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tuberous root, and should be potted in rich light earth, and 

 the pots be well drained. 



GLOXINIA. 



Gen. Char. (Didynamia Angiospermia.) Calyx five-leaved ; co- 

 rolla bell-shaped, with an oblique limb ; filaments with the rudi- 

 ment of a fifth, inserted upon the receptacle. 



Named in memory of Dr. Gloxin, a botanist. Yery 

 beautiful herbaceous, plants, natives of Brazil, and requiring 

 stove heat ; but some will, for a time, bear the cooler air 

 of the conservatory or greenhouse, as G. wiaculata and spe- 

 ciosa ; the former has purple flowers and a spotted stalk, 

 the latter blue, with varieties both red and w 7 hite-flowered ; 

 they both require heat to bring them into a state for bloom- 

 ing well, and after that they will bear the air of the green- 

 house, and make a show there during the time of flowering. 

 Early in the spring the old root should be taken out of the 

 pot, and the offsets taken off and planted singly in small, 

 well-drained pots of rich light loam ; then they should be 

 plunged in a hotbed, which will soon bring them on ; as 

 they advance in growth larger pots must be used, and a 

 good supply of water : about July they will be in flower, 



