STOVE FLOWERING PLANTS. 



SECTION I. 

 STOVE FLOWERING PLANTS. 



ACHDIENES. 



This is a beautiful genus of soft-wooded, tuberous-rooted 

 stove plants, cbiefly from the tropical parts of America, which, 

 from their floriferous nature, make excellent specimens, under 

 good treatment, for exhibition. Among the numerous varieties 

 in cviltivation, the following are vigorous and free-flowering, 

 and may be chosen for exhibition : — Carminata splendens, Lon- 

 giflora aJlia, L. major, Rosea magnifica, Purpurea elegans, and 

 Williamsii. 



The tubercles should be started in a strong heat in a light 

 compost of fine leaf-mould and sand. When the shoots are 

 about an inch long, the plants should be carefully transplanted 

 into pans 12 inches in diameter, placing the plants 2 inches 

 apart, in a mixture of fibry loam and peat, with a third of 

 silver sand and well-dried and broken-down cow-manure, all 

 thoroughly incorporated together. A moist and genial tem- 

 perature encourages vigorovis growth, and a judicious use of 

 weak liquid manure, after the pan is full of roots, induces 

 abundance of fine large flowers. As the shoots grow, they 

 must be carefully staked and trained as near as possible in 

 the shape of a half globe. When the flower-buds begin to 

 appear, the plants should be removed to the warm end of a 

 greenhouse, and be gradually exposed to air and light as they 

 expand. 



In preparing them for exhibition, the horizontal side shoots 

 may be untied and carefully drawn towards the centre, and 

 wrapped in cotton-wool and tissue-paper to carry them safe to 

 the show. They must be again neatly arranged and tied-out, 

 taking care to have the plant well balanced, and every flower 

 fully exposed ; all stakes and ties being well hidden by the 

 foliage. 



