GESNERAS (N^GELIAS). 
GESNERAS (NiEGELIAS). 
The value of Gesneras as decorative plants can scarcely be over estimated. Most 
of them have rich velvet-like foliage, which, in the respective kinds, varies from green 
to crimson. If only grown for the foliage they are very attractive, bnt they produce 
splendid pyramidal spikes of blossom, which are extremely handsome. Originally, 
however, the principal colour was orange-scarlet ; now, as the result of fertilisation, 
there are various colours and shades, added to which the spotting on the flowers of 
some of the varieties is extremely pretty. 
ADBLINA, creamy-white tube, pure white lobee, deep yellow throat. 2?. 6d. 
ALBO-LtJTESCBNS GBANDIFLORA, very largo flowers, of a delicate cream colom'. 2s. 6d. 
AMABILIS, flue snow-white flowers, with a large citron-yellow spot on the lower lip. 2s. 6d. 
A. RIVIERE, large dark red flowers, throat marbled with white, and tinted with lilac. 2s. 6<i. 
BERTHA, soft lilac-carmine, mouth of the throat flesh colour and orange dotted with carmine. 3s. 6d. 
BOILEAU, scarlet tube ; white throat shaded salmon, lobes white bordered with vermilion. 3s. 6d. 
CERISE D’OR, surface of the tube cerise, throat and lobes golden-yellow, netted and dotted with 
cerise ; a beautiful flower and good habit. 2s. 6d. 
CINNABARINA ROSEA, a beautiful clear vermilion ; the tube almost transparent ; the interior 
carnation marbled with white ; throat citron-yellow speckled with gold. 2s. 6d. 
OITRINA CORONATA, coral tube ; throat and lobes pure citron, each lobe being spotted with 
vermilion ; an admirable variety. 2s. 6d. 
CLAUDE LORRAINE, very large bright lilac flowers, with yellow throat, the mouth white, spotted 
with magenta. 3s. 6d. 
CYMOSA, clear rose-pink ; very handsome foliage. 2s. 6rf. 
DAPHNE, tube and border of lobes bright rose, centre pure white. 2s. 6d. 
DATJW, lobes white, sprinkled with rose ; throat golden-yellow, netted with vermilion ; the divisions 
of each lobe snowy white, marked with very bright rose. 2s. 6rf. 
DAVID, a splendid variety with magnificent foliage and fine large flowers ; light rose tube, cream 
coloured throat and bright rose lobes. 2s. 6d. 
PENELON, a fine large flower ; the exterior bright red ; the interior pale yellow spotted and haired 
with orange ; the lobes shaded with salmon-vermilion. 3s. 6d. 
FLORIAN, a splendid variety with beautiful foliage and fine large spikes of flowers ; the exterior soft 
rose, the interior creamy-white. 3s. 6<f. 
FULGIDA BICOLOB, a fine flower ; upper part rich vermilion, white marbled undemeath. 2s. 6d, 
GABRIELLE, crimson-carmine, bordered with white, mouth of the throat dotted carmine on yellow 
ground ; very distinct and beautiful. 2s. 6d. 
GAY-LUSSAC, clear vermilion, spotted with vermilion on the inside. 2s. 6a\ 
GRAND MOGUL, flowers of the most intense vermilion colour, with rich citron mouth and throat ; 
very fine. 2s. 6cf. ' 
GREUZE, a very large and fine flower ; the throat clear yellow, mouth cream colour, lobes regularly 
margined with rose ; very distinct and beautiful. 2s. 6d. 
GUILLAUME TELL, a largo flower, of a dark orange-vermilion colour, the interior white, spotted 
with orange. 2s. 6d. 
HfeLENE, crimson, white throat spotted with crimson. 2s. 6d. 
ITAMBE, large vermilion flowers, bordered with golden-yellow, and dotted vermilion ; beautiful 
velvety foliage. 2s. 6d. 
JOVIAL, orange ; tube snow-white, dotted and bordered with the most beautiful vermilion. 2s. 6d. 
LA BRUYilRE, a very free-blooming variety, producing beautiful bright rose-coloured flowers ; the 
throat white rayed and spotted with carmine. 3s. 6d. 
LA FONTAINE, a splendid variety throwing fine spikes of flowers of a clear satiny-cerise colour ; the 
interior white, tinted with rosy lilac. 3s. Cd. 
LEICHTLINII, pure yellow, margined with deep rose ; fine foliage. 2s. 6d. 
leopard VERMILLON, magnificent corymbs of large flowers, of the most brilliant vermilion, 
encircling a cream-coloured ground, which is sparingly dotted with vermilion. 2s. 6d. 
LE TINTORET, cerise tube, dark scarlet lobes, interior of throat lilac striped with crimson : dark 
velvety foliage. 8s. 6d. 
Madame a. LACOMBLE, pure white, with rose netting ; a charming variety. 2s. 6d. 
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