HOLLYHOCK 



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

 eitlier 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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1073. 



-double Hollyhock (X H). 



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 months of the year. 

 Sow in pots or pans and place in a warrahouse to assist 

 germination. Pot the plants singly as they develop, and 

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

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

 vances. If well grown, the plants should be in 6-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 well prepared by deep digging, at the 

 same time working in a good quantity of rotted manure. 

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

 be dry, give water frequently, as suffering from drought 

 predisposes plants to attack of disease. The following 

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

 tention needed is copious watering during dry spells. 

 The flowers will appear from July onwards. The Holly- 

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

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

 Should disease appear, however, root the plants out and 

 destroy by fire and make the next plantation on a new 

 site some distance 

 removed. Thorough 

 spraying with fun 

 gicides may be ex 

 pected to hold the 

 disease in check, it 

 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 Pig. 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 : ApoUon, ro.se ; Brennus. crimson ; Ettie 

 Beale, flesh pink ; Mrs. Barron, rose-pink, 

 beautiful ; Diadem, rich yellow ; Her Male 



Enchantress, yellow; Ochroleuca, light yellow; Queen, 

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

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

 A. Herrinotos. 

 HOLY GHOST PLANT. Peristeria elatu . 



HOMALANTHUS (application obscure). Euphorbi- 

 dcew. 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 pnlcherrimn. The genus contains !>-» 

 species of Malayan and Australasian trees or shrubs: 

 Ivs. alternate, staiki-.l. wi.l.-, i-ntire, feather-veined: ra- 

 cemes terminal: Hs. ,ii-' i nlnus; disk none; calyx of 

 staminate Hs. J j.aitiMl ; ,i:nii. ns 6-50; calyx of pistillate 

 fls. 2-3-fld: ov:.i-y :^ .-, Il,.,|. 



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

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

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

 the base. 



Leschenaultiinus, A..Tu^^. [H. populifdlius, R. Grab. 

 Cdnhiiliitiii: p,ij,,ilii,.lni,ii. K.-inw.). Lvs. broadly ovate- 

 triaiiLruhu- or rli..iiiliMi,i;il, ^'laucous, 2-4 or even 6 in. 

 long, witli stalks df saun- icugth: racemes 1^ in. long. 

 India, Malaya, Australia. B.M. 2780. 



HOMALOMfiNA (Greek, 

 Also written Uomalotiema. 

 tender foliage plants, vari( 

 thewell-knowu Dieffenl.a.-li 

 and Schismatoglottis. It is 

 dora produce flowers or fn 



1074. Double Hollyhock 



very 



indistiurt tul.c, and 

 The genus has a 

 Asia and America: 

 stem short or none : 

 lanceolate, nerves i 

 long and sheatbincr. 



cultnn-. So.- Jii, n, iitiachia. Latest Monograph by Eng- 

 ler iuDC. M.-n. I'lian. 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 Curmeria Le.o- 

 poJdii, a rare and costly plant, of which the writer find.s. 

 no further information. 



A. IjVS. irregularly blotched. 



WAUlSU, Regel (.Curmeria WdlUsii, JIast.l. Lvs. 



glabrous throughout, the base obtuse or arnt.- t 



notched, petiole 1% in. long; blade 5 in. I..im. J-i" ■ 

 m wide Colombia. G.C. II. 7:108. B.M. ('.--.Tl i ini.li il. 

 outlined in light color). I. H. 25:303. R.H.l-s7-s, p. Iy3.- 

 The blotches are pale yellowish green, becoming green- 

 ish grav None of the pictures show a white-bordered 

 leaf with golden blotches, as one dealer advertises. 

 AA 1/vs. with midrib bordered with white. 



picturata, Regel {Ciir»ih-i<i pirfm-dta, Linden & An- 

 I] I Lvs with petiole an. 1 midrib pilose; petiole 4 in. 

 I n., blide 10-12 in. long. 8 in. wide. Colombia. I.H. 

 II 1 M —Blotched only near the midrib. ^_ ji_ 



HOMfiKIA (application uncertain). Iriddcem. This- 

 m lu It s I half-hardy bulb, which can be set out in 

 si.iin.,' mil 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 Moriea 

 tribe, in which tin lis. an- stalked and more than one it* 

 a spathe, an.l th.- stvl.- I.r.inches placed opposite the 

 stamens. It dill', is tnun liisaiid Morwa in havingstyle 

 branches furnisli.-.l witli t.-rminal stigmas not overtop- 

 ping the anthers. Nearer allies of garden value are 

 Tiu'ridia. Herbertia and Ferraria. from all of which 



