GLOXINIA SPECldSA SEEDLINGS. 
(1. Cerini. 2. Superba. 3. Cartoni.) 
Class. Order. 
DIDYNAMIA. ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Natural Order. 
GESNERACE^. 
GARDEN HYBRIDS, 
The simplicity of the hybridising process, and the facility of procuring seeds of 
the various species of Gloxinia, and especially of G. speciosa, have induced many to 
attempt the production of novelties. These endeavours have been successful in 
bringing out many delightful improvements on the original kinds. But as in all 
cases where plants are once brought under the florist'*s notice, an infinity of seed- 
lings have also been raised which exhibit little or no superiority over the parent 
species ; we have, consequently, selected the three represented in the accompanying- 
plate, with a view to give prominence to some of the most eminent improvements. 
They are all sufficiently distinct from each other to be admitted into the same 
collection ; and at present stand unrivalled in their respective classes. 
The first, Cerina, is a seedling raised by Messrs. Mountjoy and Son, of the 
Ealing Nursery, who favoured us with specimens in the summer of 1843, accom- 
panied by the following remarks : — ^' Our Gloxinia cerma was raised from seeds 
of G. rubra crossed with Sinningia guttata, and it partakes very much of the 
habit of the Sinningia, flowering up the stem more freely than Gloxinias generally 
do, and the foliage is quite distinct from any other Gloxinia we ever saw, being 
much rounder and more villose : the whole habit and growth of the plant is 
extremely robust, even when in a very young state. We have found that it, as 
well as all the varieties of Gloxinia, produces flowers of a much finer colour when 
flowered in a cool-house, than if kept constantly in the stove." 
The other varieties, Nos. 2 and 3, were obtained at Messrs. Henderson's 
Nursery, at Pine-apple Place. Superba is a seedling raised by those gentlemen 
about two years ago, and is chiefly remarkable for the unusual depth and richness 
