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OfwidiOasi; and IStuve Plant-!. 



AGALMYLA. 



and syringing overhead wlien the liouse is 

 dosed. 



By midsummer again pinch out the 

 points of tlie shoots, which Avill now begin 

 to assume tlieir natural drooping habit, to 

 admit of which the pLants may be stood 

 upon inverted pots. Continue to supply 

 them Avith moisture, heat, and shade 

 through the summer months, again pinch- 

 ing out the points of the shoots about the 

 middle of August. Dispense -with shading 

 as the sun declines in power, and cease 

 syringing, giving more air and less atmos- 

 pheiic moisture. Keep them thiough the 

 winter in a temperature of 60° in the 

 night, and a little higher in the day time, 

 and give as much water to the soil as Avill 

 keep the roots a little moist ; at the end of 

 March move into pots two sizes larger, using 

 the soil in a little rougher state, adding 

 crocks and sand as before, and draining 

 the pots similarly. The shoots must not 

 be stopped now, or the time of flowering 

 Avill be delayed ; treat as advised in the 

 preceding summer as to heat, shade, and 

 moisture. By midsummer the early 

 blooming sorts will show flower ; the later 

 kinds, such as M. splendens, further on. 

 "Wlien the blooms open the plants may be 

 kept in the stove, or removed, as already 

 stated, to a somewhat cooler house for a 

 few weeks, but they must never be sub- 

 mitted to a cold diy atmosphere. When 

 done flowering replace in the stove, and at 

 once cut back the whole of the growths tc 

 within 8 or 10 inches of the base. If this 

 is not done, they will get into a straggling 

 condition, with their flowering sho(jts 

 irregularly placed, and will be destitute of 

 healthy young leaves near the base, so 

 essential to their fresh pleasing appearance ; 

 and if the shortening is deferred until 

 spring, considerable time will be lost, and 

 S(j many blooming shoots will not be 

 formed. The cut-back shoots will break 

 and make some growth before the end of 

 the season, and if in good healthy condition 

 at the roots, a number of young growths 

 will push up from the base. 



Keep through the winter as in the season 

 before, and again repot in the spring, giving 

 a 2-inch shift. They may be hung up by 

 wires fastened round the pots below the 

 rim and joined above the top of the plants, 

 or the pots may be plunged in wire baskets, 

 and the space betwixt the pots and the sides 

 of the baskets filled up Avith moss ; in this 

 way they ]o(jk much the best, and broad 

 shallow p(rts slionld ha used. After potting, 

 treat generally as in the preceding summer. 

 This season, if all goes well, they Avill make 

 many more shoots, with a prfiportionate 

 increase of fl(nvers. Tliey will be bene- 



fited by manure-water once or twice a 

 week. After they have bloomed cut them 

 well in as before ; in the spring they may 

 have a poition of the old soil removed, but 

 the roots should not be disturbed too much. 

 Replace with new, and return them to the 

 same pots, if these are deemed large enough ; 

 if not, they may be put in others an inch 

 or two larger. In this way they vnM last 

 for years. 



The following are sufficiently distinct tu 

 merit a place wherever plants in hanging 

 baskets are held in estimation : — 



^■E. Boschianus. A distinct and pretty 

 species from Java ; the flowers are brilliant 

 scarlet and yellow. It keeps on blooming 

 for a considerable portion of the summer. 



yE. fulgens. A handsome species, with 

 bright scarlet flowers, produced freely. 

 From Moulmein. 



j^. grandijiorus. This species comes 

 from Khoseea, and will bear a con- 

 siderably lower temperatirre when at rest 

 than the other kinds that have been intro- 

 duced from Java ; its tulje-sha]:>ed flowei'S 

 are produced in bunches, and are of a 

 bright scarlet colour" suffused with yellow. 

 It blooms in August and September-. 



jE. Lohbianus. A handsome sort, with 

 scarlet flowers, produced in summer and 

 autumn. It is a native of Java. 



^. splendidus. This is a garden hybrid, 

 jjroduced between JE. grandiflorus and ^E. 

 speciosus, and is the finest of the strong- 

 growing kinds. The flowers are produced 

 in bunches of ten or a dozen, and are of 

 the most intense scarlet, the segments 

 marked with blackish broAvn. It flowers 

 in the summer. 



^■E. tricolor. This is a distinct arrd 

 pretty species, that bears yellow and scar- 

 let flowers. It comes from Borneo. 



JE. zehrinus. A handsome scarlet 

 flowered kind, from Java. 



Insects. — J^schynanthus are little 

 troubled with the smaller plant pests, 

 srrch as thrips and red spider, as these can 

 be easily kept down by the use of the 

 syringe, their thick leathery leaves Ijcing 

 easily cleansed by this means. Mealy bug 

 and scale will sometimes affect them ; these 

 may be kept under by sponging and a free 

 use of the syringe. 



AGALMYLA LONGISTYLA. 



This miniature creeping Stove Gesnerad 

 is a native of Java, arrd from its peculiar 

 habit it is well ailapted for particular posi- 

 tions. When suspeirded from the roof of 

 a warm house, where plants of srrrall growth 

 can with advantage be irsed, it gives the 

 structure a irroie furnished appeararrce, and 



