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THE BOOK OF GARDENING. 



FLOWERING STOVE PLANTS— conld. 



Gloxinia (contd.) — Erect-flowering' 



Beauty, purple, white edge, pro- 

 fusely spotted. Claribel, white, 

 speckled rose; large, and fine form. 

 Creole, dark violet-purple, shaded 

 maroon ; light blue margin, with darker 

 spots ; one of the best in size, form, and 

 substance. Crown Prince, delicate 

 blush, cr. blotch on segments ; throat 

 pure white. Duchess of Connaught, 

 sc.-cr., margined white ; throat spotted 

 cr. Emperor William, deep blue, 

 pure white margin; large, and good 

 substance. Gaiety, cr., white-edged ; 

 throat light, dotted.cr. Klng of the 

 Reds, bright rosy-red ; large, and good 

 form. Marchioness of Aber- 

 gavenny, white, spotted and freckled 

 purple ; large and well-formed fl. 

 Merimac, deep cr., the narrow pale 

 border freely spotted car.'; one of 

 the best. Mont Blanc, snow-white ; 

 free. Mrs. Abbey, rich car., dashed 

 white ; very large blossoms. Mrs. 

 Bause, pure white, circle of rosy-pink 

 in the throat; large and good. Mrs. 

 Neal, cr.-sc, the white border spotted 

 rose; throat stained cr. Ne Plus 

 Ultra, violet-purple, edges lighter; 

 throat well coloured. Nestor, bright 

 sc. ; fine-formed fl. Princess May, 

 pure white; good substance. Ra- 

 diance, inside of limb rich velvety- 

 car., outside pale pink; medium size. 

 Rose Queen, rose, scarlet flush ; bril- 

 liant colour and good shape. Rosy 

 Morn, rosy-sc; fine form. Unique, 

 magenta-cr., white throat. Vesuvius, 

 sc.-cr., throat lighter and spotted deep 

 cr. Violacea, deep, rich, glowing 

 violet; large and free. Virginalis, 

 white; free. 



Gordonia 



JAVANICA (Schima Noronktz), a 

 compact white-fl. shrub. 



Griffinia 



Blumenavia, fl. white in umbels, 

 streaked and pencilled with rosy-car. ; 

 bulb, hyacinthina, fl. bluish-lilac ; 

 the variety maxima has larger fl., white, 

 tipped with rich blue. 



Haemanthus 



cinnabarinus, fl. vermilion-red. 

 hirsutus, fl. pure white, in dense 

 heads, insignis, orange-sc. Kal- 



breyeri , fl. cr., in large umbels. Cape 

 bulbs. 



Heterocentron (Heeria) 



roseum, in panicles of bright rose 

 fl. ; an autumn-flowering evergreen 

 shrub. 



Hymenocallis 



macrostephana, a bulbous plant 

 allied to Pancratium, fragrant pure 

 white fl., lasting a long time. 



Imantophyllum (Clivia) 



Excellent, orange-sc, with white 

 eye. Favourite, light orange-yel. 

 fl., broad segments ; of excellent form 

 and very distinct. Lady Wolverion, 

 fl. bright orange-red, yel. centres. 

 meteor, fl. bright cr.-sc, base of 

 segments yel. - white ; excellent. 

 Model, fl. orange-sc, of good form 

 and substance. Optima, fl. bright 

 orange-sc, marked with yel. and white 

 at base ; a very superior variety. 



Liebigia (Chirita) 



speciosa, a pretty Gesneraceous 

 plant ; fl. white and purple. 



Ochna 



multiflora, fl. yel.. fragrant, suc- 

 ceeded by attractive fruit ; shrub. 



Pavonia (Gcethea) 



Makoyana, bracts cr. Wioti 

 (Gcethea multiflora), an ever- 

 green, with numerous pink and red 

 bracts. 



Portlandia 



grandiflora, fl. white, fragrant, 

 trumpet-shaped, a red tinge inside; 

 shrub. 



Ruellia 



Baikiei, fl. sc. in terminal 

 panicles ; a winter flowering sub-shrub. 

 macrantha, fl. trumpet-shaped, rosy- 

 purple, prettily veined in the throat; 

 shrub, rosea, fl. rose in terminal 

 spikes. 



Sarmienta 



REPENS, fl. sc. ; a creeping plant with 

 slender stems ; cool, moist position. 



Solandra 



grandiflora, (Peach coloured 

 Trumpet Flower), fl. large, greenish- 

 white ; requires plenty of space. 



