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GLOXINIA DIGIT ALIFLORA. 
moist bottom-heat, such as is obtained in a dung hot-bed, or in a pit filled with 
fermenting bark or leaves, they will flourish so luxuriantly as to have quite a 
different aspect from that which they would present if grown in the ordinary 
conditions. 
For a fuller idea of the habit of the species, we must refer to the engraving 
below, wherein the plant is represented in one of the ornamental vases manufactured 
by Mr. Falcke, of Battersea. 
