and most of them like a little morning and evening sun. Light shade is needed in winter. 
If Gloxinias do not receive enough filtered sunlight they become “leggy,” poor plants 
with little or no bloom, Enough sun is required by nearly all plants to make proper 
growth and flowers. If Smithiantha have weak stems and fall over it can result from: 
compost not firm enough; becoming too dry; not enough light. 
Watering. Do not allow plants to become dry thruout. They should never wilt. 
Water when surface appears a little dry. They are natives of regions of heavy rain fall. 
Early morning is the best time as if sun touches wet foliage it becomes discolored and 
wet foliage at night is not good. 
Best Temperature for nearly all is 50° to 70°. 80° is not bad. Those we list are 
tropicals. Streptocarpus like cool temperatures and Achimenes when in flower. 
Gloxinias. California grown, 114 to 1%” tubers, in the following sorts: Blanche de 
Meru, rose, white throat; Emperor Frederick, scarlet, white border; Emperor William, 
violet, white border; Etoile de Feu, scarlet; Mont Blanc, pure white; Prince Albert, frilled, 
dark violet; Princess Elizabeth, blue, white throat; Roi des Rouges, frilled, dark crimson; 
Tigrina, from light rose to dark lavender. Characteristics are the small tiger spots; Tigrina, 
Pink Edge; Tigrina, Crimson Rose; Violaceae, soft violet. These are a full size larger 
than we listed last year, but are priced at only 5c more. Price 40c ea. 6 for $2.00, 
if all one kind or assorted and in one bag. Complete collection labelled, $4.40. 
Do not be misled by magazine promotion or advertising. The best American growers 
of Gloxinias are Vetterlee and Antonelli Bros., California growers. 
New Hybrid Gloxinias, our own growing. Pointille. Large flowers in many shades 
but all are spotted in a different way from Tigrina. All are beautiful and some are 
astonishingly so. Very large, 2” tubers, $1.00. 6 for $5.00. Frederick Benary, scarlet, 
white throat; Rose Sensation, brilliant carmine rose; Swiss Emblem, scarlet and _ red. 
These three are good flowering size usually 1” or over. Price $1.00 ea. 6 of one kind 
only, for $5.00. One of each of the 4 new varieties, labelled, $3.85. 
Collection of all 16 named var. $8.00. _ 
Gloxinia Seed, saved from named varieties, mixed. Seedlings flower in about 5 mo. 
50c per packet. Seed of Antonelli Hybrids, very small packet of at least 10 seeds, 50c. 
Culture. Place fine grained vermiculite in the bottom of a plastic refrigerator dish 
44" deep and moisten well. Plant seed very thinly over surface. Keep covered with lid 
until plants are ready to pick out. One must make sure that moisture does not escape 
and add water if it does. They may be picked out and transplanted into 2” pots after 
second pair of leaves develop. We also plant seed in 9” pans, half filled with peat and 
milled sphagnum. When planted cover pot with .glass. We grow many rare seeds by 
either method, including African Violets. 
Episcias have gorgeously colored foliage. They are very tender tropicals and should 
not be colder than 60°. At about 50° they are badly damaged or killed, hence cannot be 
shipped when likely to encounter temperatures under 50°. They make stolens or runners 
like a strawberry and new plants are made in a similar manner. We plant in baskets 
of sphagnum and hair pin the little plants on stolens to sides and bottom of basket. Or 
stolens may be allowed to hang as jewelled pendants. Flowers are usually bright scarlet 
and foliage usually villous, or hairy and velvet like. 
Episcia chontalensis, green leaves, light blue fls., $1.25. E. coccinea, brownish, 
villous leaves with silvery veins, $1.00. E. cupreata, var. “Silver Sheen.” Lys. bright 
silver with green margins. $1.50. E. lilacina, light bronze lvs., $1.50. E. splendens. 
Silvery light green lvs. They make large plants. $1.50. Collection. One of each 5 species, 
$6.25. These prices include postage. Best if you add Special Delivery fee. Delivery, late 
spring when warm. 
Aeschynanthes pulchra is now the valid name for the former Trichospornum 
pulchrum. The authority is Gentes Herbarnum, Cornell University publication. Fortu- 
nately, 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 trees. If they do, I envy the monkeys in those trees as the plants 
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