STOVE FLOWERING PLANTS. 



suited for them is a mixtiire of turfy loam, fibry peat, sharp 

 sand, and charcoal. The pots should be well drained, and the 

 soil pressed firm about the roots. 



EUCHARIS. 



The lovely and sweet-scented EiiclLark aijiciKoitica is, when 

 well flowered, an invaluable plant for exhibition, as well as of 

 great service for decorative purposes. The genus is a small 

 one, and none of the species are equal to Amazonica for exhibi- 

 tion. They are natives of New Grenada, and require a moist 

 stove temperature to bring them to perfection. 



To form large specimens for exhibition, select the finest 

 bulbs, wash them clean to see that they ai'e perfectly sound, 

 sprinkle them with silver sand, then plant them rather 

 deeply in pots of a suitable size, placing the bulbs about three 

 inches apart, and using a compost of rich fibrous loam well 

 sprinkled with bone-meal and small bits of charcoal. The 

 pots must be well drained, as the plants require abunda,nce of 

 water at the roots and copious syringing daily to grow them 

 well. The leaves, after potting, should be supported by a few 

 neat stakes till the roots get hold of the soil and are able to 

 support the foliage. A stock of good plants being secured, they 

 can be brought into flower at almost any season by judicious 

 management. To bring them into flower at a given time, 

 they should be encouraged to make a vigorous growth pre- 

 viously, which should be thoroughly matured by keeping them 

 di'y and comparatively cool and well aired for about six weeks. 

 They should be taken back to the stove about seven weeks 

 before the show, and treated in the ordinary manner, with 

 plenty of moisture in the air. After the pots are full of roots, 

 the application of clear liquid manure twice a week is very 

 beneficial. Should the flowers come too early for the show, 

 the plants can be removed just as the flowers begin to open 

 to a cooler house, and kept shaded for a week or two till they 

 are wanted. Each flower stem must be securely staked, and 

 the flowers carefully protected in the usual way, for safety in 

 transit to the exhibition. 



