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Greenhouse and Stove Plants. 
HABROTHAMNUS. 
in appearance to the more robust kinds of 
the family. 
For propagation and cultivation, see 
Palms, general details of culture. 
G. speciosa. This is an edible species, 
the fruit of which forms a considerable 
article of food in the countries where it is 
found indigenous. It comes from Tropical 
America. 
G. utilis. 
with good-sized pinnate leaves. 
of Costa Rica. 
A fairly handsome species, 
A native 
GUZMANNIA. 
In these we have Bromeliaceous stove 
plants nearly allied to the Aichmeas, and 
having much the same habit of growth. 
The flowers are almost hidden by the 
bracts, and thus have a singular appear- 
ance. They occupy little room, and even 
when not in flower are pretty. 
For method of propagation and details of 
cultivation, see Aichmeas. 
G. picta. 'This species is often met with 
under the name of Nidularium fulgens. 
It is a close, compact grower, the short, 
recurved leaves giving it a vase-like ap- 
pearance. It usually flowers in summer. 
G. tricolor. A pretty species that forms 
stout flower-spikes ; the bracts, which are 
a combination of red, dark purple, and green, 
are its chief attraction ; the flowers are 
white. It blooms in the spring or summer. 
Indigenous to the West Indian Islands, 
and also found in South America. 
GYMNOGRAMMA. 
In these we have a genus of stove Ferns, 
justly favourites with cultivators ; it in- 
cludes most of the gold and silver species, 
with their singularly powdered surface, 
which in the case of some extends to the 
upper as well as the under surface of the 
fronds, and also to the stalks. Most of the 
species can be confined to moderate-sized 
pots. To be kept in good condition through 
the winter they should have warmer treat- 
ment than most other Ferns. 
For propagation and cultivation, see 
Ferns, general details of culture. 
G. calomelanos. West Indies. 
G. chrysophylla Laucheana. West Indies. 
G. chrysophylla Laucheana grandiceps. 
West Indies. 
G. lanata. Veragua. 
G. Martensit. Garden hybrid. 
G. peruviana argyrophylla. 
America. 
G. pulchella. 
G. sulphurea. 
G. tartarea. 
Tropical 
Tropical America, 
Jamaica. : 
South America. 
G. tomentosa. Brazil. 
G. Wettenhalliana. Garden variety. 
HABRANTHUS. 
These are greenhouse bulbous plants 
that bear handsome flowers. 
. They succeed, both as regards propaga- 
tion and after growth, under conditions 
like those advised for Zephyranthes, 
which see. 
The following are the most worthy of a 
place :-— 
H. Andersonii. A yellow and red 
flowered species from Monte Video. <A 
spring bloomer. 
H. Andersoni texanus. 
flowers ; it blooms in 
Texas. 
H. fulgens. Flowers scarlet, produced 
in spring. <A native of Chili. 
H. hesperius. Straw colour. 
bloomer. South America. 
H. pratensis. Has scarlet and yellow 
flowers. A spring bloomer ; from Chili. 
H.  roseus. Flowers  rose-coloured ; 
blooms later than some. From Chiloe. 
Has yellow 
spring. From 
A summer 
HABROTHAMNUS. 
These are stately evergreen greenhouse 
plants from Mexico, with a branching, 
drooping habit of growth, producing from 
the points of the shoots handsome bunches 
of attractive flowers, which open in succes- 
sion for a long period. The natural habit 
of the plants is such that they can be 
grown in different ways, either as pot 
specimens, trained pyramidal fashion, or 
as standards with drooping heads, in which 
latter way they are very effective for con- 
servatory decoration, where they can be 
used to relieve the more formal growing 
things. They are good growers, succeed- 
ing well in a mixture of peat and loam, 
and a moderate quantity of sand. 
They are among the easiest of plants to 
propagate ; cuttings of the young shoots 
when about four or five inches long can 
usually be had in spring, and if taken off 
with a heel all the better. They should be 
put singly in 3-inch pots, part filled with 
a mixture of sand and peat, the top all 
sand, stood in moderate heat, and kept 
moist and shaded under propagating glasses 
where they will soon root ; then dispense 
with the glasses, and if the plants are to 
be grown as bush specimens pinch out 
the points. In July enough roots should 
be present to warrant moving the young 
plants into.6 or 7 inch pots ; use soil with 
less sand in it than that in which they 
have been struck, keep in a growing tem- 
