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Eucharis Amazonica. 



This beautiful warmhouse bulbous 

 plant is deserving of more extended cul- 

 • ture on both private and commercial 

 places. Not only is it of easy culture, 

 but the flowers are of great value, 

 whether the whole spike is cut or the 

 individual blooms are used for design 

 work. To grow them successfully a 

 house where a minimum temperature of 

 G5 degrees is maintained would be ideal, 

 but we have splendid specimens grown 

 in a rose house. A little bottom heat 

 is a decided advantage also in drying 

 off the plants. Two crops of flowers 

 can easily be had in a year and, with a 

 little experience of their needs, three 

 may be secured. In drying off the 

 eucharis plants they should be allowed 

 to become so dry as to cause loss of 

 foliage. We usually keep them in a 

 state of rest for about six weeks be- 

 tween the crops. This gives the plants 

 eighteen weeks of rest and thirty-four 

 for growing during the year. 



Either pot or bench culture will pro- 

 duce excellent results with eucharis. In 

 the benches the spikes are much more 

 robust, but we think they do not flower 

 so freely as in pots. A coarse compost 

 of fibrous loam, from which the finer 

 particles have been screened; old lumpy 

 cow manure, charcoal, bone meal and 

 coarse sand is suitable. Pots from ten 

 to fourteen inches in diameter are best. 

 While resting, the plants may be stood in 

 a cooler and airier house. Frequent re- 

 potting is undesirable, the plants bloom- 

 ing best when the pots are matted with 

 roots. Copious waterings and the free 

 use of liquid food is necessary during 

 the periods of growth. 



The present is a good time to do any 

 repotting. Give the plants some shade 

 from the hot sun, a heavy coating, how- 

 ever, not being needed. A small por- 

 tion of ' bench at the warm end of a 

 house with steam or hot water pipes 

 under it will produce a surprising quan- 

 tity of flower in a year. For design 

 work the flowers are unrivaled and a lit- 

 tle experience will render it compara- 

 tively easy to time a crop when it will 

 bo most valuable. Mealy bug is partial 

 to eucharis, but can be easily kept in 

 control by the use of a spraying nozzle 

 on the hose. The eucharis mite is 

 troublesome in Europe, but we have had 

 no experience with it here. 



Euphorbia Fulgent. 



This brilliant winter-blooming plant 

 is not often seen nowadays. For Christ- 

 mas decorations it should be far more 

 cultivated. The culture does not vary 

 a great deal from that of Poinsettia 

 (euphorbia) pulcherrima. The plants 

 after blooming are rested and cuttings 

 should now be plentiful if the plants 

 were started with the poinsettias. The 

 young shoots root freely in a good bot- 

 tom heat, or the mature wood may be 

 ^ utilized earlier in the season with good 

 results. The old stock, if planted in a 

 bench in a rose house temperature, will 



produce splendid branches of the bril- 

 liant, orange-scarlet flowers. These are 

 especially valuable at Christmas. 



For pot culture it is best to plant six 

 or eight rooted cuttings in 6-inch or 7- 

 inch pots. These will make effective 

 decorative plants. The best success will 

 be attained by growing the plants in a 

 moderately warm house during the sum- 

 mer. While in flower, a lower tempera- 

 ture will prolong their flowering season. 



shrubby-habited A. Williamsi, however, 

 we have a splendid florists' plant, one 

 well adapted for pot culture and, where 

 summer flowering varieties are in de- 

 mand, it should be of special value. 

 While it needs a warm house to grow it 

 to the best advantage, an ordinary green- 

 house in our usually hot summers will 

 be found all right for them. Propa- 

 gation by soft-wood cuttings, preferably 

 those rubbed off with a heel, is easy if 

 a good bottom heat is at command. 

 Potted along as required, quite nice lit- 

 tle blooming plants may be had in one 

 •season. During winter allamandas 

 should be kept drier at the root and a 

 little cooler. Usually the foliage will 

 all fall off. Pruned back, repotted and 

 placed in a warm, moist house, they 

 soon break away. A little pinching is 

 needed to keep them bushy. The flower- 

 ing season is from July to October, and 

 it would be difficult to find any more 



Eucharis Amazooica in Design Work. 



The treatment does not differ much from 

 that of the poinsettia. Careful watering 

 is at all times necessary. An oversupply 

 will speedily ruin them. The old name 

 for this plant was E. Jacquiniseflora and 

 this is still used by many growers. 



AUamanda 'Williamsi. 



The climbing allamandas, such as 

 Hendersoni, nobilis and Schottii, are 

 magnificent for training up the rafters 

 of tropical houses when planted out or 

 grown in large tubs. Their commercial 

 value is not, however, great. In the 



beautiful pot plant than A. Williamsi. 

 The flowers, which are smaller than 

 those produced on the climbing varie- 

 ties, are of better substance and possess 

 a pleasing fragrance. A compost of 

 turfy loam, dry cow manure, powdered 

 charcoal and sand grows them well. Sur- 

 face dressings of chemical fertilizers 

 can be given after flowering commences. 



Bougainvillea Sanderiana. 



Begonia sanderiana is usually seen in 

 considerable numbers at Easter in the 

 larger cities and makes an excellent 



