GESNERAS (N^GELIAS). 
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GESNERAS (N>®GELIAS). 
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, but during the 
winter they produce splendid pyramidal spikes of blossom, which are extremely 
handsome. Until recently, however, the principal colour was orange scarlet ; now, 
resultant from fertilisation, there are various colours and shades ; added to which, 
the spotting on the flowers of some of the varieties is extremely pretty. 
ALBO-LtTTESCENS GEANEIFIiOBA, very large flowers, delicate cream colour ; very distinct. 
2«. 6rf. 
AJTNETTE, rose tube, flesh lobes, slightly and minutely freckled with rose on the margins, yellow 
throat. 3s. Gd. 
BICOEOB, coral tube, dark yellow throat and month. 2s. Gd. 
BOIiIDE, very bright orange vermilion ; clear yellow ground, with globular spots and flesh colour 
band ; very fine. 3s. Gd. 
CANABY, soft lemon, a distinct and desirable variety. 3s. Gd, 
CABOLINE, bright rose tube, flesh coloured lobes, freckled all over with rose, rich orange throat, 
with central band of crimson spots running throughout. 3s. 6d. 
CEDABO, rosy purple tube, yellow lobes prettily margined with deep rose. 3s. Gd. 
CEBISE D’OB, surface of the tube cerise, throat and lobes golden yellow, netted and dotted with 
oeriso ; a beautiful colour and good habit. 2s. Gd. 
CHAIB ET CAJPXJCINE, delicate flesh colour, bordered and spotted with red j magniflcent zonated 
foliage. 3s. Gd, 
CHABIiES BAES, very bright carmine, golden yellow throat, sprinkled with small carmine spots, 
fine compact pyramids of flowers. 2s. Gd. 
CHABM, clear lemon yellow, with orange throat, the tube slightly tinted with red ; a very pretty 
flower. 3s. Gd. 
CHBOHATELEA, large and well-expanded flower, clear yellow, fine foliage. Is. 
CITBINA COBONATA, coral tube, throat and lobes pui-e citron, each lobe being spotted with 
vermilion ; an admirable variety. 2s. Gd. 
CLIFTONI, very large lobes, half vermilion, half golden yellow, the whole flower covered with 
small crimson spots. 2s. Gd. 
CYMOSA, clear rose pink, very handsome foliage. 2s. Gd. 
DATTW, a magnificent flower, the lobes white, sprinkled with rose, the throat golden yeUow, netted 
with vermilion, the divisions of each lobe snowy white, marked with very bright rose. 2s. Gd. 
BIAJTA, a fine flower, tube soft rose colour ; lobes white, slightly marbled with light rose ; deep 
citron yellow throat. 3s. Gd. 
DISPLAY, an attractive variety j the upper part of the tube cinnamon red, the throat and lobes 
yellow, the latter being marbled with red. 3s. Gd. 
DONDEBSTBAAL, dark carmine lobes, golden yellow throat, largely spotted with cochineal, the 
divisions of the lobes white, rayed and dotted rose ; fine spikes of flowers. 2s. Gd. 
DBOOM, large flesh coloured flowers, beautifully marked with chrome yellow, on a cream ground, 
and produced in fine pyramids. 2s. Gd. 
EMMA LE FEBVBE, rosy flesh tube, the whole of the interior of the flower pure white, except 
a light tint of carnation ; a very pretty variety. 3s. Gd. 
EXONIENSIS, flowers of an intense orange scarlet colour, with yellow throat; the foliage is of a 
dark velvety texture, studded all over with minute red hairs, almost like plush. Is. Gd. 
FESTOON, bright pink tube, blush white lobes, and orange throat. 3s. Gd. 
FTTLGENS, fine foliage and good habit, producing freely fine flowers of quite a novel colour — 
vermilion, with each lobe distinctly netted and barred with scarlet and white, which gives a very 
distinct and attractive character. 2s. Gd. 
FULGIDA BICOLOB, a splendid and exceedingly attractive flower, the lower half being white, 
marbled with vermilion, and the upper part of a bright shining vermilion colour ; very 
striking. 2s. Gd. 
FULGIDA CONCOLOB, a magnificent variety, producing flowers of a most exceedingly brilliant 
vermilion colour. 3s. Gd. 
GAY-LUSSAC, clear vermilion, spotted with vermilion on the inside. 3s. G<f. 
