120 GREEN-HOUSEREPOTTING. [MARCH. 



ringly , for if they get sodden about the roots, they very 

 seldom recover. 



Stylidiums, six species of pretty litte plants, with 

 small linear leaves, and remarkable for the singular 

 elasticity of the style or column, which, when the flower 

 is newly expanded, lays to one side, and on being 

 touched with a pin starts with violence to the opposite 

 side. S. graminifblium, S.fruticosum^ S. laricifdUum, and 

 S. adndtum, are all free flowering ; flowers in spikes, 

 very small ; colour light and dark pink ; blooms from 

 April to July. S. adnatum is half herbaceous, and 

 should, when growing, be kept nigh the glass, or it will 

 be drawn, and the flowers become of a pale colour. 

 They are all of easy cultivation. 



Styphelias, seven species of very showy flowers, with 

 mucronate leaves ; corolla in a long tubular form, hav- 

 ing several bundles of hairs in it ; segments reflex and 

 bearded. S. tubifldra, crimson, S. triflora, crimson and 

 green; S. adscendens, and S. longifolia, are beautiful 

 species. They grow freely, and should be well drained, 

 as too much water is very hurtful to them. In summer 

 they ought not to be much exposed to the hot sun, or 

 the foliage will become brown. 



Salpiglossis, four species of fine herbaceous Green- 

 house plants, natives of Chili. The flowers are tubular 

 and campanulate. S. picta, flowers white and blue 

 painted ; S. atropurpurea, flowers dark purple, and S. 

 isnuata, flowers crimson, are superb, and if planted in 

 the garden during summer will flower profusely. They 

 must be lifted in October, and- taken under protection. 



Tagetes lucida is found in many of our collections. 



