COLEUS. 



Greenhouse and Stove Plantt 



iiy 



from the sea. It is a handsome i^lant, but 

 requires much room if grown sufficiently 

 large to exhil)it its true charactei'. From 

 India. 



C. Weddelliana. One of the most 

 beautiful of all Palms, resembling much in 

 general appearance the most elegant-habited 

 kinds of Chamcedorea. The stem is slender, 

 the leaves pinnate, pinnae long and very 

 narrow, foot-stalks short : collectively this 

 plant has a charming appearance. Rio 

 Negro. 



COFFEA. 



The CoflFee of commerce. Both C. 

 arabica, a native of Yemen, and C. liberica, 

 from Liberia, are handsome evergreen 

 trees, interesting on account of the im- 

 mense extent to which the berries are 

 used in so many parts of the world. 



They are easily raised from seed, which 

 should be sown in shallow pans filled with 

 a mixture of sifted peat and sand, standing 

 the pans in a temperature of 70°. When 

 the plants come up place them near the 

 light. If the seeds are so^\^l during the 

 lattei' end of summer the plants may 

 remain in the seed-pans until the following 

 spring, when they must be moved to 3-inch 

 pots, in soil similar to that in which the 

 seed was sown ; as solar heat increases 

 raise the temperature, giving air daily, 

 with a little shade, and syringing overhead 

 freely in the evenings. Through the latter 

 part of spring and summer a niglit tempera- 

 ture of 70° with 15° more in the day will 

 be found suitable ; winter at about 60°. 

 In spring again give larger pots, and raise 

 the heat as in the preceding year ; during 

 the season of active growth give water 

 freely, and apply less in winter. A 

 continuance of the treatment so far advised 

 is all that is necessary, with additional 

 pot-room as found requisite. The plants 

 attain considerable size if sufficient head- 

 room and root-space are given them. The 

 flowers, which are white, are interesting as 

 well as the berries. The two kinds are 

 much alike in their habit of growth. 



Insects. — Scale is the worst insect to 

 which these plants are subject ; sponging 

 is the best means of keeping it down. 

 Mealy bug, which -will also live on them, 

 can be removed by laying the plants on 

 their sides and syringing freely with tepid 

 water. 



COLEONEMA. 



There are two or three kinds of Coleo- 

 nema in cultivation, C. album, C. rubrum, 

 and C. tenuifolium. They are low-growing | 



evergreen greenhouse .shrubs, from the 

 Cape of Good Hope, with small insignificant 

 flowers. They are now seldom met with, 

 being of little value from a horticultural 

 point of view. They will succeed under 

 treatment similar to that advised for 

 Adenandras, which see. 



COLEUS. 



Softwooded stove plants, so well-known 

 for the exceedingly bright colours of their 

 leaves as to require no comment here, 

 further than saying, that the varieties 

 raised from seed in recent years possess 

 colour such as can scarcely be surpassed. 

 Their colour, combined with the excellent 

 habit of the plants, the ready way in which 

 they may be propagated and afterwards 

 gro\vn on, and their adaptability for 

 decorative use, renders them indispensable. 

 They may be struck from shoot-cuttings at 

 any time of the year in heat, confined in a 

 close moist atmosphere and shaded from 

 the sun ; when they are rooted they must 

 be potted on in rich loamy soil with some 

 leaf-mould added. Give pots proportionate 

 to the size the plants are required to be 

 grown to, and shade slightly from the sun 

 in very bright weather, but at the same 

 time give plenty of light, with enough air 

 to keep the shoots from getting drawn. 



The following are fine kinds : — 



O. Allan Chandler. Maroon, crimson 

 and green leaves. 



C. Cannell's Lovely. Ground colour 

 crimson, with chocolateand green markings. 



C. Conrad Rosenthal. Leaves a mixture 

 of yellow, led, green, and maioon. 



C. Ethel Baxter. Cream colour, bright 

 green and carmine. 



C. Ernest Benary. Yellow, crimson and 

 green. 



C. Fair Maid of Kent. Scarlet and 

 yellow. 



C. George Simpson. Maroon and ciimson. 



C. Harry Veitch. Yellow, green, and 

 chocolate. 



C. Illuminator. Green, magenta, and 

 maroon. 



C. John Benary. Bright scarlet and 

 yellow. 



C. Maggie. Crimson, yellow, bronze, 

 and green. 



C. Miss Rosina. Yellow, maroon, crimson, 

 and pale green. 



C. Mrs. Baxter. Crimson and green. 



C. Mrs. George Simpson. Deep crimson 

 and mulberry colour. 



C. Mrs. Knatclibull- Hugessen. Gold and 

 deep maroon. 



V. fompadoiir. Pink, with white and 

 green marbling. 



