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GLOXINIA , a charming decorative plant, botanically a See also:

SPECIES

species of Sinningia (S. speciosa), a member of the natural See also:

order Gesneraceae and a native of See also:

Brazil. The species has given rise under cultivation to numerous forms showing a wonderful variety of See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, and hybrid forms have also been obtained between these and other species of Sinningia. A See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

STRAIN (through O. Fr. straindre, estraindre, mod. i treindre, from Lat. stringere, to draw tight, related to stress, stretch, string, &c.)

strain of See also:

SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed will produce many superb and charmingly coloured varieties, and if sown See also:

early in See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring, in a temperature of 65° at See also:

NIGHT

night, they may be shifted on into 6-in. pots, and in these may be flowered during the summer. The bulbs are kept at See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest through the See also:

winter in dry See also:

sand, in a temperature of 50°, and to yield a See also:

SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession should be started at intervals, say at the end of See also:

FEBRUARY

February and the beginning of See also:

APRIL

April. To prolong the blooming See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season, use weak manure See also:

WATER

water when the See also:

flower-buds show themselves.

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