See also:

• ACHIMENES (perhaps from the Gr. km/aspic, an Indian plant used in magic)

ACHIMENES (perhaps from the Gr. km/See also:

• ASPIC (French, from Lat..aspis)

aspic, an See also:

• INDIAN

Indian plant used in magic)  , a genus of See also:

• PLANTS

plants, natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order Gesneraceae (to which .belong also See also:

• GLOXINIA

Gloxinia and Streptocarpus), natives of tropical See also:

• AMERICA

America, and well known in cultivation as See also:

• STOVE

stove or warm greenhouse plants . They are herbaceous perennials, generally with hairy serrated leaves and handsome See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers . The corolla is tubular with a spreading See also:

• LIMB

limb, and varies widely in See also:

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

colour, being See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white, yellow, See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

orange, See also:

• CRIMSON

crimson, See also:

• SCARLET

scarlet, See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue or See also:

• PURPLE

purple . A large number of hybrids exist in cultivation . The plants are grown in the stove till the flowering See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, when they may be removed to the greenhouse . They are propagated by cuttings, or from the leaves, which are cut off and pricked in well-drained pots of sandy See also:

• SOIL

soil, or by the scales from the underground tubes, which are rubbed off and sown like seeds, or by the seeds, which are very small .