Article image
Article image

A writer in a Californiari paper gives some interesting particulars about ' the gloxinia, of which Johnson enumerates upwards of a dozen varieties The gloxinia was named in honour of Benjamin Petrus Gloxin, of Cohnar, Alsace, formerly belonging to France, now within the boundaries of the German Empire. Monsieur Gloxin was a writer on botanical subjects. It is a genus containing several species of elegant stove plants, all natives of tropical America. The flowers are variously coloured, sometimes rightly belonging to the gonus Sinningia, and most of them derived from Gloxinia speciosa. The gloxinia is propagated by .seed, cuttings of the stem and leaves. Cuttings of shoots may be secured from the old bulbs; leaf cuttings, when the plants are ripened. Artificial manure and liquid manure are beneficial. The roots should be stored away until spring. The soil to be used should be one part leaf-mould, one part cow-dung (well rotted), one part common soil with sotne sand. Pulverised charcoal mixed with the soil is an antidote against souring of the soil. From the commencement of the growing plants do nob water too much ; they want, after a while, plenty of heat and water. Water with tepid water ; also take care not to get much water on the leaves of the plant, otherwise they will rot. Among the varieties mentioned there are :—Gloxinia diversifolia, Gloxinia gesneroides, Gloxinia glabra (erect stems). Gloxinia rnaculata, Gloxinia multiflora, Gloxinia pallicliflora (pale flower), and j Gloxinia speciosa. I

This article text was automatically generated and may include errors. View the full page to see article in its original form.
Permanent link to this item

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18920519.2.51.3

Bibliographic details

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8882, 19 May 1892, Page 6

Word Count
242

Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8882, 19 May 1892, Page 6

Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8882, 19 May 1892, Page 6