NEW AND CHOICE GLOXINIAS. 21 
GESNERAS (N/EGELIAS). 
The value of Gesneras as decorative plants can scarcely he over-estimated. Most of them have 
l-ich velvet-like foliage, which, in the respective kinds, varies from green to crimson. If only grown 
for the foliage they are very attractive, but they produce splendid pyramidal spikes of blossom, which 
are extremely handsome. Originally 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. Selections of good varieties at 24s. and 30s. per dozen, 
according to sorts. 
GESNERAS, see also page 25. 
NEW HYBRID GESNERAS. 
LE PRODIGUE, a distinct variety with handsome foliage ; the flowers, which are fringed, being of a 
rose colour shaded with purple, fading towards the edge into rosy-salmon, 5s. 
MADAME HEINE, flowers rich violet-pm-ple, centre white shaded with rose and spotted with 
purple, interior of throat orange-yellow with crimson spots. The lower flowers often produce 
a number of petaloid segments, thus giving to the bloom a semi-double appearance, os. 
MADAME JEHENNE, a variety of vigorous growth, producing large show}' flowers of a dark rosy- 
violet colour, resembling in Bhape those of an Achimenes. 5s. 
PYRAMIDAL, a vigorous growing variety, with rose coloured flowers, shaded with purple ; the 
throat is golden-yellow with small crimson spots. 5s. 
SOUVENIR DE MADAME JOIGNOT, this variety has handsome bronze-green leaves, the Acliimene- 
like flowers, which are abundantly produced, being of a rich carmine-purple colour. 5s. 
NEW AND CHOICE GLOXINIAS* 
The handsome and showy flowers of these beautiful bulbous plants, render them of the greatest 
value for the decoration of Stoves and Conservatories. Of easy culture, they can, with judicious 
treatment, be had in bloom at almost any season of the year, their attractive flowers being of large 
size and good shape, admirably adapted for cutting. The colours are most varied, every hue being 
pure and distinct, while some of the kinds are spotted and maculated in a most pleasing manner. 
Choice selections made hy Mr. ¥. B. at 18s., 30s. and 42s. per dozen, according to sorts. 
New Varieties, 5 s. each. 
Good Blooming tuBers, unnamed, of various colours, raised from handsome varieties, 
9s., 12s. and 15s. per dozen, 35s., 50s. and 70s. per 100. 
GLOXINIA insignis, this distinct variety produces its flowers during the autumn and winter ; colour 
bluish lilac, marked with a large crimson blotch at the base of the tube. 2.y. 6d. 
maculata SCEPTRUM, a magnificent hybrid, with extra large erect cordate foliage ; it produces a 
rigid terminal inflorescence, exceeding 20 inches in height, which bears majestically its 
large, clear lilac, well -formed blooms. 2 s. G d. 
TYD/EAS. 
These can be cultivated so as to produce an abundance of bloom tlrroughout the winter, their 
flowering season prineipaUy depending on the time of year their tubers are started into growth. 
With a little management a succession of blooming plants can be had nearly tliroughout the year. 
18s., 24s., 30s. and 42s. per dozen, according to sorts. 
Ailsa 
Alarm 
Alexandre 
Amarante et Cannelle 
Bellona 
Cecilia 
Clovis 
Coquette 
Cynthia 
Liefkin 
Daphne 
Lorenzo 
Elaine 
MANCINU8 
Euterpe 
Marquis de Guiabiaro 
Gioantea 
Minerve 
Hotspur 
Mirana 
Juliette 
M. Richard Larios 
Ophir 
Parepa 
Portia 
Robert le Diable 
Sabina 
Thalie 
Ukara 
