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GOLDFUSSIA GLOMERATA. 
Northumberland from Silhet, in the East Indies, to the gardens at Sion House. The 
first flowering plant that we saw was in the stove of Mrs. Lawrence, Ealing Park ; 
where, under the skilful tendance of Mr. Butcher, a large specimen, from which 
our drawing was liberally allowed to be taken, flowered richly in 1839 and 1840. 
Like G. anisophylla , it is extremely prodigal of blossoms, some of which are 
commonly developed throughout the principal part of the year, though the 
autumnal months are the chief flowering season. 
Its cultivation is unattended with any difficulty. A warm damp stove is 
at all periods necessary to its perfection ; for it is not a plant that loses its leaves, 
or ceases to advance, during winter ; the flowers being continually unfolded from 
autumn to spring. The ordinary compost used for stove plants will be sufficient 
for this. A mixture of loam and heath-soil, lightened with a little sand, is a good 
medium ; and it may, with propriety, be enriched with a small proportion of well- 
reduced leaf-mould or manure, on account of the vigorous character of the plant. 
In potting, it should be seen that the outer roots are not too far removed from 
the sides of the pots, and the plants ought again to be shifted, as they require it, 
as soon as the roots reach their limits, or appear through the hole at the bottom. 
Propagation is performed by cuttings, which are fit for removal at almost any 
season ; but the spring months will be found the best period for the operation. 
The cuttings should be taken off just below a joint, from which the leaves are to 
be cut (and not torn) away. They will root in any moist temperature, if duly 
covered with a hand-glass, and shaded. 
Goldfussia was so named in honour of Dr. Goldfuss, a professor of natural 
history at Bonn on the Rhine. The specific name alludes to the collected arrange- 
ment of the flowers, as compared with that of G. anisophylla. 
