Archive image from page 69 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer03bail Year: 1906 652 GLORIOSA A. Segments (or petals) much crisped. guptrba, Linn. Climbing Lilt. Stem 5-10 ft. high: Ivs. ovate-lanceolate ; segments 3-1 in. long and less than an inch wid
Archive image from page 69 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer03bail Year: 1906 652 GLORIOSA A. Segments (or petals) much crisped. guptrba, Linn. Climbing Lilt. Stem 5-10 ft. high: Ivs. ovate-lanceolate ; segments 3-1 in. long and less than an inch wide, opening yellow, but changing _t_o yellow-red and deep scarlet. Africa, Asia. l:ii. Gn. 38:781. 23:121. AA. Segments somewhat umlulate, but not crisped. simplex, Linn.(G. viriscens, Lindl. , Loud. I. Fls. opening yellow, and remaining so in shade, but be- coming deep yellow-red when exposed to the sun; wider than in G. superha. barely undulate and wavy, and not prolonged or hooked at the end as in the latter species. Africa. (i)/e»i(i«ica grandifldra. Hook.), has fls. 8 in. across. 5210. G. Abyssinica. said to be the largest-fld. species, seems not to be in cult. L. H. B. GLOKY OF THE SNOW. Fanciful name for Chiono- doxa. GLORY PEA. See Clianthus. GLOXINfiRA. Name given to hybrids of Gloxinia (Sinningia) and Gesneria. See Gloxinia. GLOXINIA. The genus Gloxinia was founded by L'Heritier in 1785( named in honor of P. B. Gloxin, a bota- nist of Strassburg) upon G. maculata of Brazil. Early in this century a related Brazilian plant was introduced, and it attracted much attention: this plant was named Gloxinia speciosa by Loddiges in his Botanical Cabinet in 1817, and it was there figured. In the same year it wa6 figured by Ker in the Botanical Register, and also by Sims in the Botanical Magazine. Sims wrote that the plant was 'already to be found in most of the large collections about town [London].' These writers
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