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GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS 



STOVE PLANTS* 



NAME. 



Allamanda 



Anthurium crystallinum 



SEASON OF 

 FLOWERING. 



Summer 



A. scherzerianum 



Aralia 



Aphelandra aurantiaca 



Throughout 

 many months 



Winter 



Achimenes 



Summer 



REMARKS. 



Handsome climbing plants, bearing 

 numerous large, showy, yellow flowers. 

 Propagate by means of cuttings in 

 spring. Succeed best when planted 

 out, or in a very large pot. Com- 

 post, fibrous loam, with some 

 coarse sand and cow manure added. 

 Prune the shoots annually in early 

 spring to within two joints of the old 

 wood. Do not shade except from 

 very hot sun. A. Schotti, A. nobilis, 

 Chelsoni, and A. grandiflora are the 

 best. 



Has large velvety green leaves ; the 

 veins beautifully marked with white ; 

 a handsome foliage plant. Requires 

 a compost of peat, sphagnum moss, and 

 charcoal ; preferably grown in pans, 

 well drained. Plants must be so placed 

 as to be on a slight mound when the 

 potting is finished. Propagate by 

 dividing the plants very carefully in 

 early spring. Afford plenty of mois- 

 ture. 



The chief beauty of this plant and its 

 numerous varieties is centred in the 

 brightly-coloured spathes. It grows 

 about i foot high, and forms a 

 charming object when the spathes 

 are at their best. They remain bright 

 for a long time. 



Several Aralias, notably A. Veitchi, A. 

 Veitchi gracillima, and A. elegantis- 

 sima, are very elegant foliage plants ; 

 most suitable for table decoration. 

 Soil, loam and peat with silver sand. 

 Usually propagated by grafting. 



Evergreen, bearing very showy, orange- 

 scarlet flowers. After the flowering 

 season, diminish supply of water, 

 giver lower temperature, and prune 

 about March to two buds from the 

 old wood. When shoots begin to 

 appear, remove plants to the stove 

 and repot in fibrous loam, peat, and 

 silver sand. 



Beautiful stove flowering plants ; her- 

 baceous perennials, having under- 

 ground tubercles. These should be 

 placed several in a 6-inch pot from 

 January to March so as to provide a 

 succession of bloom. Grow in peat 

 and leaf soil with a little silver sand 

 and manure incorporated, placing 



* As beginners seldom start with stove plants, a brief list of only the most important 

 kinds is given. 



