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are cut over, and the roots allowed to remain without water 

 until they are taken up and potted in January. 



From some plants which I plunged on the 9th of April 

 last, the shoots extended the length of nine feet, each shoot 

 producing from five to seven finely blown flowers. I have every 

 expectation of some of the plants ripening seed this season. 



I am, Sir, &c. 

 Truro, August 15. 1827. James Pringle. 



Art. VI. Culture of the Gloxinia, maculdta. By Mr. John 

 Nelson, principal Gardener to William Miles, Esq. Clif- 

 ton, near Bristol. 



Sir, 



The Gloxinz'a maculdta is a most beautifully flowering 

 plant, but it is frequently kept for years without blowing ; by 

 adopting the plan of treatment which I am about to mention, 

 it may be flowered every year to great perfection. 



First, I pot them off" in the early part of March into pots 

 four inches over, in black bog-earth, mixed with a little sand, 

 observing to put one plant only in a pot ; and, should any 

 suckers arise, they should immediately be broken off. Se- 

 condly, I bring them forward in the bark-bed or dung- 

 frame ; as soon as they begin to vegetate, water them freely, 

 and, when the pot is filled with fibres, shift them into pots six 

 inches over ; water them freely for about ten days, then place 

 them in pans kept constantly filled with water, still clearing 

 off the suckers should any appear. 



By this mode of treatment they will produce flowers from 

 two to three feet in height. When they have done flowering 

 take them out of the pans of water, place them with your 

 other plants, and let them receive the same quantity of water 

 as your other plants receive, until the flower stems begin to 

 decay, then place them on your dry shelves in the stove till 

 the 1st of January, then watering them sparingly until they 

 again make their appearance; again pot them off, and treat 

 them as before directed. 



I am, Sir, &c. 



John Nelson. 

 Clifton^ near Bristol, March 16. 1827. 



