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November they should ijive a steady succession of 

 bloom. 



The Gloxinia can be grown from seed. The 

 directions p^'iven res^arding' the growings of the Alimulus 

 from seed will apply in this case. But as plants will 

 not be likely to reach a flowering size before two 

 vcars, under ordinary treatment, I would advise luiving 



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tubers. In this way you can be sure of flowers the 

 first season. This plant likes a light soil, made up 

 principally of leaf mold, with consideralile sand worked 

 in. Use enough leaf mold, with all the roots dug 

 with it left in, or turfy matter full of fibrous grass 

 roots, to make the compost spongy in character. Put 



