HOUSE PLANTS 



ordiiiin rooms Daphne odoiu, 

 js Ohd fragtans and orange 

 )th flowering and foliage plants, 

 t I , lei room than any of the 



flo-nei ind Ust a leasonible time m f,ood 

 condition Hyacinths tulips narcissus and 

 trcKUs if potted m Octolier kept covered 

 up out of doors until i idd we itlier stored 



atlr^alb (see Bulbi>} 

 H0UST6NIA(Dr Wm He 



II Watson 

 uston of the 



eiih pirtiif the Pi^htei nth century) -K» 

 'ml , I \h ut _ii \ rtli \niericin small 

 herb- or sul Iniil nitli jiretty white 

 blue or pill I 1 tl- ill "t the species oci i i ii ill\ 



(lilt in wild ^ mil u- iiilic.kenes Parts of tbi tl- m 

 4 s the coroUi gimopet ilous and funnel form or siher 

 form stamens and st\ les pohmorphous , stigmas 2 

 capsule opening near the top Ivs small, opposite A 

 moist partly shaded place is to be recommended for most 

 Houbtonias because their flowemiK season is thereby 

 prolonged and the plants ri tain their foil it,e much 

 longer than m a drier and sunn\ position C ollected 

 plants are not difficult to establish Prop b% division 

 The following perennial species are offered bj American 

 dealers 



A Stamens or shgmai conspicuously exseited 



purpurea, Lmn Tufted 3-12 in high bearing off 

 sets, glabrous or pubescent radical h s ovate or oblong 

 short stalked fls m late spring or summer, the corolla 

 funnel form light purple to white Canada to Texas — 

 Var longlfdha Gray 3-fa m high thinner Ivd and 

 mostlj glabrous . Ivs. oblong lanceolate to linear, 

 K-1 '4 in^ long. Var. tenuifdlia, Gray, is slender and 

 diffuse, 6-12 in. high, with almost filiform branches and 

 peduncles: stem-lvs. linear. This species and its forms 

 grow well in dry, open places. 



AA. Stamens or stigmas little or not at all exserted. 



caeriilea, Linn. Bluets. Innocence. Qoaker Ladt. 

 Pig. 1 105. Little tufted perennials, 3-6 in. high, the stems 

 glabrous: radical Ivs. spatulate tn olmvate. hairy, short- 

 petioled, the stem-lvs. small: ."1-11:1 -iImi- form, the 

 tube much exceeding the cah . ' j from blue 



to white, with a yellow ej'e. I; 'I I' ':.;. -Charm- 



ing little plant in grassy place- m iin mi in. :i-ieru states 

 and southward in the Allegheny region. Excellent for 

 rockwork and grassy borders. Early spring. In gar- 

 dens, may be treated as annual or biennial. 



serpyllifdlia, Michx. Extensively creeping : radical 

 Ivs. orbicular to ovate-spatulate and abruptly petioled: 

 corolla rather larger than that of H. earnlni. deep vio- 

 let-blue (often white). Va., southward. Early spring. 

 J. B. Kellek and L. H. B. 



HOVfiNIA (after David Hoven, Senator of Amster- 

 dam). UliamnAcew. Ornamental shrub or small tree, 

 with deciduous alternate, long-petioled Ivs. greenish 

 inconspicuous fls. in axillary peduncled cymes, and with 

 small globular frs. on reddish, fleshy and" edible pedun- 

 cles. It grows into a small, round-headed tree, with 

 handsome somewhat shining foliage, and thrives best in 

 sandy lo.am, but is not hardy north. Prop, by seeds, 

 also by root-cuttings and cuttings of ripened wood un- 

 der glass. One species in Himal., China and Japan. 

 Without stipules: calyx lobes, petals and stamens 5, 

 style 3-parted : fr. 3- celled and 3-seeded, indehiscent. 



1104 An attractive 

 corner of Pandanus 

 Begonia and Wan 



dulcis Thunh [n 1. 

 cordate-ovate or ovate 

 brous, 4-6 in. long: cy 

 2300. A.G. 12:80. 



iffqudlf 



Alfred Rehder. 



HOVEY, CHARLES MASON (Fig. HOG), horticultural 

 journalist and nurseryman, was born in Cambridge, 

 Mass., Oct. 26, 1810, and died there Sept. 2, 1887. He is 

 best known as editor of the "Magazine of Horticulture," 

 which had an uninterrupted existence from 1835 to 1868. 

 It was founded as the "American Gardener's ]\Iagazine," 

 by C. M. Hovey and his brother, Phineas Brown Hovey. 

 In its third volume (1837) it changed its name, and con- 

 tinuously thereafter was known as the "Magazine of 

 Horticulture," and was edited by Charles M. Hovey 

 alone. It enjoyed the longest period of prosperity of 

 any American horticultural journal. It is a record of 

 the budding stage of New World horticulture. It was 

 modelled after Loudon's "Gardener's Magazine," al- 

 though its spirit was essentially American. Essays, 

 records of current events, reviews of books, descrip- 

 tions of varieties, were prominent features. It had 

 very few illustrations. Mr. Hi.vcv was uiitlicr of the 



"Fruits of Amen. -a." is-u. .1 111 imi- I - iJ to 1856, 



completing ti\o M.luni. - 111 I 111 ii 1 ■ 1 begin- 



ning on a third. It-|iii|"i-i ■ 1 isilored 



figures and full des.Ti|.TiMi,- ,,t ,i|iIm ^ ,,.. \ arieties 



cultivated in the Uniteil ^^ 

 more than 100 colored plai 

 bound, these volumes are 

 art-book of varieties. 



Mr. Hovey was also nurseryman and seed merchant. 

 Until 1840, his grounds at Cambridge are said to have 

 comprised only an acre, but at that time his premises 

 'were greatly enlarged. His epoch ' 



Handsomely printed and 

 ae type of the 



time of knowl- 



