142 OBNAMBNTAL FOLUGB PLANTS. ' 



feet higli or more. The leaves are somewliat obovate, and 

 bright green in colour. Where room can be given this 

 plant, it is very ornamental during winter, for then it 

 blooms profusely. 



0. metallica. — A variety growing from five to six feet 

 high. The leaves are broad, bronzy green in colour, the 

 mid-rib and primary veins being deep bronze. The flowers 

 are bright red, freely produced, but are somewhat small- 

 A handsome kind for the conservatory or open air. 



G. metallicoides, — ^A superb plant for in-door decoration, 

 but we cannot speak confidently of its merits as an 

 out-door grower ; it produces fine large leaves, which are 

 rich bronze even in a young state. 



G. nigricans. — This is a superb variety. It attains the 

 height of five or six feet, and produces very broad leaves, 

 which are rich dark bronze, in addition to which it is an 

 abundant bloomer. The flowers are deep scarlet, render- 

 ing it a most attractive object either in the conservatory or 

 the sub-tropical garden. 



G. pervAjiana. — This is a magnificent kind, of stately 

 growth, attaining the height of nine or ten feet. The 

 leaves are large, and of a bright glaucous green. In addi- 

 tion to the charm of its foliage, it is an abundant bloomer, 

 producing quantities of branching spikes of bright flame 

 red flowers. A highly ornamental plant either for con- 

 servatory decoration or for planting in the open air. 



G. pictwrata fastwosa, — A superb and very distinct variety, 

 growing about five feet high ; the leaves narrow and 

 bright green. It is a very free bloomer, the spikes being 

 branched, and producing in profusion its large flowers, 

 which are yellow on the outside, whilst the inside is yellow 

 beautifully mottled with crimson. It is a very desirable 

 plant, and succeeds admirably in the open air. 



