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GLOXINIA SPECIOSA SEEDLINGS. 
of its violet hue, far eclipsing the original species. Cartoni , we understand, was 
obtained by Mr. Carton, gardener to the Duke of Northumberland at Sion, by a 
similar cross-fertilization to that employed by Messrs. Mountjoy and Son, when 
they produced their Cerina. 
The main art in managing Gloxinias well, is to give them a porous and well 
enriched soil, to grow them in a warm and moist atmosphere, and as soon as they 
begin to flower to remove them to a cooler house, and afterwards to dry them off 
gradually and keep them free from moisture till they again begin to grow. The 
richest colours are usually produced in a somewhat mellowed light ; indeed, an 
examination of a flowering specimen frequently exhibits a few blossoms partially 
shaded by the leaves, and in almost all cases these will be found of a richer tint 
than the more exposed blossoms. We have particularly observed this in Cartoni 
and Cerina. 
