STOVE FOLIAGE PLANTS. 



SECTION II. 

 STOVE FOLIAGE PLANTS. 



ACALYPHA. 



A beautiful and easily grown genus of foliage plants, which 

 form fine specimens for exhibition when carefully pinched and 

 regulated in their growth. Among the best for this purpose 

 are A. macropliylla and A. musaica. A compost of peat and 

 loam in equal parts and a small portion of silver sand grows 

 them well. They thrive best in a moist stove, where they 

 should be kept near the glass, to obtain plenty of light to 

 fully bring out the beautiful colours and markings of the 

 leaves. 



ALOCASIA. 



This is a highly attractive family of plants, with bold, mas- 

 sive foliage, often curiously shaped, and beautifully marked 

 and coloured. They make grand exhibition specimens when 

 well grown, and are very effective plants in any collection. 

 Some of the best are A. macrorhiaa variegata, A. metalUca, 

 A. Thibautiana, and A. Veitchii. To grow them with the 

 greatest success, they require a high temperature, moist 

 atmosphere, and abundance of water at the root while grow- 

 ing. The pots should be about half-filled with drainage, and 

 the compost be of rich, light turfy loam, peat, and chopped 

 sphagnum, freely sprinkled with nodules of charcoal and sand- 

 stone. Clear liquid manure is very beneficial when the roots 

 have fully occupied the soil. 



ANTHUKIUM. 



The large, handsome, and distinctly marked leaves of some 

 of the Anthuriums are very conspicuous and telling objects in 

 a collection of foliage plants, especially when grown and exhi- 

 bited without a blemish. A. magnificum, A. Veitcldi, and 



