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Greenhouse herbaceous periennial. Seeds, 

 and division of the plant in spring ; sandy loam 

 and leaf- mould : a cold pit in winter, to exclude 

 the frost. 



0. multiflo'rus (many- flowered). 1. Blue. 

 June. New Holland. 1820. 



OSAGE APPLE. Maclu'ra. 



OSBE'CKIA. (Named after P. Osbecfc, 

 a Swedish naturalist. Nat. ord., Me- 

 lastomads [Melastomacese]. Linn., 8- 

 Octandria \-Monoyynia. Allied to Me- 

 lastoma.) 



Cuttings of side, firm, stubby shoots, in sand, 

 under a bell-glass, and in bottom-heat ; sandy 

 loam, fibry peat, a little dried cow-dung, and 

 charcoal. Winter temp., 48 to 58 ; summer, 

 60 to 85. 



STOVE DECIDUOUS SHRUBS. 



0. cane'scens (hoary). 1838. 



glomera'ta (crowded). 1. Pink. July. 



Trinidad. 1818. 



Nepaule'nsis albiflo'ra. (Nepaul - white - 



flowered). l. White. August. Ne- 

 paul. 182Q. 



STOVE EVERGREENS. 



0. angustifo'lia (narrow -leaved). 2. Rose. 

 May. Nepaul. 1826. 



Chine'nsis (Chinese). 2. Purple. July. 



China. 1818. 



glomera'ta albiflo'ra (crowded-white-flow- 



ered). 14. White. January. Brazil. 

 1821. 



Nepaule'nsis (Nepaul). l. Purple. June. 



Nepaul. 1821. 



octa'ndra (eight-stamened). 1. Rose. April. 



Ceylon. 1815. 



stella'ta (starred). 1. Pink. July. Nepaul. 



1820. 



ternifo'lia (three-leafleted). 3. Lilac. May. 



Nepaul. 1825. 



Zeyla'nica (Ceylon). 2. Yellow. August. 



Ceylon. 1799- 



OSIER. Sa'lix vimina'lis. 



OSMI'TES. (From osme, perfume ; 

 smells like camphor. Nat. ord., Com- 

 posites [Asteracete]. Linn., IQ-Syngc- 

 nesia 3-Frustranea. Allied to Relhania.) 



Greenhouse, white-flowered evergreens from 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Cuttings of half- 

 ripened shoots, in sand, under a bell-glass, in 

 April or May, and without bottom-heat. Win- 

 ter temp., 40 to 45. 

 0. bellidia' strum (BelMi&strum). 1. June. 1816. 



camphori'na (camphor-scented). l. May. 



1/94. 



denta'ta (toothed). l. May. 1820. 



OSMU'NDA. (The name of a Celtic 

 deity. Nat. ord., Ferns [rolypodiacese]. 

 Linn., X-i-Cryptogamia l-Filiccs.} 



Hardy brown spored ferns, except Prcsliuna. 

 See Ferns. 



0. cinnamo'mea (cinnamon). 2. June. N. 

 America. 1772. 



O. Claytonia'na (Clayton's). 2. August. N. 

 America. 1772. 



sra'cilis (slender). 1. June. 1827. 



hw 'mills (humble). June. N.America. 1823. 



inteiru'pta (interrupted). 2. June. N. Ame- 



rica. 



palu'stris (marsh). 2^. 1831. 



Preslia'na (Presl's). June. I. of Luzon. Stove. 



rega'lis (royal). 2. July. Britain. 



spectu'bilis (showy). 2. July. N.America. 



1811. 



OSSA:'A. (Named after Ossa, curator 

 of the Havannah Botanic Garden. 

 Nat. ord., Melastomads [Melastoma- 

 ceas]. Linn., S-Octandrial-Monogynia. 

 Allied to Miconia.) 



Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings of young 

 side stubby snoots, or the points of main ones, 

 when a little firm, in sandy soil, under a bell- 

 glass, and in heat ; sandy peat and loam ; com- 

 mon plant stove treatment. 

 O.purpura'scens (purplish). 3. Purple. March. 



Jamaica. 1822. 



OSTEO'MELES. (From osteon, bone 

 and melon, apple; the fruit. Nat. ord., 

 Apphworts [Pomacese]. Linn., 12- 

 Icosandria 2-Di-pentayynia. Allied to 

 Mespilus.) 



Hardy evergreen tree. Forculture, see Medlar. 

 0. ferrugi'nea (rusty). July. 1847. 



OSTEOSPE'RMUM. (From osteon, a 

 bone, and sperma, a seed. Nat. ord., 

 Composites [Asteracese]. Linn., 19- 

 Synyencsia 4^-Nccessaria. Allied to Ca- 

 lendula.) 



Greenhouse, yellow-flowered evergreens from 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Cuttings of small 

 half-ripened shoots, in sand, under a bell-glass, 

 in April or May ; sandy loam and a little fibry 

 peat. Winter temp., 40 to 45. 

 0. caeru'leum (blue-flowered). 3. Blue. July. 

 1/74. 



calendula 1 'ceum (Marigold-like). 2. July. 



corymbo'sum (corymbed). 3. August. 1822. 



ilicifo'Kum (Holly-leaved). 4. July. 1816. 



Inca'nu m (hoary). 3. August. 1815. 



monili'ferum (necklace-bearing). 3. July. 



1714. 



O'STRYA. Hop-Hornbeam. (From 

 ostryos, a scale ; scaly catkins. Nat. 

 ord., Masttvorls [Corylacese]. Linn., 

 '21-Moncetia V-Polyandria. Allied to 

 the Hornbeam.) 



Hardy deciduous trees. Seeds, which, if 

 sown in the spring, the season after being 

 gathered in the autumn, and kept in a rot-heap 

 during winter, will make their appearance the 

 year following ; layers ; cuttings, and grafting 

 on the common hornbeam ; good, deep, moist 

 soil. 



0. virgi'nica (Virginian). 20. April. North 

 America. 1622. 



vulgu'ris (common). 20. May. Italy. 1724. 



