tube being pure white, and the limb of delicate cerise rose, with 
some slight pencillings of a darker shade. No. 3, Anonyma , is 
another erect-flowered variety, the limb, which is divided into 
six segments, being of a very similar shade of colour to Lauretta , 
and the throat slightly spotted with light violet. No. 4, Fairy , 
is a flower of great beauty, the white being very clean, and the 
bright violet rose-colour not covering the entire of the limb, 
but only the mouth of the tube. There is a slight yellowish 
tinge in the tube itself, and a little shading of the rose-colour. 
All the varieties are of fair average size, and are said to he 
free-flowering in their habits. 
Although the Gloxinia is not subject to many diseases, thrift 
occasionally proves troublesome to it; the plants of a friend 
and neighbour having largely suffered from them this season. 
Smoking with tobacco is the only effectual way of getting rid 
of this pest. 
