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Greenhouse and Stove Plants 



CASSIA CORYMBOSA. 



as to prepare tliem for planting out in the 

 open ground towards the end of May. 

 Choose an .tpen place where the soil is of 

 a good description, and dig in some rotten 

 manure and leaf-mould. Put the plants 

 a foot apart, with a little more room 

 between • the rows ; pinch out the points, 

 otherwise they will not be furnished with 

 sufficient shoots, and give water in dry 

 weather. In September lift them and put 

 in 6 or 7 inch pots in good rich loam, 

 to which add a little leaf-mould, rotten 

 manure, and sand ; water moderately, and 

 stand in a light house or pit near the glass. 

 The plants should now be furnished with 

 from four to half-a-dozen shoots each ; 

 these will push up flower-stems through the 

 autumn, and come into bloom sooner or 

 later according to the warmth they are 

 subjected to. When the flower-buds are 

 prominent a temperature of 50° in the 

 night will accelerate their opening ; such 

 as are required for later flowering must be 

 kept cooler. After blooming the plants 

 ought to be again turned out in May, or 

 later in the case of those that have been 

 kept back for late spring flowering. In 

 all cases cut out the old'^bloom stems at 

 the bottom as soon as the last flowers are 

 over ; if this is not well attended to with 

 the young plants, as well as with the old 

 and large, they get into a tall unsightly 

 state, and are much less manageable. 



When out in the open ground they must 

 not want for water, or be allowed to suff"er 

 through the ravages of aphides. Again, 

 in September take up and put them in 

 pots 7 or 8 inches in diameter, and treat 

 as in the preceding season. A portion of 

 the plants this second season should not 

 have their shoots stopped ; these will 

 come into bloom early in the autumn, and 

 be succeeded by the remainder that have 

 had their shoots pinched back about July. 



Cuttings should be struck in autumn, 

 several together in 5 or 6 inch pots filled 

 with a mixture of sand and loam. Stand 

 them on a slight hot-bed, and if kept 

 sliaded and moist they mil soon root. 

 Then they must gradually be subjected to 

 more air and a lower temperature, after 

 which, put singly in small ]3ots, and keep 

 them through the rest of the season in a 

 frame or pit. Winter out of the reach of 

 frost ; stop the shoots, and turn them out 

 in a bed in May, and treat subsequently 

 as recommended for the ]ilants raised from 

 seed. Layering should be carried out in 

 the summer, about the same time as in 

 the case of the exhibition varieties of 

 Carnation. 



The following are all good kinds : — 



C. Alegatiere. Eed. 



C Andalusia. Primrose yellow. 



C. Cassandra. Buft' ground colour, edged 

 with scarlet. 



C. Fire-Fly. Scarlet. 



G. Gloire de Nancy. Pure white. 



C. La Belle. White. 



C. L'Hermine. White. 



C. Lucifer. Intense bright scarlet. 



C. Alary Morris. Rose colour. 



C. Miss Jolliffe. Pale pink. 



C. Mont Blanc. Pure white. 



C. Mrs. George Hawtrcy. Yellow. 



C. Mrs. Maclaren. Crimson bizarre. 



C. Osman Pacha. Bright scarlet. 



C. Reverse. Scarlet, at times striped. 



C. Souvenir de la Malmaison. Blush 

 white. 



C. Souvenir de la Malmnison. Pink 

 vai-iety. 



C. The Q.ucen. Pure white. 



G. Vestal. White. 



G. Warrior. Deep scarlet. 



Insects. — Aphides are often trouble- 

 some, but can be got rid of by fumigating 

 with tobacco or dipping in tobacco- water. 

 Mildew sometimes affects them, for this 

 dust with flowers of sulphur. 



CARYOTA. 



A tall-growing genus of Stove Palms, in- 

 digenous to widely different parts of the 

 world, being found in America, China, and 

 India. For propagation and cultivation, 

 see Palms, general details of culture. 



G. urens (syn. : C. soholifera). A stately 

 tall-growing species, extremely useful in 

 the country where it grows ; it yields in 

 quantity a saccharine juice, which is made 

 into Palm wine, and also sugar. This 

 , Palm attains a large size before it begins 

 I to flower ; afterwards the blooming process 

 is continued until the plant dies, evidently 

 from the exhaustion thus caused. It is 

 indigenous to Ceylon, Malabar, Bengal, 

 and other parts of India. 



CASSIA CORYMBOSA. 



This handsome bright yellow-flowered 

 greenhouse plant is from Buenos Ayres. 

 It belongs to a very numerous family in- 

 digenous to a wide extent of country, over 

 both the eastern and western hemispheres, 

 but few of them are of much account for 

 cultivation in greenhouses. It is of com- 

 paratively easy growth and a very suitable 

 subject for beginners in plant-growing to 

 try their hands at, as it is not very im- 

 patient in respect to water. It is more 

 deserving of cultivation on account of its 

 colour, yellow not being common among 

 plants adapted for pot-culture in liouses 



