Gloxinias Sentence Examples

Gloxinias, begonias, &c., grow readily from fragments of the leaves cut clean through the thick veins and ribs, and planted edgewise like cuttings.

In delicate cases, such as seedling gloxinias and begonias, it is best to lift the little seedling on the end of a flattish pointed stick, often cleft at the apex, pressing this into the new soil where the plant is to be placed, and liberating it and closing the earth about it by the aid of a similar stick held in the other hand.

Pot and start tuberous-rooted begonias and gloxinias.

Sow petunias in heat, and prick out and harden for bedding out; also gloxinias to be grown on in heat till the flowering season.