HOLLYHOCK 



the most important ot Howcrs. Withia recent years, too, 

 either from loss of virulenco or through preventive 

 measures, the disease haviug been somewhat controlled, 

 collections of named varieties are again being formed, 

 but, in the light of his own experience, the writer be- 



HO-MERLi. 



753 



1U73. Semi-doiible Hollyhock (X ' 



lieves that one can get the best and surest results by 

 raising plants from seed of a good strain. This may be 

 sown at any time during the early months of the year. 

 Sow in pots or puns and place in a warmhouse to assist 

 germ.iQation. Pot the plants singly as they develop, and 

 keep them growing freely but sturdily in a cool, airy tem- 

 perature, remos'ing them to the open air as summer ad- 

 vances. It' well grown, the plants should be in 0-in. 

 pots at this time. During the latter part of summer 

 they may be planted out where they are to bloom. As 

 Ftollyhocks demand liberal treatment, their permanent 

 spot should be well prepared by deep dig.ging, at the 

 same time working in a good quantity of rotted manure. 

 Plant 'S ft. apart ami firmly, and should the fall months 

 l)e dry, give water f rei]uently, tis suffering from drought 

 predisposes plants to attack of disease. The following 

 spring the plants will grow vigorously, and the only at- 

 tention, needed is co]dous watering during dry spells. 

 The flowers will appear from July onwards. The Holly- 

 hock is a hardy perennial, and if it en.ioys an imniu- 

 uity from disease, will spring up and dower each year. 

 Should disease appear, however, root the plants out and 

 destroy by fire and make the m-xt pUuitatimi on a new 

 site some distance 

 removed. Thorough 

 spraying with fun- 

 gicides may be ex- 

 pected to hold the 

 disease in check, if 

 applications are made 

 early and to the un- 

 der sides of the Ivs.; 

 but if Bordeaux mix- 

 ture is used, the 

 plants look very un- 

 tidy. Perhaps 'it is 

 better to use am- 

 moniacal carbonate 

 of copper. A dis- 

 eased leaf is shown 

 in Fig. 880. If the 

 stock keeps healthy 

 and it is desired to 

 increase speciallyflne 

 varieties, this can be 

 done easily by cut- 

 tings formed from 

 offshoots. These 

 should be taken off and potted singly in small pots in 

 sandy soil and kept close in a shaded coldframe. 



A few fine named varieties obtainable in the trade at 

 present are : Apollon, rose ; Brennus, crimson ; Ettie 

 Beale, flesh pink; Mrs. Barron, rose-pink, and very 

 beautiful ; Diadem, rich yellow ; Her Majesty, rose ; 



Double Hollyhock (X ^3 



Enchantress, yellow; Ochroleuca, light yrlh.w; Qurcn, 

 silver-rose ; Venus, white ; Psyche, hivnidrr. Figs. 

 1^45 and 24(5, vol. 1, show guwd placing of Hullyhocka. 



A. Heriungton. 

 HOLY GHOST PLANT. P<'rhteria eUifa. 



HOMALANTHUS (application obsrure). Enpjwrhi^ 

 <)rr,.p. This genus imdii.lrs a small Australian tive or 

 tall shrub cult, in 8. (.'atlf. lor ils copper-colored foil- 

 iige. It is probably sli-hily <Milt. abroad under glass 

 like Euphorbia pulclwrr'nim . 'Dir ^m'uus contains 5-8 

 species of Malayan and Au>ti-alasiaii trees or shrubs: 

 ivs. alternate, stalked, wide. curjjT, IValher-veined : ra- 

 cemes terminal: tls. applalous; disk none; calyx of 

 staminate lis. 2-parted; stamens (i-i30 ; calyx of pistillate 

 ris. 2-3-fld: ovary 2-celled. 



The genus has no near allies of garden value, and the 

 fis. are insignificant, being borne in racemes which con- 

 sist mostly of staminate fis., with a few pistillati- fis. at 

 the base. 



Leschenaultiinus. A. Jnss. [TT. jxymlifnJiji.-i, T<. (Irah. 

 i.'ai-iiinhiiinf p(>j>nli fofi lint , liviiwv. ]. Lvs. l)roadIy ovate- 

 triangular or rhomboidal, glaucous, 2-4 or even ti in. 

 long, with stalks of same length: racemes 1-4 in. long. 

 India, Malaya, Australia. B.M. 2780. 



HOMALOMfiNA (Greek, equal filumen(s). Ardceo'. 

 Also written Romalonemn. This genus includes some 

 tendfr foliage plants, variegated after the fashion of 

 thiMvell-knowu Dieffenbachias, and the rarer Aglaonenia 

 and Sidiisraatoglottis. It is probable that the plants sel- 

 dom produce fiowers or fruit in (.-ultivation. They are 

 known to the trade as Curnu'ria, which is now regarded 

 as a section of Homalomena in which the spathe has a 

 distinct tube and the Ivs. are either glabrous or jiilose, 

 while in the section Euhomalomena the spathy has an 

 indistinct tube, and the lvs. are always glaltrous. 



The genus has about 15 species, natives fd' tropical 

 Asia and America: robust herlis, with a thick rhizome: 

 stem short or none; lvs. ovate- or triangular-cordate, or 

 lanceolate, nerves reaching the margin, petiole mostly 

 long and sheathing. Important generic characters are: 

 stamens distinct : fr. included within the ])ersistent 

 spathe : ovules anatropous, adnate to the sejita. For 

 culture, see Dieffenhachia . fjatest lyionograph by Eng- 

 Icr inDC.Mon.Phan. 2:332(1879). The species described 

 below belong to the subgenus C'urmeria, with 3 other 

 species, and all are Aujerican; the other 10 species arc- 

 Asian . 



Pitcher and Manda advertised in l,Sit5 Cnrineria Lro- 

 pohlii, a rare and costly plant, of which the writer finds 

 no further information. 



A. Lv^. irrcijuJarhj hJofc}ir>l. 



Wallisii, Hegel (Curmh-ia WdUusil, IMast.). Lvs. 

 glaltrous throughout, the base obtuse or acute, not 

 notched; petiole IK in. long; blade 5 in. long, 2-2S 

 in. wide. Colombia. tl.C. II. 7:108. B.M. 0571 (midrib 

 outlined in light color ). I. H. 25:303. R.H.1878,p. 193.- 

 The blotches are pale yellowish green, becoming green- 

 ish gi'ay. Xone of tht- pictures show a white-bordered 

 leaf with golden Ijlotclies. as one dealer aJ\'ertises. 



AA. Lvs. ivitJi midrib bordered ivitli white. 



pictur^ta, Kegel {Curmeria pirfurdfa, Linden & An- 

 dre). Lvs. with petiole and midrit) pilose: petiole 4 in. 

 long: blade 10-12 in. long, 8 in. wide. (_'olombia. l.H. 

 20:121. — Blotched only near the midril). '^-_ jj^ 



HOMERIA (application uncertain). Iridnr,',r. This 

 includes a half-hardy bulb, which can be set out in 

 spring, and bears orange-colored fis. in summer. It is 

 allied to Sparaxis, requires the same culture, and the 

 bulbs, which are dormant from Aug. to Nov., are pro- 

 curable from Dutch dealers. A genus of species, all 

 from the Cape of Good Hope. It belongs to the Morsea 

 tribe, in which the fis. are stalked and more than one to 

 a spathe, and the style branches placed opposite the 

 stamens. It differs from Iris and Mor;>^a in having style 

 branches furnished with terminal stigmas not overtop- 

 ping the anthers. Nearer allies of garden value are 

 Tigridia, Herbertia and P>rraria. fr^nn all of which 



