HOLLYHOCK 



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

 ither from loss of virulence or through preventive 

 aeasures, the disease having been somewhat controlled, 

 ollections of named varieties are again being formed, 

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



1073. Semi-double Hollyhock (X 



eves that one can get the best and surest results by 

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

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

 1 ow in pots or pans and place in a warmhouse to assist 

 ermination. Pot the plants singly as they develop, and 

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

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

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

 ots at this time. During the latter part of summer 

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

 [ollyhocks demand liberal treatment, their permanent 

 pot should be well prepared by deep digging, at the 

 ime time working in a good quantity of rotted manure, 

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

 e dry, give water frequently, as suffering from drought 

 redisposes plants to attack of disease. The following 

 pring the plants will grow vigorously, and the only at- 

 mtion needed is copious watering during dry spells. 



he flowers will appear from July onwards. The Holly- 

 ock is a hardy perennial, and if it enjoys an immu- 

 ity from disease, will spring up and flower each year, 

 hould disease appear, however, root the plants out and 

 estroy by fire and make the next plantation on a new 



te some distance 

 Amoved. Thorough 

 graying with fun- 

 icides may be ex- 

 acted to hold the 



isease in check, if 



^plications are made 



irly and to the un- 

 ,3r sides of the Ivs.; 

 it if Bordeaux mix- 

 !ire is used, the 

 ! ants look very un- 

 jdy. Perhaps it is 

 'itter to use am- 



oniacal carbonate 

 copper. A dis- 



ised leaf is shown 

 I Fig. 880. If the 



ock keeps healthy 



id it is desired to 



icrease speciallyfine 

 meties, this can be 



me easily by cut- 



ngs formed from 



Yshoots. These 



lould be taken off and potted singly in small pots in 

 y soil and kept close in a shaded coldframe. 



A few fine named varieties obtainable in the trade at 

 ?sent are : Apollon, rose ; Brennus, crimson ; Ettie 



eale, flesh pink ; Mrs. Barron, rose pink, and very 



Dutiful ; Diadem, rich yellow ; Her Majesty, rose ; 



1074. Double Hollyhock (X 



Enchantress, yellow; Ochroleuca, light yellow; Queen, 

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

 245 and 246, vol. 1, show good placing of Hollyhocks. 



A. HERRINGTON. 

 HOLY GHOST PLANT. Peristeria elata. 



HOMALANTHUS (application obscure). Euphorbi- 

 dcece. This genus includes a small Australian tree or 

 tall shrub cult, in S. Calif, for its copper-colored foli- 

 age. It is probably slightly cult, abroad under glass 

 like Euphorbia pulcherrima. 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-fid: ovary 2-celled. 



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

 fls. are insignificant, being borne in racemes which con- 

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

 the base. 



Leschenaultianus, A. Juss. (IT. populifdlius, R. Grah. 

 CarumMum popnlifdliitm,Jle\nw.). Lvs. broadly ovate- 

 triangular 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. 



HOMALOM&NA (Greek, equal filaments). Aracece. 

 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 Homalomena in which the spathe has a 

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

 while in the section Euhomalomena the spathe has an 

 indistinct tube, and the Ivs. 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 : Ivs. 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 Dieffenbachia. Latest Monograph by Eng- 

 ler in DC. 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 Ciirmeria Z/eo- 

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

 no further information. 



A. Lvs. irregularly blotched. 



Wallisii, Regel (Curmeria Wallisii, Mast.). Lvs. 

 glabrous throughout, the base obtuse or acute, not 

 notched ; petiole 1% 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. I/vs. with midrib bordered with white. 



picturata, Regel (Curmeria picturata, Linden & An- 

 dre"). 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. y? jyj 



HOMfiEIA (application uncertain). Iridacece. 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 Moraea 

 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 



