Book II. 



HOT-HOUSE, OR BARK-STOVE PLANTS. 



922 



6668. 



Sect. V. Herbaceous Dry-stove Plants. 

 HERBACEOUS DRY-STOVE PLANTS. 



MARCH TO MAY. 



Canarina campanula 

 Bletia tankervilliae, p. 

 Neottia elata 



Pteris grandifolia 



JUNE. 



Arum divaricatum, p. 



Commelina tuberosa 



hengalensis 



Marica martinicensis 



northiana 

 Phytolacca octandra 

 Polvpodium asplenifol. 

 Pothos cannatrfoha 



Adiantum reniforme, p. 

 trapeziforme 



Arum bicolor, p. 



colocasia 

 Begonia nitida 

 Besleria melittifolia 

 Galea lobata 

 Callisia repens 

 Monsonia speciosa 

 Geranium incamatum 



Alstrcemeria pelegrina 

 Witsenia maura, p. 

 Arum esculentum, p. 

 Asplenium praemorsum 



striatum 

 Begonia dichotoma 



evansiana 



macrophylla 

 Dianella ensifoha 

 Gloriosa superba 

 Gloxinia maculata 



speciosa 



SEPT. TO OCT. 



Arum auritum, p. 



orixense 



sagittifolium 

 Begonia acuminata 

 Cyrilla pulchella 

 Leea crispa 



macrophylla 



Chap. XIV. 

 Hot-house, or Bark-stove Plants. 

 6669. Bark-stove plants are such as require the highest degree of heat, which has ge- 

 nerally been given by the aid of a bed of bark or other fermenting substance, in which 

 the pots containing the plants are plunged. Sometimes, as before observed (6184.), steam 

 or flues are applied under a vault covered with earth or sand as a substitute for bark ; and 

 more recently the pots have not been plunged in any material nor bottom heat applied, 

 but a greater atmospherical heat communicated, and the atmosphere about the pots kept 

 moist by watering, &c. We shall arrange the most ornamental species which flower freely 

 under woody, climbing, bulbous, perennial, annual, aquatic, reedy plants ; and add some 

 remarks on palms, air plants, and ferns, which, though they seldom flower in this coun- 

 try, or for the greater part have flowers of little show, yet are grand or interesting speci- 

 tnens of vegetable beings. 



Sect. I. Woody Bark-stove Plants. 



670. 



WOODY BARK-STOVE PLANTS. 



Brucea ferruginea, p. 

 Cassia bicapsularis, p. 

 Cordia gerascanthus 



Elate'sylvestris 

 Erythrina camea 



crista galli 



rosea 

 Eugenia jam bos, p. 



uniflora 

 Euphorbia punicea 

 Hillia longifloYa 

 Myrtus biflora, p. 



Cassia alata, p. 

 Chrysophyllum cainito 

 fuscum 



Eugenia fragrans, p. 

 Myrtus disticha 



dumosa 



pimenta 



longifolia 



: Soptiora tomentosa, p. 



SEPTEMBER. 



Adenanthera pavonia.p. ^schynomene grand, p 

 .iEschynomene sensitiva Amerimnum ebenus 

 AUamanda cathartics ; Asclepias gigantea 



Ki. 



Amyris salvatica 

 | Asclepias curassavica 



parviflora 

 Bauhinia divaricate, p. 



porrecta 

 Bignonia leucoxylon, p. 

 Brunsfelsia americana 

 Carolinea minor, p. 

 Gardenia aculeate 

 Gossypium vitifolium, p. Gardenia dumetorum 

 Hedysarum pictum, p. Gossypium arboreum, p. 

 Helicteres isora Guai'cum officinale 

 Heliccarpus americana Hedysarum gyrans, p. 



: Ixora purpurea , Ixora blar.da " 



I coccinea 



Bauhinia acuminata, p. 

 Bignonia Iongissima, p. 



paniculate 



pentaphylla 

 Brownea coccinea 

 Brunfelsia undulate 

 Bucida buceras 

 Cassia occidentalis 



Cameraria angustifolia 

 Carissa spinarum 

 Cassia biflora, p. 

 Cerbera manghas 

 Cinchona caribea, p. 

 Clusia flava 

 Croton aromaticum, p. 

 Desmanthus rirgatus 

 Ephielis guinensis, p. 

 Erythrina speciosa 

 Fagara pterota 

 HamelliaTentricosa, p. 

 Hedysarum strobilifer. 

 Helicteris baruensis 

 Ixora alba 

 pavette 



6671. Propagation. All the known modes are occasionally adopted, but those by seeds 

 and cuttings are the most general. Few stove plants ripen their seeds in this country, 

 and such as are obtained are therefore generally procured from abroad. 



6672. Tropical seeds in general, Cushing observes, are very liable to lose their powers of vegetation 

 by reason of the transition from warm to cold climates, combined with the length of time which com- 

 monly intervenes between their gathering and arrival with us, especially if they have been exposed to 

 damps ; on that account they should be sown as soon as they arrive, at least a part of each parcel. Much 

 depends on the state of the seeds when received. East and West India seeds generally arrive with the 

 regular fleets, as indeed do those from the Cape of Good Hope, and all the South Sea islands, for the 

 most part by the Eastern and China ships ; so that one may in general be prepared against their arrival. 

 As early spring is undoubtedly the best time for sowing, a few weeks' delay may in some instances be ad- 

 visable. If received late in October or November, wait until January, or perhaps February, unless it 

 evidently appears that they will not keep out of the earth so long a time in a vegetative state ; such as can 

 be sown before August have a good chance to acquire sufficient strength of growth to carry them through 

 the winter months, so adverse to the general efforts of young vegetable life. 



6673. The pots being well drained should be filled with the compost suitable to the species of plant of 

 which the seed intended to be sown has been produced (see the table) ; let it be pressed down to about a 

 third or half an inch below the edge of the rim, according to the size of the seeds ; if they are small or 

 light sorts, it will be necessary to press it pretty tight, and to add a little of the very tine-sifted mould on 

 which to deposit the seed, previously smoothing it with a bit of thin flat wood, bent so as to lie on it level. 

 Being thus prepared, let the seed be sown regularly on the surface, and cover it from about an eighth to a 

 quarter of an inch, according to the size of the seed as before, with the same sort of fine mould. But if 

 the seed is of the largest sorts, as, for instance, the nut or stone kind, no more is necessarv than to press 

 them into the earth with the finger, and to cover somewhat thicker than is recommended'for the others. 

 In either case, the covering should be pressed moderately on the seed with the hand; which is indeed a 

 most necessarv caution in sowing seeds of any description whatever. In order to ensure the vegetation 



