170 GLOXINIA. 
3. Albo-coccinea. — This fine hybrid is now in bloom at Chatsworth, but our 
drawing was made from a specimen which flowered in the nursery of Messrs. Back- 
house, of York, in August, 1847. It fully sustains the high character given of it 
on its first appearance. 
The flowers are of the most pure and delicate white, relieved with a broad dash 
of rich crimson extending through the lower segment of the limb quite down the 
tube, rendering the flowers quite unique. It appears to be a hybrid betwixt one 
of the white flowering species and rubra, and is certainly a very good kind. 
All Gloxinias are easy of cultivation ; they thrive best in a soil composed of leaf 
mould well rotted, sandy peat, and a little sandy loam mixed and broken together. 
A brisk heat and a good supply of water whilst in a state of growth, and to be 
kept quite dry and cool when in a state of torpidity, are almost the only requisites. 
Increase is easily effected by either cuttings, leaves, or seeds, which latter 
are usually produced freely. 
The genus is named in honour of a distinguished botanist named Gloxin, of 
Colmar. 
