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sliown au inclination to sport a little, and there are one or two 

 amongst thcin which are certainly better in substance than the 

 Giant. The petals are less crumpled, and approach more to 

 a circular shape. I have one which I thiuk very highly of. It 

 is of a beautiful light blue colour with a prominent white eye. 



Of the double varieties I think the beit ai'e the Tree, which 

 is very haidy, and a gieat bloomer both ui winter and spring ; 



the Double Russian, also a fine blue sort ; the double white 

 Compacta, and the Neapolitan. The latter I tind rather tender 

 out of doors. Double Pink is curious but not pretty, and is 

 tender. The King and The Queen are certainly tine sorts, and 

 very free in gi-owth and in bloom, but with me they do not 

 surpass, if indeed they equal, those named above. — George 



W. BOOTHEY. 



BASKET PLANTS FOE THE STOVE.— No. 2. 



HOYA. J tut to view the exquisite umbels of bloom iu the greatest 



A GEXus of AsclepiadaceiE, containing some of the most beau- ' perfection it must be grown in a basket, and suspended just 

 tiful plants which are grown in our stoves. The majority of I above the eye. It is a native of Moulmein. 

 them arc strong-growing climbers, and therefore cannot be I H. Paxtoniana. — The present species has two claims upon 

 included iu this article, but the two species here named form our attention — -namely, first, its chaste beauty, and si^condly, 

 such magnificent objects when grown in baskets, that, although it has special interest as being a Living reminder of that great 



by no means new plants, 

 I would fain iuduce my 

 readers to pay them more 

 attention than, unfortu- 

 nately, is usually accord- 

 ed them. 



These plants are easily 

 grown, and make excel- 

 lent companions for the 

 -Eschynanthus treated of 

 at page 227. They should 

 be planted in a mixture of 

 about equal parts of loam 

 and peat, to which must 

 be added a good quantity 

 of sand and a little weU- 

 decomposed manure ; if, 

 in addition, a little chop- 

 ped sphagnum moss and 

 a few lumps of charcoal 

 be also mixed with the 

 soil they will serve to keep 

 it open, and be of great 

 advantage to the plants. 

 In the summer months 

 treat them to a Liberal 

 supply of water and strong 

 moist heat, and the re- 

 tui'n will be vigorous 

 gi'owth and an abundant 

 crop of wax-like blossoms. 

 After these have fallen 

 the old footstalks should 

 not be removed, for to- 

 wards autumn they will 

 produce another crop of 

 blooms, which will then 

 be doubly valuable on 

 account of then- behig 

 so admirably adapted for 

 bouciuet-makiug, and be- 

 ing also so useful for the 

 ornamentation of a lady's 

 hair. During the winter 

 months, however, it must 

 be borne in mind that 

 much less water should 

 be given, but at the same 

 time care must be taken 

 that the plants are not 

 allowed to shrivel, other- 

 wise the specimen will 

 be much mjmed, if not 

 killed. 



//. 6f/f«.— This lovely 



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gardener Su' Joseph Pax- 

 ton, a worthy plant dedi- 

 cated to the memory of a 

 most worthy man. Like 

 H. bella, this jjlant should 

 be grown in a basket ; it 

 is more slender in its 

 growth than Hoya bella. 

 The leaves are opposite, 

 acuminate, and pale green 

 in colour. The umbels of 

 flowers are produced from 

 the axUs, the coroUa being 

 spreading and of a clear 

 waxy white, with the star- 

 like corona of a soft ce- 

 rise. The two species will 

 produce a double crop of 

 blooms in a season. It 

 is a native of Java. 



AGAL5IYLA STAJIIKEA. 

 This belongs to the 

 Cyrtandric section of the 

 order Gesneraccic, and is, 

 I beUeve, the only species 

 of the genus in cultiva- 

 tion ; its beauty, how- 

 ever, is quite sufficient to 

 make us hope that others 

 may be speedily intro- 

 duced. The various spe- 

 cies of this genus which 

 are at present known are 

 all natives of the islands 

 m the Indian seas, where 

 they grow upon the 

 blanches of the forest 

 tiees ; indeed their very 

 n line indicates how beau- 

 tilul they must appear 

 in the woods of these 

 islands, as it is derived 

 fiom the words agalma, 

 an ornament, and lude, 

 a forest, literally signify- 

 ing the ornament of tlie 

 forest. The plant under 

 consideration is a near 

 rs-lative of the J^schyn- 

 anthus, and maybe treat- 

 ed in a precisely similar 

 manner. It i.^ a robust - 

 growing and spreaduig 

 plant, with large, obloug- 

 The flowers are produced in 

 clusters from the axils of the leaves. The fascicles of 



whir^rTce-^i-fi^m^ir;;^; ol^e'l-^^ves,;;^^^^^ 



fleshy s^ibstance.they last a long time in fiiU bea.; y The [ flowers -e^^t^^-lai.^upwards^of^^^^^ 



one of the most beautiful 

 , is possible for the amateur to 

 aamental flowers are produced 



pots, I ' ' ' 



Agalmyla stammci. 



xquisitely charimng flowers are borne in clusteis oi uniuci!,, 



flowers are tubulai 



