HOLLYHOCK 



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- 



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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 mouths of the year. 

 Sow in pots or pans and place in a wariuhouM- to assist 

 germination. Pot the plants sin;;iy ;i- ili.y (l.\ . I,.p, and 

 keep them growing freely but stun lily in ;i r,,. ,1, airy tem- 

 perature, removing them to the ii|,.ii air a~ summer ad- 

 vances. If well grown, the plants should l»e in G-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 permanent 

 spot should be wfll prepared l»y deep digging, at the 

 same time workinu' in aL'n.id c|iiaiititv ..f rotted manure. 

 Plant 3 ft. apart ami !irnil> . ami sli..ul.l the fall months 

 be dry, give war, -r f n (pi.ni ly. as sutiniug from drought 

 predisposes pl.anrs to attack <'i ilisiase. The following 

 spring' the ]>laiits will tci'ow vigorously, and the only at- 

 tentiuti iHM'ii.'.i In ri. pious watering during dry spells, 

 The fl..w.is will a|i)..ar from July onwards. The Holly- 

 hock is a liar.ly p.-reunial, and if it enjoys an immu- 

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

 Should disease appear, however, root the plants out 

 -destroy by flre and make the nest plantation on a 

 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 Fig. 880. If the 

 stock keeps healthy 

 and it Is desired to 

 increase speciallyflne 

 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 

 yellow ; Her Majesty, rose ; 



1074. Double Hollyhock 



Enchantress, yellow; Ochroleuca, light yellow; Queen, 

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

 245 and 2iti, vol. 1, show good pla'cing of Hollyhocks. 

 A. Hekrington. 

 HOLY GHOST PLANT. Peristcria elata. 



HOMALANTHUS 



hitphorbi- 



beautiful ; Diadem, 



specie t <ir shrubs; 



hs iltLiii I \emed; ra- 



cemes t I I 1 II I I II calyx of 



stamniit i iin i - II < ih x of pistillate 



fls 2- II I I 



The ^ I t ilUes of garden value and the 



fls ait 111 1 ui- borne in racemes which con- 



sist mo tl\ I uiiiu ic lis with a few pistillate fls. at 



the base 



LeschenaultijLnns A Juss {H poputifdhu^ R Grab. 

 Catumbnim pnpuUfoUum Remw ) Lvs broadh ovate- 

 triangular or rhomboidal glaucous 2—4 or e\en G in. 

 long with stalks of same length racemes 1-4 m. long. 

 Indn Malava -i-ustialia BM 2780 



HOMALOMfiNA (Greek, equal filaments). ArAeew. 

 Also written Homalonema. This genus includes some 

 tender foliage plants, variegated after the fashion of 

 the well-known Dieffenbachias, and the rarer Aglaonema 

 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 Horaalomena in which the spathe has a 

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

 while in the section Euhomalomeua 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 in DC. Mon. Phan. 2:3.32(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. Lvs. irregularly blotched. 



W^niBii, Regel (Curmiria WdlHsii, Mast.). Lvs. 

 glabrous throughout, the base obtuse or acute, not 

 notched; petiole 1% in. lonff ; blade 5 in. lone. 2-2K 

 in. wide. Colombia, i i.e. 11. 7: ins. H.M. (;.-,7l imidrib 

 outlined in light (-"l.ir I. 1.11. J.'.::;!!,;. KM Lis, s, v. !'.•:!.— 



The blotches are jial.- y.-lldwish -r,-,.ii. I min- -n-i-n- 



ish gray. None nf tin- i.i.-tuia-s show a wliitc-liordered 

 leaf with golden blotches, as one dealer advertises. 



AA. 1/VS. with midrib bordered with white. 



picturata, Regel (Curmkria picturhta, Linden & An- 



<\r6). 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. -vy. jj. 



H0M£BIA (application uncertain). Iridclcew. This 

 iiii'lu.les a half-hardy bulb, which can be set out in 

 sjMliiir. and bears orange-colored fls. in summer. It is 

 alli.-d to 8paraxis, requires the same culture, and the 

 liullis. 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 Mor«a 

 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 Morfea 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 



