GL OBBA—GLORIOSA—GOLDFUSSIA . 



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ing the pots in damp ashes in frames, kept close and shaded from hot sun, and removing 

 the plants to warmer quarters — a stove — in September we have had glowing pyramids 

 of beauty throughout December and January — more effective by far than any other 

 flower at that usually dull period of the year. 



globba — G. astrosanguinea, Malayan Archipelago, is a stove herbaceous plant 

 worthy of inclusion in large collections. The plants form numerous fine stems, 

 which produce terminal racemes of yellow flowers, with scarlet bracts, during the 

 greater part of the year; increased by division of the roots in the spring. Pot 

 in a mixture of loam, peat, leaf soil and sand, and grow the plants in a warm, moist 

 position. 



gloejosa. — Few stove flowering plants are more effective than G. superba. It is a 

 native of Tropical Asia and Africa, and may be briefly described as a tuberous-rooted 

 deciduous stove-climber. "Well-grown plants attain a length of 6 feet or more, and at 

 the ends of the growths produce numerous large, quaintly -formed, orange-red flowers in 

 the summer. A stock of plants may be raised from seeds, and further increased by off- 

 sets. The young roots are very brittle, and the less they are disturbed the better. The 

 seed should, therefore, be sown singly in 2^-inch pots of light sandy soil, and plunged 

 in a gentle hot-bed. Eemove off-sets from the old tubers prior to starting these in the 

 spring by placing them singly in small pots. Neither seedlings nor off-sets will become 

 strong enough to flower the first season, but will form small tubers for growing into 

 flowering plants the following summer. When the tops are beginning to die clown, 

 gradually lessen the supply of water, eventually keeping the soil quite dry, for 

 resting the tubers, and the pots on their sides in a dry position in stove during the 

 winter. In February carefully remove the old soil, and re-pot in a rather coarse mixture 

 of equal parts loam, peat, and leaf soil, with a little decayed manure and silver sand. 

 One medium-sized tuber suffices for a 6-inch, while three smaller may be placed in 8-inch 

 pots. Good drainage is necessary, and the tubers may be covered 2 inches deep. Arrange 

 the pots on a moist base along the front of a well-heated plant stove, and give very little 

 water at first, applying it more freely when growth is well advanced. Train the shoots 

 loosely up a roof trellis. A temperature of 70° to 85° suits Gloriosas during the growing 

 and flowering season, and from 55° to 65° when the tubers are dried off. 



Gloxinias. — See page 39, Vol. I. 



goldfussia (Strobilanthes). — Of this well-known genus of stove plants only a 

 single species, G. anisophylla, need be included in these pages. It comes from the East 



