection. It is a perennial plant, flowering late 

 in 'I" eason,and consequently Requires forcing to bring it forward, 



to liave a good show of ftowerfi before it be too late in the 



ii. 'flu- (lower-Stems and leaves die every \ear after flower* 



but if kepi in tin i.iw or the Warmest pail of the given-house, 



