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GERARDIA, OR THE GOLDEN FOXGLOVE. 
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moist, yellow loam is best suited to the plant; and that it is likely to improve 
much under cultivation. It will also prove especially valuable for hybridization, on 
account of its tendency to vary. We trust these few hints may prove acceptable 
to those who may contemplate rearing this beautiful plant.— Teutschel and 
Co., Colchester. , 
GERARDIA, OR THE GOLDEN FOXGLOVE. 
E notice with pleasure the re-introduction of this exceedingly beautiful 
hardy plant, of which travellers speak in the highest terms of praise. 
M. Van Volxem, indeed, when writing of the Gerardia quercifolia (of 
which we introduce a figure, borrowed from the Gardening Guide of 
Gerardia quercifolia. 
Messrs. Hooper and Co., of Covent Garden, who have seeds of it and another 
species for disposal), describes it as a magnificent plant, with long spikes of golden- 
yellow flowers; and Mr. Robinson speaks of being sanguine as to its merits for 
garden purposes, describing the flowers as very thick and leathery, and their 
colour as being of a peculiarly rich and pleasing hue. The Gerardias are natives 
of North America, and occur in damp woods, which fact may perhaps form the 
clue to their successful cultivation. As will be seen from the figure, they have 
much the aspect of Pentstemons. 
The G. quercifolia is a perennial (possibly biennial) species, and has smooth, 
glaucous, branching stems from 3 ft. to 6 ft. high, terminating in a panicled 
inflorescence. The leaves are oblong-lanceolate and bipinnatifid, the upper ones 
becoming less and less divided. The flowers are two inches long, between bell- 
