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HOYA, OR WAX PLANT. 



A showy genus of stove climbers, of which one, Hoya 

 carnosa, succeeds well with parlor culture. It is a climbing 

 shrub, the leaves dark green and fleshy ; the flowers are of 

 a peculiar waxy appearance, produced in umbels, whitish, 

 with rose-colored centre, in which hangs a drop of limpid 

 honey. 



Give the plant a large pot, and a compost of peat and 

 loam in equal parts, securing good drainage. Give as much 

 sunlight and heat as possible. The old bloom stalks 

 should not be removed, as they put out flowers year after 

 year. Much water is not needed, especially when the plant 

 is not growing. This beautiful plant is a native of tropical 

 Asia, and is one of the few stove plants that will adapt 

 themselves to parlor culture. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



These plants are favorites for autumn blooming, and 

 quite a treatise might be written on their cultivation, since 

 they have become florists' flowers. A few hints must, how- 

 ever, suffice. 



The best way to obtain a fine specimen is, to set out in 

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