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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Hibiscus—continwed. 
or hardy herbs, shrubs, or trees, natives, for- the most 
part, of tropical regions, but occurring also in temperate 
ones. Flowers variable in colour, and usually showy. 
Leaves variable, often partite. 
Cultivation. Stove or warm greenhouse species of 
Hibiscus succeed best either in large pots or when planted 
out. A compost of peat and fibry loam, not broken too 
finely, in about equal proportions, with the addition of a 
little charcoal or sand, will suit them admirably. Those 
grown for their flowers should be rested, and kept tolerably 
dry, throughout the winter. In spring, they require a 
little cutting in, and starting in a brisk, moist heat; 
afterwards applying plenty of heat and water through- 
out the summer. Some of the species, which succeed in 
a greenhouse all the summer, will require warmer quarters 
in winter. They are propagated from seed, and by 
cuttings, inserted in a close frame, in spring. H. r.-s. 
Cooperi is a free-growing plant, with ornamental foliage, 
requiring the same treatment in winter as other stove 
subjects. The hardy species succeed in ordinary garden 
soil, preferably in that which is sandy, and in a warm 
position. H. Trionum may be readily increased from seeds. 
H. africanus (African). A synonym of H. Trionum. 
H, Cameroni (Cameron's). /i, rosy; calyx large, inflated, five- 
d ; petals obliquely cuneate-truncate, with a crimson blotch 
at the base of each, June and July. Z. cordate, five-lobed, 
coarsely serrated ; lobes acute, constricted at base. h. 1ft. Mada- 
gascar, 1837, Stove shrub, (B. M. 3936.) 
coccineus (seariet).* fl. bright scarlet. July and August. 
l. long-stalked, five-parted ; lobes lanceolate, remotely toothed, 
with entire tips. A. 4ft. to 8ft. Marshes of Florida and Georgia. 
Greenhouse perennial. See Fig. 225. (B. M. 360, under name of 
H. speciosus.) x 
H. elatus (tall). . purplish-copper colour, large ; peduncles very 
short, one-flowered; involucre ten-cleft. Z. roundish-cordate, 
, — entire, downy-white beneath. h. 50ft. West Indies, 1790. 
Stove, ‘‘Cuba Bast” is formed from the inner bark of this tree. 
Syn. Partium elatum. 
H. ferox (fierce). /l. yellow; calyx pentagonal, hispid, inflated in 
front; peduncles axillary, twin, one-flowered. May to July. 
i. large, shining, cordate, five to seven-lobed, villous beneath; 
es cor , acuminate. A, 3ft. New Grenada, 1844. 
A prickly stove shrub. (B. M. 4401.) 
H. poe cae quinquevulmerus (Baron Huegel’s five-spotted). 
A — nee variety, with dee nt be below, vt 
each petal 
August. Swan River, 1853. Greenhouse. 
H. marmoratus (marbled).* #1. 2hin. Jong, and as wide across the 
petals ; peduncles solitary, axillary, stiff, much longer than the 
petioles, articulate above the middle ; calyx tubular-campanulate, 
tive-cleft almost to the middle; petals white, —— 
mottled with bright — —— longer than the calyx, convolute 
_into a tube below, spreading above ; staminal column slender, 
exserted. February. ¿l on rather short petioles, variable in 
shape, bluntly toothed, dark green on the upper surface, paler 
below, 3in. to 4in. long, 2in. to 4in. broad. Mexico, 1854. Green- 
house shrub. (B. M. 5702.) 
H. (military).* /l. rose-coloured ; pedicels axillary, free 
~ from the petioles, one-flowered, and jointed above the middle. 
Summer. J. cordate, toothed, somewhat three-lobed, down 
“beneath. A 2ft. to 4ft. United States. Hardy perennial, 
(B. M. 2385.) 
H. Moscheutos — —— Ps white; — 3 — 
centre, or sometimes pale purple, large ; petioles an uncles 
joined together; involucres and calyces downy. Summer. J, 
minated, serrated, downy beneath. h. 3ft. North 
rdy. (S. B. F. G. 286.) 
) atus (pedunculate)., f. deep rosy-red, showy, cam- 
panulate ; petals cuneate-oblong, rounded at the apex ; involucre 
of about linear segment l. three-lobed, the lobes blunt, 
with toothed Margins. Stems hairy. Natal. A. 2ft. to 4ft. 
Greenhouse shrub. (B. R. 231.) . 
H. radiani fl. axillary, solitary, short-peduncled, very 
large ; the exterior two-thirds of the petals yellow, and spreading 
horizontally; the inner third deep crimson, and formed into a 
bell. Summer. l. alternate, palmate, rarely simple; petioles 
armed, and nearly as long as the leaves. Branches armed with 
small prickles. India and Java. Stove shrub. 
iety having fi E B.M 5696.) 
pureo is a variety having fine rose-purple flowers. (B. M. . 
Lindlei (B. R. 1395), another — purple corollas. 
l. rosa-sinensis (Chinese Rose).* l. varied in colouration, 
large, single, semi or wholly n E oa length of leaves : 
involucre seven-leaved. Summer. l. ovate, acuminated, smooth, 
: entire at the base, but coarsely toothed at the apex. 
unarmed, arboreous. h, 10ft. to l5ft. China, Japan, 
? rose K 
ving a black blood-coloured spot on the claw.. 
Hibiscus—continued. 
Fig, 226. FLOWERING BRANCH OF HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS. 
cultivated for ornament throughout all tropical regions. Stove. 
See Fig. 226, Of the numerous varieties in cultivation, the follow- 
ing are the most noteworthy and desirable. — 
H.r.-s, brilliantissimum (very brilliant). M. Slin. across, spread- 
ing, almost flat, but having a short funnel-sh: pen base, formed by 
the convergence of the bases of the petals, which are in that part 
stained with a deeper crimson, and overlapping each other so that 
they form a circular flower. 
H. r.-s. Callerii (Caller’s). f. buff-yellow, with a crimson- 
scarlet base. A very distinct and remarkable variety, with general 
character and habit of type. : 
H. r.-s. Cooperi (Cooper’s).* fl. scarlet. L irregularly ovate- 
lanceolate, cuneate at the base, bluntly serrated, vivid green, 
splashed and blotched with dark olive-green, creamy-white, and 
crimson, and margined with a broad and irregularly feathery 
border of reddish-carmine. Re: 
H. r.-s, fulgidus (shining).* A. 5in. in diameter, of fine broad, 
rounded, and beautifully undulated petals, of an intense carmine- 
scarlet, paler and somewhat rosy tinted towards the , where 
on each petal is an oblong blotch of deep crimson, J. broadly- 
ovate, serra 
Fig. 227. FLOWERING BRANCH OF HIBISCUS ROSEUS. 
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