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grown, their place having been taken by the even more beautiful hybrids, 

 of which there is now an enormous number. Any trade grower will 

 supply a large or small selection of these, which will be sure to give 

 satisfaction. 



coitivation Acliimenes require the temperature of a warm house, 



and a light compost consisting of loam, peat, leaf-mould, 

 and sand. They may be started along with the Gloxinias. They are 

 very prolific in the production of scaly tubercles, consequently they must 

 be shaken out and repotted annually. About a dozen in a five-inch pot 

 will be found quite thick enough. They should be placed on a shelf 

 near the roof glass, and when the stems are long enough they should 

 be staked. They are also excellent plants for hanging baskets. A. 

 tuhiflora requires the same soil as Gesneras. When the flowers begin 

 to expand, the plants should be removed from the stove to the green- 

 house. When the flowering is over, gradually withhold water, and allow 

 the plants to rest. They may be kept through the winter by storing 

 the pots under the stage, or on an out-of-the-way shelf in an ordinary 

 greenhouse. 



^SCHYNANTHUS 



Natural Order Gesneracej^. Genus jEschynanthus 



.'EscHYNANTHUS (Greek, aischime, shame, and anthos, flower). A genus 

 of stove plants, which grow upon the trunks of trees {epiphytes) in 

 Tropical Regions, chiefly of Asia. They have climbing or pendent stems 

 opposite, fleshy leaves, and handsome, fragrant, tubular flowers of some 

 brdhant shade of red. The calyx is tubular, with the margin equally 



ve-cleft, corolla with curved tube dilated j 



throat, and ending 



.. ..xO(iual lips, the upper two-lobed, the lower three-lobed There 



are tour stamens, two long and two short, and the ovary is encircled 

 by a fleshy glandular ring. 



Principal Species ^SCHYNANTHUS JAVANicus (Javan). Stems climbhig. 



^. . . ,^^'^7'" •'^"^^"' o^'il' ^^'ith sunk veins, and slightly toothed. 



^Im^ers bright red, stained with yellow in throat, corolla downy: June 

 Introduced from Java, 1848. 



^.LOBBiANus(Lobb's). Stems somewhat climbhic-. Leaves elliptic 

 glaucous, sometimes slightly toothed. Flowers rich scarlet corolla 

 isls"^^' ^^^^^ b^ll-«^^apecl, dark purple; June. Tnti.xluced frmn ^1 



M. LONGIFLORUS (loiig-flowered). Stems pen<hilous. Leaves broad- 



