ENCYCLOPHDIA OF GARDENING. 
light & sunshine. Plant, March. Water freely in summer, moderately 
other times. No syringing required. Protect in severe weather. 
CULTURE IN CASES IN ROOMS: Compost as above. Position, 
shady window, not exposed to sun. Plant, March. Top-dress with 
fresh compost annually in March. Water freely April to Sept., mode- 
rately afterwards. Ventilate case few minutes daily. Propagate by 
spores sown on surface of sandy peat in shallow pan covered with bell- 
8: ass in temp. 65° to 75° at any time; by division of plant at potting 
ime, 
STOVE SPECIES: H. caudiculatum, Chili; chiloensis, dwarf, Chili and Chiloe; 
dichotomum, Chili; dilatatum fosterianum, Brazil. 
GREENHOUSE SPECIES: H. demissum, New Zealand, Malaya; flabellatum, 
Australia; javanicum, Java; pulcherrimum, New Zealand. 
HARDY SPECIES: H. tunbridgense, Britain; tunbridgense Wilsoni, Norway, 
etc.; unilaterale, Britain. 
Hyophorbe.—oOrd. Palmacez. Stove palm. Orn. foliage. 
First introduced 1866. Leaves, feather-shaped, deep green. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts peat, loam, leaf-mould, & sand. 
Position, shady, moist. ‘ot, Feb. or March. Water abundantly 
March to Oct., moderately afterwards. Temp., March to Sept. 70° to 
85°; Sept. to March 60° to 65°. Propagate by seeds sown 1 in. deep in 
pots of light soil in temp. 85° in March. 
SPEOIES CULTIVATED: H. Verschaffeltii, 5 to 10 ft., Mascarene Islands. 
Hypericum (Aaron’s Beard; Rose of Sharon; St, John’s-wort ; 
Tutsan).—Ord. Hypericines. Hardy & half-hardy shrubs & herbaceous 
perennials, Evergreen & deciduous. 
CULTURE OF SHRUBBY SPECIES: Soil, ordinary. Position (H. 
calycinum) on banks & under shade of trees; others in sunny borders. 
Plant, Oct., Nov., Feb., March. Prune deciduous species into shape 
Feb. ; evergreens in April. 
_CULTURE OF PERENNIAL SPECIES: Soil, ordinary, sandy. Posi- 
tion, sunny borders or rockeries. Plant, Oct. or April. Cut down 
stems in Oct. Top-dress with decayed manure in April. Propagate 
by seeds sown 1-16 in. deep in sandy soil in sunny position outdoors in 
March; shrubby species by cuttings of firm shoots 3 in. long inserted in 
sandy soil outdoors, Aug. or Sept.; perennials by division of roots in 
April or Oct. 
SHRUBBY SPECIES: H. egyptiacum, yellow, summer, 6 to 18 in., Levant; 
Androsemum (Sweet Amber or Tutsan), yellow, summer, 2 ft., Europe; Ascyron, 
yellow, summer, 3 ft., Siberia; calycinum (St. John’s Wort, or Rose of Sharon), 
yellow, summer, 1 ft., Orient and Britain; Coris, yellow, summer, 6 to 18 in., 
S. Europe; elatum, yellow, July, 5 ft., N. America; empetrifolium, yellow, summer, 
6 to 12 in., Greece; hircinum (Goat-scented St. John’s Wort), yellow, summer, 4 ft., 
Europe; hookerianum, yellow, summer, 2 ft., Nepaul; moserianum, yellow, summer, 
18 to 30 in., hybrid; moserianum tricolor, leaves white and rosy carmine; patulum, 
yellow, summer, 6 ft., Japan; uralum, yellow, summer, 2 ft., Nepaul. 
PERENNIAL SPECIES: H. elodes, yellow, creeping, Britain; nummularium, 
yellow, summer, 3 to 6 in., Pyrenees; orientale, yellow, summer, 6 to 12 in, 
Levant, 
Hypolepis.—oOrd. Filices. Stove & greenhouse ferns. Ever- 
green. First introduced 1824. Fronds, feather-shaped. 
CULTURE OF STOVE SPECIES: Compost, equal parts loam, leaf- 
mould, & sand. Position, well-drained pots or hanging baskets in 
shady part of stove. Pot, March. Water freely March to Sept., mode- 
rately afterwards. Syringing undesirable. Temp., March to Sept. 65° 
to 75°; Sept. to March 55° to 65°. 
CULTURE OF GREENHOUSE SPECIES: ae ae as above. Posi- 
tion, well-drained pans or beds in shade. Pot, March. Water freely 
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