JErua 



( 20 ) 



JEsculus 



water pipes. Sponge the leaves frequently to re- 

 move dirt and insects. If plants become leggy they 

 may have the lower portion cut away, provided 

 there are sufficient roots left to anchor the plant in 

 the crocks and sphagnum. Kepotting and the 

 reduction of the stem should only take place when 

 growth is commencing. Be always careful not to 

 break off the points of the roots. 



Vandarum, found at a considerable elevation in 

 North India, grows best if wired to a block of Birch- 

 wood, with a little sphagnum about its roots, and 

 suspended at the warmer end of the cool Orchid 

 house. It has slender growths and small foliage. 



Principal Species and Varieties : 



crassifolium, 2', My., Je., Lawrencea? samleriauum, 



amethyst pur. 



crispum, 4', Je., Jy., wh., 

 ro. There are two 

 pretty vars. of this 

 species i.e. lindley- 

 anum and Warneri. 



Fieldingii, 3', My. to Jy., 

 wh., br., ro. (me fig.). 



Lawrences, 3', Sep., grn. 

 to yel., pur. 



3', yel,, pur. 

 multiflorum Lobbii, U', 



Jy., wh., rich pur. 

 odoratum, 2', Jy., wh., 



lil. 

 quinquevulnerum, 3', Jy., 



pk. 

 suavissimum, 2', Jy. to 



Sep., wh., lil. 



AEKIDES FIEJ.DINGLI. 



Other Species and Varieties : 

 expansum Leona;, 2', Je., mitratum, IV, Jy., wh., 



pur. 

 multiflorum, U', Jy.,wh., 



pur. 

 ortgiesiauum, 3', Jy., red, 



wh., grn. 

 Reichenbachii, 3', Je., 



wh., pur. spotted. 

 Roebelenii, 2. 1 ,', Jy., wh., 



Jy., wh. , pur. 

 falcatum, 3 , Je., wh., ro. 

 houtletianum, 2', My., 



Je., buff, magenta, 

 illustre, 2', Je., wh., lil., 



pur. 

 japonicum, G', Je., Jy., 



gin., wh., pur. 

 lepidum, 2', Jy., wh., pur. 

 maculosum, 2', Je., pur. 



spotted. 



JERVA. 



This genus (ord. Amarantacea?) comprises many 

 species, two of which are herbaceous perennials re- 



grn., yel. 

 Vandarum, 1', Sep., wh. 

 virens, 2', Aug., wh.,pur. 



quiring the temperature of a stove. Propagation by 

 division. Soil, any fertile compost. 



Principal Species : 

 javanica, 2', Je., wh. 

 lanata, 1', Je., wh. (xyn. Celosia lanata). 



jESCHYNANTHUS. 



Description. Brilliantly beautiful plants (ord. 

 Gesneracea>) that should have a place in every 

 stove. Plants may be successfully grown upon old 

 tree stumps with moss, or in teak wood baskets 

 after the style of those employed for Orchids. 



Propagation is carried out by means of half- 

 ripened growths inserted in sandy soil beneath a 

 bell-glass ; a little bottom heat is advantageous. 



Soil. A suitable compost consists of fibrous loam, 

 coarse sand, and a small quantity of leaf mould or 

 flaky manure. Being epiphytic, perfect drainage is 

 an absolute essential. Chopped sphagnum is an 

 excellent addition to the compost when the plants 

 are grown in suspended baskets. 



Principal Species : 



utrosanguiuea, 1', Jy., 



dark red. 

 hracteata, If.', Aug., sc., 



yel. (xijn. Peelii). 

 fulgeus, 1', Je., sc., yel. 

 grandiflora, o', Aug., sc. 

 Hildebraudii, 9", Jy., sc. 

 lobbiaua, 1', Je., sc. 



Other Species : 

 Candida, 1', Jy , wh., red. 

 ehiiiensis, 1', Jy., sc. 

 discolor, 1', Jy., grn., sc. 

 Horserieldii, iy, Aug., 



sc. 



javanica, 1', Jy., sc., yel. 

 Lamponga, 1', Jy., sc. 



(si/n. Boschiauus). 

 Liudenii, 1', Jy., red. 

 longiflora, 2', Je., sc. (si/n. 



Lysiouotus lougiflora). 

 maculata, 3', Aug., sc. 

 marmorata, 1', Jy., grn., 



br., red. 



Paxtonii, 2', Ap., sc. 

 purpuruscens, 1', Mch., 



pur., yel. 

 splenclida, 1', Jy., vio., 



so., or. 

 tricolor, 1', Jy., red, yel., 



blk. 



rniniata, 1J', Je., sc. (</. 



Trichosporumradicaus). 



ptilchella, 2', Jy., so., yel. 



pulohra, 1', Jy., sc. (st/n. 



Trichosporum pul- 



chrum). 



radicans, 1;',', Aug., red. 

 ramosissima, 3', Je., sc. 



(/;/. parasitica). 

 repeus, 9", Je., sc. 

 Koxburghii, 2', Jy., sc. 

 speciosa, 2', Je., or. red. 



(HI/H . Aucklandii). 

 xcbriua (*<< marmorata). 



^ESCHYNOMENE. 



This genus . (ord. Leguminosa') comprises 

 annuals and shrubby perennials, almost all of 

 which require stove culture. Propagation, of 

 annuals by seeds, and perennials by cuttings under 

 a bell-glass, in sandy soil, in a high temperature ; 

 soil, sound loam. 



Principal Species : 

 americana, 2', Jy., aim., 



yel. 



Other Species : 

 crepitaus, 3', Jy., shr.,' 



yel. 

 hispidn, 2', Aug., 



aspera, 



yel. 



Je., per., 



yel. 

 indica, 2', Je., yel. 



hdy., 



pumila, 24', Jy., yel. 

 subviscosii, 11', Jy., yel. 

 seusitiva, 3', Jy., shr., 



wh. 

 viscidula, 2', Jy., grh. , 



yel. (syti. prostrata). 



pendula, 2i', Jy., shr., 

 yel. 



^ESCULUS. 



Well known large and handsome deciduous trees 

 (ord. Sapindaceae), that are valuable as single 

 specimens, and for the formation of clumps and 



in (see Angnecum). 



