GLOXINIA SPECIOSA SEEDLINGS. 
(1. Cerini. 2. Superba. 3. Cartoni.) 
Class. 
DIDYNAMIA. 
Natural Order. 
GESNERACE M 
GARDEN HYBRIDS. 
The simplicity of the hybridising process, and the facility of procuring seeds of 
he various species of Gloxinia , and especially of G. speciosa , have induced many to 
ttempt the production of novelties. These endeavours have been successful in 
(ringing out many delightful improvements on the original kinds. But as in all 
ases where plants are once brought under the florist’s notice, an infinity of seed- 
ings have also been raised which exhibit little or no superiority over the parent 
pecies ; we have, consequently, selected the three represented in the accompanying 
date, with a view to give prominence to some of the most eminent improvements, 
’hey are all sufficiently distinct from each other to be admitted into the same 
ollection ; and at present stand unrivalled in their respective classes. 
The first, Cerina , is a seedling raised by Messrs. Mountjoy and Son, of the 
baling Nursery, who favoured us with specimens in the summer of 1843, accom- 
>anied by the following remarks : — u Our Gloxinia cerina w r as raised from seeds 
f G. rubra crossed with Sinningia guttata , and it partakes very much of the 
abit of the Sinningia , flowering up the stem more freely than Gloxinias generally 
lo, and the foliage is quite distinct from any other Gloxinia we ever saw, being 
auch rounder and more villose : the whole habit and growth of the plant is 
xtremely robust, even when in a very young state. We have found that it, as 
^ell as all the varieties of Gloxinia , produces flowers of a much finer colour when 
lowered in a cool-house, than if kept constantly in the stove.” 
The other varieties, Nos. 2 and 3, were obtained at Messrs. Hendersons 
Nursery, at Pine-apple Place. Superba is a seedling raised by those gentlemen 
bout two years ago, and is chiefly remarkable for the unusual depth and richness 
Order. 
ANGIOSPERMIA. 
