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THE FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
* Gigantea. Tube and sepals deep rose; corolla crimson, very 
large size; free bloomer, vigorous habit. 
*Lowerii. Tube and sepals crimson; corolla blue, medium 
size; abundant bloomer, dwarf habit. 
Magnet , Smith's. Tube and sepals bright Vermillion; corolla 
bluish purple, extra size; free bloomer, medium habit. 
Queen of the Beauties. Tube and sepals pale ochrous white ; 
corolla purple-crimson, large size; free bloomer, medium habit. 
ON THE CULTURE OF GOMPHOLOBIUM 
POLYMORPHUM. 
My practice runs thus: — about the latter end of June, or the 
beginning of July, I take cuttings from the parent plants, 
making them in the usual way; and having well drained a wide¬ 
mouthed thirty-two sized pot, by whelming a smaller one over 
the hole at the bottom, and placing some rough potsherds 
round the small pot, then a layer broken much smaller, with 
some moss over the whole to prevent the soil intermixing with 
the drainage, I fill it with a mixture of peat, loam, and silver 
sand in equal proportions, spreading a layer of the sand over 
the top, which immediately receives a gentle watering to pre¬ 
vent its running into the holes made to receive the cuttings, 
and after the insertion of these I give the whole a good water¬ 
ing, and allow it to stand awhile to settle and become dry. I 
then cover them with a bell-glass, and plunge the pot into a 
moderately warm hotbed possessing a gentle bottom heat, being 
particular to keep the bell-glass as dry as possible by frequent 
wiping. In about six weeks they will begin to form new leaves, 
which may be regarded as an infallible symptom that they are 
protruding roots; and in three weeks or a month after this 
they may be potted off separately into thumbs, returning them 
to the hotbed, which should be kept close for a week or two, 
and then the plants may be gradually hardened off, to get them 
sufficiently strong to stand through the winter in a warm green¬ 
house. About the middle of February I remove them to the 
stove, where in three or four weeks they will require re-potting, 
placing thenT in large sixties, or forty-eights, continuing the 
