Book II. 



HOT-HOUSE, OR BARK-STOVE PLANTS. 



921 



6668. 



Sect. V. Herbaceous Dry-stove Plants. 

 HERBACEOUS DRY-STOVE PLANTS. 



MARCH TO MAY. 



Canarina campanula 

 Bletia tankervilliee, p- 

 Neottia elata 



— orchioides 



— picta 

 Pothos cordata 

 Pteris grandifolia 



JUNE. 



AUGUST. 



Arum diraricatum, p. 

 Commelina tuberosa 



— bengalensis 



Marica martinicensis 



— northiana 

 Phytolacca octaiidra 

 Polypodium asplenifol. 

 Pothos canna folia 



Adiantum reniforme, p. 

 — trapeziforme 

 Arum bicolor, p. 



— • colocasia 

 Begonia nitida 

 Besleria melittifolia 

 Galea lobata 

 Callisia repens 

 Monsonia speciosa 

 Geranium incarnatum 



Alstrcemeria pelegrina 

 Witsenia maura, p. 

 Arum esculentum.p. 

 Asplenium praemorsum 



— striatum 

 Begonia dichotoma 



— evansiana 



— macrophylla 

 Dianella ensifolia 

 Gloriosa superba 

 Gloxinia maculata 



— speciosa 



SEPT. TO OCT. 



Arum auritum, p. 



— ori sense 



— sagittifolium 

 Begonia acuminata 

 Cyrilla pulchella 

 Leea crispa 



— macrophylla 



Chap. XIV. 



Hot-house, or Bark-stove Plants. 

 6669. Bark-stove plants are such as require the highest degree of heat, which has ge- 

 nerally been given by the aid of a bed of bark or other fermenting substance, in which 

 the pots containing the plants are plunged. Sometimes, as before observed (6184.), steam 

 or flues are applied under a vault covered with earth or sand as a substitute for bark ; and 

 more recently the pots have not been plunged in any material nor bottom heat applied, 

 but a greater atmospherical heat communicated, and the atmosphere about the pots kept 

 moist by watering, &c. We shall arrange the most ornamental species which flower freely 

 under woody, climbing, bulbous, perennial, annual, aquatic, reedy plants ; and add some 

 remarks on palms, air plants, and ferns, which, though they seldom flower in this coun- 

 try, or for the greater part have flowers of little show, yet are grand or interesting speci- 

 mens of vegetable beings. 



670. 



Sect. I. Woody Bark-stove Plants. 

 WOODY BARK-STOVE PLANTS. 



MAY. 



Brucea ferruginea, p. 

 Cassia bicapsularis, p. 

 Cordia gerascanthus 



— monoica 

 Elate sylvestris 

 Erythrina carnea 



— crista galli 



— rosea 

 Eugenia jam bos, p. 



— uniflora 

 Euphorbia punicea 

 Hillia longitloVa 

 Myrtus biflora, p. 



JUNE. 



Cassia alata, p. 

 Chrysophyllum cainito 

 — fuscum 



Eugenia fragrans, p. 

 Myrtus disticha 



— dumosa 



— pimenta 



— — longifolia 



— tomentosa, p. 



— zeylanica 



— zuzygium 

 Samyda rosea 

 Sophora tomentosa, p. 



JULY. 



Adenanthera pavonia,p. 

 .lEschynomene sensitiva 

 Allamanda cathartica 

 Amyris salvatica 

 Asclepias curassavica 



— parvi flora 

 Bauhinia divaricata, p. 



— porrecta 

 Bignonia ieucoxylon, p. 

 Brunsfelsia americana 

 Carolinea minor, p. 

 Gardenia aculeata 

 Gossypium vitifolium, p. 

 Hedysarum pictum, p. 

 Helicteres isora 

 Heliocarpus americana 

 Ixora purpurea 



AUGUST. 



SEPTEMBER. 



iEschynomene grand, p. 

 Amerimnum ebenus 

 Asclepias gigantea 

 Bauhinia acuminata, p. 

 Bignonia longissima, p. 



— paniculata 



— pentaphylla 

 Brownea coccinea 

 Brunfelsia undulata 

 Bucida buceras 

 Cassia occidentalis 



— viminea 

 Gardenia dumetorum 

 Gossypium arboreum, p. 

 Guaicum officinale 

 Hedysarum gyrans, p. 

 Ixora blanda " 



Cameraria angustifolia 



Carissa spinarurn 

 I Cassia biflora, p. 

 |Cerbera manghas 

 I Cinchona caribea, p. 



Clusia flava 



Croton aromaticum, p. 



Cesmanthus virgatus 

 i EphieJis guinensis, p. 

 j Erythrina speciosa 

 | Fagara pterota 



Hamellia ventricosa, p. 



Hedysarum strobilifer. 



Helicteris baruensis 



Ixora alba 

 I — pavetta 



— coccinea 



6671. Propagation. All the known modes are occasionally adopted, but those by seeds 

 and cuttings are the most general. Few stove plants ripen their seeds in this country 

 and such as are obtained are therefore generally procured from abroad. 



6672. Tropical seeds in general, Cushing observes, are very liable to lose their powers of vegetation 

 by reason ot the transition from warm to cold climates, combined with the length of time whif h com 

 monly intervenes between their gathering and arrival with us, especially if they have been evDosed to 

 damps ; on that account they should be sown as soon as they arrive, at least a part of each parcel Much 

 depends on the state of the seeds when received. East and West India seeds eenerallv aKithA. 

 regular fleets, as indeed do those from the Cape of Good Hope, and aHftf ffSZl £ ho 

 most part by the Eastern and China ships ; so that one may in' general be prepared agaTntSer arrival 

 As early spring is undoubtedly the best time for sowing, a few weeks' delay may in some iLtances be ad- 

 visable If received late in October or November, wait until January, or perhaps February unless it 

 evidently appears that they will not keep out of the earth so long a time in a vegetative state -sue "asca n 

 be sown before August have a good chance to acquire sufficient strength of growth to carrv them through 

 the winter months, so adverse to the general efforts of young vegetable life tnrough 



6673. The pots being well drained should be filled with the compost suitable to the SDecies of nlant nf 

 which the seed intended to be sown has been produced (seethe table); let i be pressed Pdown to ahn.lt a 

 third or half an inch below the edge of the rim, according to the size^f Se seXf? ^U^are small or 

 light sorts it will be necessary o press it pretty tight, and to add a little of the very fine-sifted mould on 

 which to deposit the seed previously smoothing it with a bit of thin flat wood, bent so as to Ite onTleve" 

 Being thus prepared, let the seed be sown regularly on the surface, and cover t from about an eighth to a 

 quarter of an inch, according to the size of the seed as before, with the same sort of fme mm.ld Knt if 

 the seed is of the largest sorts, as, for instance, the nut or sto'ne kind, n more £ nece " arv thin to nfess 



hem into the earth with the Anger and to cover somewhat thicker than Z recommend^fo^ ^fhe Xers 

 In either case, the cover.ng should be pressed moderately on the seed with the hand ; which s indeed a 

 most necessary caution in sowing seeds of any description whatever. In order to ensure the vegetation 



