FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 
obtained; a kind of Jute is prepared from H. cannabinus, and this species, 
as well as others, is used as a pot-herb. Chinese ladies dye their hair by 
rubbing it with the bruised flowers of H. rosa-sinensis, and in Java 
these flowers are used for blacking shoes! 
Hibiscus coccineus (scarlet). A greenhouse perennial, 
from 4 to 8 feet high; the long-stalked leaves of five lance¬ 
shaped, toothed lobes. Flowers brilliant scarlet; July and August. 
H. rosa-sinensis (China Rose). Stem tree-like, 10 to 20 feet. 
Leaves oval, smooth, coarsely toothed towards smaller end; persistent. 
Flowers large, 4 inches or more in diameter; variable in colour,—white, 
yellow, brilliant red, purple or variegated,—single, or more or less double. 
Summer. A warm greenhouse perennial requiring heat for its successful 
treatment. There are several varieties in cultivation; among them— 
Brilliantissimum, with spreading crin 
Calleri, y 
rsof a buff yellow deep¬ 
ening to red at the centre. 
Cooperi, with scarlet flowers and variegated 
leaves of greens, crimsons, and white. 
Fulgidus, flowers carmine with deeper 
centre, 5 inches across. 
Zebrinus, double, the principal 
streaked with scarlet. 
H. ROSEUS (rosy). Stem herbaceous, about 3 feet high; leaves oval- 
lance-shaped, lower ones heart-shaped at base, cottony beneath. Flowers, 
4 inches diameter, rose-coloured; August to October; hardy perennial. 
Plate 48. The var.— 
MUitaris has stems from 2 to 4 feet high ; I three-lobed, toothed, downy beneath; 
heart-shaped leaves, tending to be | flowers rosy ; June to August. 
H. SCHIZOPETALUS (cut-petaled). Flowers drooping, bright orange; 
edges of petals deeply cut; style projecting far beyond mouth of flower. 
A hothouse perennial; native of Zanzibar (introduced 1881). 
H. SPLENDENS (shining). Stems, 12 to 20 feet high, shrubby and 
cottony, branches prickly. Leaves very large, heart-shaped, or with 
three or five lance-shaped lobes. Flowers very large, rosy; May. Native 
of Australia (introduced 1828). Greenhouse shrub. 
H. syriacus (Syrian). Stems, 6 feet. Leaves wedge-shaped, three- 
lobed, toothed. Flowers large, single or double, and varying in colour 
from white to red and purple, appearing in August and September. It 
is a hardy deciduous shrub, with many varieties catalogued by the 
nurserymen, and more highly esteemed than the type. Often known in 
gardens as Althaea frutex. 
H. trionum (ploughing oxen). Bladder Ketmia. Stems hairy, 2 
feet high, with linear-lobed, heart-shaped leaves, and purple-centred 
