Bee fe a little leggy due to crowding. or too much shade. Prices of potted plants 75c 
to W22s 
Gloxinia Seed. We saved seed from several varieties including some of the newest. 
This is mixed seed and you should get a variety of colors. The seedlings flower the first 
year. Small packet for 50c. Culture: We prefer to plant in almost pure, well broken up 
peat, in a large clay pan. Some sand may be added but no soil. Be sure peat is completely 
wet, thruout. Level the surface and sow the seed, thinly, as nearly all grow. Cover pot 
with pane of glass and no watering is likely to be needed until they are all up. Keep 
warm, 60° to 80°, and in full shade. You will need to transplant when they begin to 
crowd, into 3” pots or smaller. 
Streptocarpus are very close relatives of Gloxinias but are fibrous rooted and can 
only be moved as growing plants. The culture is much the same except as to temperature. 
They thrive in a cool house and are easily grown in a lath house in summer. The color 
range is similar. The flowers are smaller and freely produced. They are followed by long 
twisted seed pods, hence their name. They are easily grown from seed, which save, as we 
have no seed for sale. We pack plants in their own soil and ship carefully, which adds to 
the cost. Order early. They cannot be moved in winter. “Assorted hybrids,” $1.00 ea. 
Episcias can be grown in pots but after the plants become large it is best to hang 
with our pot hangers. We prefer baskets of pure sphagnum, well compressed. They need 
to be kept moist and shaded. They are handsome foliage plants with attractive flowers. 
They are very tropical, can only be shipped in warm weather, probably to Oct. 15 to 
most states, and should be grown in a warm room, 70° or 80° in day time and not below 
60° or 65° at night. They die at 55°. We can now supply promptly, Episcia chontalensis, 
E. coccinea, E. cupreata, E. splendens and E. sport. at $1.25 ea. or the 5 var. for $5.50. 
Aeschynanthes pulchra is now the valid name for the Gesneriad formerly called 
Trichospornum pulchrum. The authority is Gentes Herbarnum, Cornell University 
publication. Fortunately, amid the vicissitudes of nomenclature changes, the plants 
remain unhurt and unchanged. This one is a nice trailing, almost woody vine. In nature, 
they are said to be epiphytal and to climb treés. If they do, I envy the monkeys in those 
trees as the plants are attractive and the freely produced flowers are tubular, vividly 
colored, freely produced. 
Culture. Advised soil is mixture of sphagnum and osmundine with small granules 
of charcoal. However, we add some sand when potted and pure sphagnum in baskets, 
omitting osmundine in both cases. Soil or plain dirt is not good for many Gesneriads. 
Temperatures should not be under 60° at night. They require frequent watering, humid 
air and shade. We ship only in warm weather. Price, out of pot, approximately blooming 
size, $2.75 postpaid. In clay pot, by express, f.o.b., $3.00. In nice wire basket, express, 
Eoba<b3./9: 
Achimenes. We shall probably have a few ready in late Dec. or early Jan. Special. 
10 assorted tubers, $1.00. Pot at once in coarse leaf mould or peat, cover 4%” to 1” and 
keep moist and warm. See spring catalog for full culture and listing of 50 varieties. 
AFRICAN VIOLETS — Saintpaulias 
The latter is the correct botanical name. They are the most popular of all house plants 
at the present time and they are likely to retain this eminent position in popular favor 
indefinitely, as they deserve it. . 
Saintpaulias were discovered by Baron von Saint Paul, who sent seed to Europe where 
they first flowered in 1893. They are natives of the Usambara district of Tanganyika, 
equatorial east Africa. Tanganyika includes Lake Victoria, source of the Nile, on the 
north and extends 12° south. It is entirely in the tropical zone. It is always summer, with 
almost no variation or seasonal changes in the climate. Due to the hot Indian Ocean on 
the east, the humidity is high. 
They were discovered by the Baron in two places, both in tree covered areas. In 
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