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Greenhouse and Stove Plants. 
TESTUDINARIA. 
The plant produces suckers freely, and 
the best method of propagation is by layer- 
ing these singly in pots in winter when at 
rest ; allow them to remain attached to 
the parent plant until well-rooted, when 
they must be severed, and afterwards 
grown on under conditions of warmth and 
air, such as already indicated, with plenty 
of light. In common with other plants 
from the same country it will bear a high 
temperature in summer with a dry atmo- 
sphere, plenty of sun and no stint of water 
to the roots, but must be kept as dry in 
the winter as consistent with an evergreen, 
the leaves of which would naturally suffer 
if the drying process was carried too far. 
A winter temperature of 40° to 45° by 
night will answer for it; in summer 55° 
to 60° in the night, and as much as the 
sun, with plenty of air, will raise it to in 
the day. When large enough the plants 
should be turned out in a well-drained bed 
of good porous loamy soil with a moderate 
amount of sand in it. 
InsEcts.—If troubled with any of the 
pests that affect plants grown under glass 
syringe freely with clean water and sponge 
with insecticide. 
TEMPLETONIA. 
These are low-growing evergreen shrubs 
that bloom in spring. Their flowers are 
pretty, but not so effective as those pro- 
duced by many of our greenhouse plants. 
They succeed with similar treatment to 
Epacrises, which see. 
T. glauca. Has red flowers, produced in 
spring. It comes from New Holland. 
T. retusa. Also bears red flowers ; it is 
likewise a spring bloomer, and comes from 
New Holland. 
TERMINALIA ELEGANS. 
In this we have an evergreen stove plant 
from Madagascar, distinct and handsome. 
Its trifoliate, lance-shaped leaves are not 
unlike those of some of the Aralias, and 
are extremely beautiful ; the ground colour 
is deep green, the midrib red, and a red 
reticulation runs through the whole of the 
leaves; as they get old this red veining 
becomes almost as clearly defined and 
vivid as that of the beautiful Anzctochi- 
lus setaceus. It is a plant of medium or 
small growth, attaining about the same 
size as Aralia Veitchii, and easily grown 
where a high temperature can be main- 
tained. It can be propagated by grafting 
it on any of the Aralias with pithy stems, 
such as A. Veitchii; it will also grow from 
root cuttings made from half-inch pieces of 
the stronger roots, inserted with their ends 
just above the surface in pots drained and 
filled with sand in a temperature of 75° or 
80°. When raised in this way the cuttings 
should be put in about the end of March 
so that the plant from which they are 
taken can at once be started afresh in a 
brisk heat ; the cuttings as soon as they 
commence to grow must be stood in a 
moderately light position. When they 
have made a few leaves they should be 
moved singly into 3-inch pots, using good 
peaty soil with sand added; they will bear . 
through the summer as much heat as any 
plant in cultivation, say 70° in the night, 
with 80° or 90° by day in bright weather. 
Shade from the sun when it is powerful, 
give air in accordance with the weather, 
syringe overhead in the afternoons, and 
keep a moderately humid atmosphere all 
through the season of growth. Continue 
to treat in this way until the approach of 
colder weather, then leave off shading, and 
keep the atmosphere drier. A temperature 
of 60° or 65° should be kept up by night 
in the winter, with less water at the roots, 
but the soil must never be allowed to get 
dry, or the foliage of this and all similar 
plants will suffer. In spring increase the 
warmth and resume the treatment gene- 
rally recommended for the preceding sum- 
mer, giving pots 2 or 3 inches larger as the 
soil gets filled with roots. Treat through 
the ensuing winter as in the last, again 
give larger pots in spring, and manage 
then through the summer as before. Dur- 
ing this, the third, summer the plants will 
grow so as to be seen to advantage, retain- 
ing their beauty as long as the lower leaves | 
continue healthy, after which they can be 
headed down to within 6 inches of the 
| collar, and when the young shoots have 
grown to a length of 6 inches reduce them 
to one, shaking out the soil and moving 
into pots a size smaller. If the upper 
portion of the heads only are taken off, the 
tops may be struck, and the shoots which 
will break out from the stem can be taken 
off with a heel and struck in the way found 
successful in the case of other plants that 
require a strong heat ; treat the young 
stock thus obtained in a similar manner to 
that advised for the plants raised from root 
cuttings. 
InsEcts.—The smooth, glossy surface of 
the leaves does not afford much harbour 
for insects, so that all which may affect 
them can be removed by syringing except 
scale, which is easily got rid of by sponging. 
TESTUDINARIA ELEPHANTIPES. 
This singular plant is more curious than 
beautiful ; it is a deciduous greenhouse 
