Dreer's garden calendar : 1889 . dreersgardencale1889henr Year: 1889 124 DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. GLOXINIA CRASSIFOLIA GRANDIFLORA. A charmina; class of summer blooming bulbs -nhich succeed with ordinary care. They should be grown in a mod- erately shady place, as the sun burns the foliage when wet, making brown spots appear. If planted in frames, they will thrive admirably and produce their lovely flowers from June to September. After planting the^bulbs in a mix- ture ot fibrous peat, light loam, manure and sand in equal parts, they require but little heat or water until they show signs of g
Dreer's garden calendar : 1889 . dreersgardencale1889henr Year: 1889 124 DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. GLOXINIA CRASSIFOLIA GRANDIFLORA. A charmina; class of summer blooming bulbs -nhich succeed with ordinary care. They should be grown in a mod- erately shady place, as the sun burns the foliage when wet, making brown spots appear. If planted in frames, they will thrive admirably and produce their lovely flowers from June to September. After planting the^bulbs in a mix- ture ot fibrous peat, light loam, manure and sand in equal parts, they require but little heat or water until they show signs of growth, when the quantity of moisture and heat may be increased. Air should be plentifully supplied to prevent damping olf. When the plants have done blooming dry gradually oft', and keep in pots over winter in a moderately warm place, or under the staging of a greenhouse. We have made a specialty of the Gloxinia for many years, and have added all the improved strains as they have appeared, until our collection is unsurpassed either in this country or abroad. The past season we have added a strain of richly marbled and spotted sons; also a tine strain of large self-colored varieties. The named varieties we ofi'er are specially good, and our mixtures include flowers of lovely form and hue. Butterfly. Flowers erect, of a lovely shade of porcelain blue, with large pure white throat. Carmen. Flowers erect, pure white throat, lips rich crimson. Crimson Queen. Flowers erect, of very large size, throat deep crimson, pure white lips. Fauchon. Flowers pendulous, pure white, with large crimson blotch on lower lip. Jenity Lind. Flowers erect, rich shade of deep purplish blue. Purple Gem. Flowers erect, pure white lips, throat deep rich purple. Sappho. Flowers erect, rich dazzling crim- son, flowers large and of good substance. Sylph. Flowers erect, pure white, with crim- son-banded throat. Triumphant. Flowers erect, of a bright rosy crimson color, throat pure white, minutely spotted with d
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