. The Annals of Horticulture and Year-Book of Information on Practical Gardening. doute). Culture.—Requires a greenhouse ; sandy loam, with alittle decayed manure ; propagated by offsetsfrom the parent bulb. Cupressus Goveniana, Gordon (GowensCypress).—Pinacese § Cupresseae.—A beauti-ful evergreen shrub, forming a dense bushfrom six to ten feet high, with spreadingslender somewhat pendulous branches, whichare very irregularly set on the main stem,some being opposite, others alternate; thelaterals are spiral, frequently opposite, verydense, and of a beautiful bright green leaves are
. The Annals of Horticulture and Year-Book of Information on Practical Gardening. doute). Culture.—Requires a greenhouse ; sandy loam, with alittle decayed manure ; propagated by offsetsfrom the parent bulb. Cupressus Goveniana, Gordon (GowensCypress).—Pinacese § Cupresseae.—A beauti-ful evergreen shrub, forming a dense bushfrom six to ten feet high, with spreadingslender somewhat pendulous branches, whichare very irregularly set on the main stem,some being opposite, others alternate; thelaterals are spiral, frequently opposite, verydense, and of a beautiful bright green leaves are imbricated, blunt, thickly setin four rows on the old plants; expanded,awl-shaped, sharp-pointed, very distant, andmore or less reflexed on young plants. Thecones are borne in large clusters, and are glo-bular, half an inch in diameter. Native ofUpper California, on the western declivity ofthe mountains of Monterey, within two milesof the sea-shore. Introduced in 1847. Cul-ture.—Hardy; common garden soil; propa-gated by seeds, or temporarily by grafting orby GLOXINIA FIMBRIATA. Gloxinia fimbriata, Hooker (fimbriatedGloxinia).—Gesneraceas § Gesnereae. This is a pretty plant, with more the ap-pearance of an Achimenes, than of a Gloxinia;it is, however, referred to the latter genus,and is a form worthy of cultivation. From the ordinary forms of Gloxinia, thisspecies differs in its slender and uprightmode of growth. The roots are elongatedand scaly, as is common among this class of E L 514 NTfiHT TEMPERATURE OF HOT-HOUSES. plants, and these are during a portion of theyear in a state of dormancy. The stemsgrow up a foot, or a foot and a half in height,and are erect and simple, the colour being apale green, slightly tinged with red ; they aredescribed as being obscurely tetragonal. Onthis stem the leaves are produced in pairs op-posite each other; they are acutely ovate,attached by a short stalk, and serrated alongthe margins ; they are smooth, and green onthe
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