110 STOVE PLANTS. 



in a compost consisting of a mixture of loam and peat in 

 equal proportions, with the addition of some silver sand, 

 and a little well-decomposed manure ; and should be grown 

 in a moist stove or frame with bottom heat where practicable, 

 but if the latter is not to be had, a little extra atmospheric 

 heat at the time the growth is being made is found to be 

 a good substitute. When the growth is completed they may 

 be kept cooler, being replaced in the warmer atmosphere 

 when they are wanted to open their flowers. After blooming 

 they should be pruned, potted in the soil recommended 

 above, and started iato growth again for another season's 

 flowering. Cuttings of the half-ripened wood root freely ; 

 they should be inserted in sand and covered with a bell-glass 

 until rooted, which is greatly faciHtated by the pots being 

 plunged in gentle bottom heat. 



G. citriodora. — A very fragrant species, producing quan- 

 tities of its single white flowers, about the size of Orange 

 blossoms, from the axils of the leaves. It makes a compact 

 spreading plant about two feet in height, with opposite, 

 somewhat coriaceous, elliptical-lanceolate dark green leaves. 

 It is a very desirable winter-flowering species. Native of 

 Natal. 



G. florida intermedia. — The plant grown under this name 

 is one of the most useful stove flowering plants grown. The 

 leaves of this variety are opposite, sometimes verticillate, 

 somewhat eUiptical, pointed at both ends, double, and of a 

 bright glossy green colour. The flowers are solitary, pure 

 white, and about the size of those of a large double Balsam, 

 deliciously sweet, and, as before remarked, well adapted for 

 cutting for bouquets. When growing the plant should be 

 treated to a high moist heat, but afterwards they will stand 

 well in a cool house. Native of China. The pulp of the 

 fruit of this species is used in China for dyemg yellow. 



