HOLLYHOCK 



HOMEEIA 



753 



the most important of flowers. Within recent years, too, 

 either from loss of virulence or through preventive 

 measures, the disease having been somewhat controlled, 

 collections of named varieties are again being formed, 

 but, in the light of his own experience, the writer be- 



Enchantress, yellow; Ochroleuca, light yellow; Queen, 

 silver-rose ; Venus, white ; Psyche, laveinler. Figs. 

 245 and 240, vol. 1, show good placing of Hollyhocks. 

 A. Herkinoton. 

 HOLY GHOST PLANT. Peristeria elata. 



1073. Scmi-double Hollyhock (X Y^). 



lieves that one can get the best and surest results by 

 raising plants from seed of a good strain. This may be 

 sown at any time during the early months of the year. 

 Sow in pots or pans and place in a warmhouse to assist 

 germination. Pot the plants singly as they develop, and 

 keep them growing freely but sturdily in a cool, airy tem- 

 perature, removing them to the open air as summer ad- 

 vances. If well grown, the plants should be in 6-in, 

 pots at this time. During the latter part of summer 

 they may be planted out where they are to bloom. As 

 Hollyhocks demand liberal treatment, their pennanent 

 spot should be well prepared by deep digging, at the 

 same time working in a good quantity of rotted manure. 

 Plant 3 ft. apart and firmly, and should the fall months 

 be dry, give water frequently, as suffering from drought 

 predisposes plants to attack of disease. The following 

 spring the plants will grow vigorously, and the only at 

 tention needed is copious watering during dry spells 

 The flowers will appear from July onwards. The Holly- 

 hock is a hardy perennial, and if it enjoys an immu 

 nity from disease, will spring up and flower each year. 

 Should disease appear, however, root the plants out and 

 destroy by fire and make the next plantation on a new 

 site some distance 

 removed. Thorough 

 spraying with fun- 

 gicides may be ex- 

 pected to hold the 

 disease in check, if 

 applications are made 

 early and to the un- 

 der sides of the Ivs.; 

 but if Bordeaux mix- 

 ture is used, the 

 plants look very un- 

 tidy. Perhaps it is 

 better to use am- 

 moniacal carbonate 

 of copper. A dis- 

 eased leaf is shown 

 in Pig. 880. If the 

 stock keeps healthy 

 and it is desired to 

 increase speciallyfine 

 varieties, this can be 

 done easily by cut- 

 tings formed from 

 offshoots. These 

 should be taken off and potted singly in small pots in 

 sandy soil and kept close in a shaded coldframe. 



A few fine named varieties obtainable in the trade at 

 present are : Apollon. rose ; Brennus, crimson ; Ettie 

 Beale, flesh pink ; Mrs. Barron, rose-pink, and very 

 beautiful ; Diadem, rich yellow ; Her Majesty, rose"; 



1074. Double Hollyhock (X li). 



HOMALANTHUS (application obscure). Euplwrbi- 

 dceie. This genus iuchulcs a small Australian tree or 

 tail shrub cult, in S. (Jalif. for its copper-colored foli- 

 age. It is probably slightly cult, abroad under glass 

 like IQtiphorbia pulcherrlma. The genus contains 5-8 

 species of Malayan and Australasian trees or shrubs : 

 Ivs. alternate, stalked, wide, entire, feather-veined: ra- 

 cemes terminal: fls. apetalous; disk none; calyx of 

 staminate fls. 2-parted; stamens 6-50; calyx of pistillate 

 fls. 2-3-fld: ovary 2-celled. 



The genus has no near allies of garden value, and the 

 fis. are insignificant, beiag borne in racemes which con- 

 sist mostly of staminate fls., with a few pistillate fls. at 

 the base. 



Leschenaultiinus, A. Juss. (H. poptdifdlius, R. Grab. 

 Ciiri'uiihiiim pojinlifi'iliiiHi, Rehiw.). Lvs. broadly ovate- 

 triaugular or rhomboidal, glaucous, 2—4 or even 6 in. 

 long, with stalks of same length: racemes 1-4 in. long. 

 India, Malaya, Australia. B.M. 2780. 



HOMALOMfiNA (Greek, equal filaments). ArAcem. 

 AN" wrilTfti /I"inaln}iema. This genus includes some 

 ti'udir I'oliagp pkuits, variegated after the fashion of 

 the well-known Dieffenbachias, and the rarer Agiaonema 

 and Schismatoglottis, It is probable that the plants sel- 

 dom produce flowers or fruit in cultivation. They are 

 known to the trade as Curmeria, which is now regarded 

 as a section of Horaalomeua in which the spathe has a 

 distinct tube and the lvs. are either glabrous or pilose, 

 while in the section Euhomalomena the spathe has an 

 indistinct tube, and the lvs. are always glabrous. 



The genus has about 15 species, natives of tropical 

 Asia and America; robust herbs, with a thick rhizome: 

 stem short or none: lvs. ovate- or triangular-cordate, or 

 lanceolate, nerves reaching the margin, petiole mostly 

 long and sheathing. Important generic characters are: 

 stamens distinct : fr. included within the persistent 

 spathe : ovules anatropous, adnate to the septa. For 

 culture, see Dieffenhachia, Latest Monograph by Eng- 

 ler inDC.Mon.Phan.2:332(1879). The species described 

 below belong to the subgenus Curmeria, with 3 other 

 species, and all are American ; the other 10 species are 

 Asian. 



Pitcher and Manda advertised in 1895 Curmeria Leo- 

 poldii, a rare and costly plant, of which the writer finds 

 no further information. 



A. lyvs. irregularly blotched. 

 WAUisii, Kegel {Curmeria Wdllisii, Mast.). Lvs. 

 glabrous throughout, the base obtuse or acute, not 

 notched ; petiole 1}4 in. long; blade 5 in. long, 2-2^ 

 in. wide. Colombia. G.C. II. 7:108. B.M. 6571 (midrib 

 outlined in light color). I. H. 25:303. R.H.1878, p. 193.- 

 The blotches are pale yellowish green, becoming green- 

 ish gray. None of the pictures show a white-bordered 

 leaf with golden blotches, as one dealer advertises. 



AA. Lvs. with midrib bordered with white. 



pictUT&ta, Regel (Curmeria piefurAta, Linden & An- 



dr6). Lvs. with petiole and midrib pilose; petiole 4 in. 



long; blade 10-12 in. long, 8 in. wide. Colombia. I.H. 



20:121. — Blotched only near the midrib. -^ jj_ 



H0M£)B1A (application uncertain). IridAcecp. This 

 includes a half-hardy bulb, which can be set out in 

 spring, and bears orange-colored fls. in summer. It is 

 allied to Sparaxis, requires the same culture, and the 

 bulbs, which are dormant from Aug. to Nov., are pro- 

 curable from Dutch dealers. A genus of 6 species, all 

 from the Cape of Good Hope. It belongs to the Morsea 

 tribe, in which the fls. are stalked and more than one to 

 a spathe, and the style branches placed opposite the 

 stamens. It differs from Iris and Moraea in having style 

 branches furnished with terminal stigmas not overtop- 

 ping the anthers. Nearer allies of garden value are 

 Tigridia. Herbertia and Ferraria, from all of which 



