48 Greenhouse and Stove Plants. 
ARAUCARIA, 
well; the matured part of the stem may 
be cut into bits and put in as eyes, like the 
cuttings, ina brisk heat. Keep them close 
and sufficiently moist until enough roots 
are formed ; then remove the propagating 
glasses and pot off singly. Peat is most 
suitable for the weaker-growing kinds, 
loam being best for the strong ones. They 
will thrive in the warmth usually kept up 
for hot stove plants, say 65° in the night in 
spring, with a rise of 10° or 15° by day, 
and proportionately more as the season 
advances. Air must be given regularly 
through the growing season, with shade 
when the sun is powerful. These plants 
will bear the soil in a moderately moist 
state, and they should be syringed daily in 
the summer. Nothing more is necessary 
than to increase the pot-room, as the roots 
require it. Old stools of most of the 
species, when headed down, will push 
several shoots ; these, if taken off with a 
heel when about 6 inches long, will root 
readily, and make plants in little time. 
The undermentioned are the most desir- 
able stove kinds :— 
A. Chabrierti. A new species of small 
and elegant habit. One of the best of the 
small kinds. 
A. elegantissima. This is from New 
Caledonia, and has an erect, slender stem ; 
the leaves are digitate and on long stalks. 
A handsome plant. 
A. filicifolia. A South Sea Island 
plant, having a purple stem, spotted with 
white ; the leaves are elegant, fern-like, 
and deeply divided. 
A. gracillima. Forms slender, graceful, 
erect stems, thickly clothed with deep 
green leaves, fern-like in their appearance, 
midrib white. A native of the South Sea 
Islands. 
A. Guilfoylei. Another South Sea Tsland 
species, with an erect stem and shrubby 
habit ; the leaflets are two or three inches 
in length, and margined evenly with white. 
A. Kerchoveana. A pretty kind, with 
larger leaves than A. elegantissima. 
A. leptophylla. Stem erect and slender, 
leaves large, and borne on stout stalks. 
A. monstrosa. A new and very distinct 
kind, with pendant leaves, the leaflets 
margined with white. From the South 
Sea Islands. 
A. Osyana. From the South Sea Islands. 
Another erect grower, bearing digitate 
leaves, the leaflets bilobed. 
A. ternata. An elegant-habited sort ; 
the leaves are serrated and opposite, pale 
ereen in colour. New Britain. 
A. Veitch. A plant with a tall, slender 
stem, and dark green digitate leaflets, 
to proauce a distinct and handsome appear- 
ance. It comes from New Caledonia. 
Insects.—Thrips will sometimes attack 
the young leaves, but these and red spider are 
easily kept down by the use of the syringe. 
Brown scale is their worst enemy, and 
where it exists should be got rid of by fre- 
quent sponging, as the leaves will not bear 
dressing with anything strong enough to 
kill the scale. 
ARALIA. 
(Greenhouse. ) 
Amongst the different species of Aralia 
that will thrive with greenhouse treatment 
are several very handsome kinds, all ever- 
green, remarkable for their distinct foliage ; 
they are very effective for greenhouse 
decoration associated with flowering plants, 
or for arranging in rooms, corridors, &c. . 
They are easily-grown plants requiring no 
especial attention to keep them in good 
condition beyond the supplying of their 
wants with sufficient root-room and water, 
and the necessary attention to keep them 
free from insects, so that their leaves may 
not get disfigured. Their propagation and 
cultivation are the same as in the stove 
kinds, except that after the first stages they 
do not require to be kept so warm, an 
ordinary greenhouse temperature sufficing. 
The undermentioned are handsome 
kinds :— 
A. crassifolia. A New Zealand species, 
with handsome green leaves. 
A. crassifolia “integrifolia. 
form of the above. 
A. crassifolia spathulata. 
of A. Crassifolia. 
A. heteromorpha. A desirable plant of 
medium growth. 
A. papyrifera. A native of China, and 
a desirable plant with well-marked foliage. 
A, Quinquefolia. A distinct and hand- 
some species of moderate growth, with 
glossy leaves. 
A. Sieboldvi and its variegated form are 
from Japan. Both arevery handsomeplants, 
that, in addition to their merit for green- 
house use, are amongst the best subjects for 
room decoration existent. Their palmate 
glossy leaves are very handsome and bear 
dust and an indifferent atmosphere better 
than most things. They also do well out- 
of-doors in the south-west of the kingdom 
in summer, but suffer more or less in the 
open air in a severe winter. 
A distinct 
Another form 
ARAUCARIA. 
These are evergreen trees of most elegant 
narrow and undulated in the edges, so as | habit, that in their native countries attain 
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