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hearing white flowers, not very handsome. It grows in 

 common soil, and is increased by seeds sown in the open 

 border about the end of March. 



ADOXIS. Pheasant's Eye. [Ranunculaceae.] Hardy 

 annuals and perennials, ^Yith pretty poppy-like blooms. 

 Common garden soil. 



^CHMEi\.. [Bromeliacete.] Stove herbaceous peren- 

 nials, increased by suckers, which may be planted singly in 

 pots of light, sandy, fibrous soil. They require a moist 

 atmosphere, and should be potted into a rough open compost 

 of fibry loam and peat earth, or leaf-mould not too much 

 decayed. yE. discolor, flowers scarlet and black. jE.fidgens, 

 flowers scarlet and purple. 



JEGOCHLOA. [Polemoniaceae.] Dwarf hardy annuals, 

 nearly allied to Gilia, and requiring the same management. 



IONIUM. See Sempervivum. 



^SCHYNANTHUS. Blushwoet. [Gesnerace® § Cyr- 

 tandrere.] Stove trailing sub-shrubby plants, usually epiphy- 

 tal ; all very ornamental, having flowers of a curved tubular 

 form, and richly coloured. They require a damp hot atmo- 

 sphere, and very light, open, or turfy soil of a peaty nature ; 

 and, if grown in pots, they must be thoroughly drained with 

 potsherds. They grow exceedingly well if planted in rustic 

 baskets among turfy peat soil, and suspended from the roof 

 of the hothouse. All the species in their natural state grow 

 on the branches of the trees of tropical forests, and not in 

 the ground. Propagated readily by cuttings. The prijicipal 

 are yS. grandifiorus, orange ; JE. Lobhianus, scarlet ; ^. 

 pulcher, scarlet ; JE. ramosissimus, orange ; jE. speciosiis, 

 orange. 



^SCULUS. Horse Chestnut. [Sapindaceae.] Hardy 

 trees, handsome both in flower and leaf. Loamy soil. Pro- 

 pagated by seeds or by layers. jE. hippocastanum and 

 several of its varieties, and ^. rubiainda, are worth a place in 

 large establishments. 



^THIONEMA. [Cruciferse.] Hardy annuals and 

 perennials, adapted for rockwork. Common light soil. 

 Propagated by cuttings planted in summer, or by seed sown 

 in May, jE. memhranaceum, hardy perennial ;■ flowers lilac, 

 iu June. 



