ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
GOLDEN-LEAVED HOLLIES: Aureo-marginata, aureo-picta, aureo-pumila, pen- 
dula aureo-marginata, Golden Queen, tortuosa aureo-picta and webbiana. 
SILVER-LEAVED HOLLIES: Argenteo-regina, argenteo-marginata, argenteo- 
medio-picta, ferox argenteo-marginata, handsworthiensis argentea, Ingrami, lucida, 
or Silver Queen, and pendula albo-picta. or 
GREEN-LEAVKD HOLLIES: Altaclerensis, angustifolia, balearica, crassifolia, 
donningtonensis, ferox (Hedgehog Holly), Foxii, handsworthiana, Hendersonii, 
netenep ie te, Hocipinedt (Hodgin’s Holly), laurifolia, maderensis, myrtifolia, nobilis 
and Sheperdii. 
Hlicium (Aniseed-tree)—Ord, Magnoliacez. Half-hardy ever- 
green shrubs. Flowering & orn. foliage. First introduced 1771. 
Flowers fragrant. Leaves, oblong; emitting odour of aniseed. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts sandy loam & peat. Position, 
sheltered shrubberies or against south walls, S. of England in pots in 
cold greenhouses or conservatories N. of England. Plant outdoors 
April, Sept., or Oct. Pot, Oct. Water plants in pots freely in summer, 
moderately in winter. Prune into shape April or May. Propagate by 
cuttings of firm young shoots 2 to 3 in, long, inserted in well-drained 
pots of sandy soil under bell-glass in temp. of 55° to 65°, May to Aug. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: I. floridanum, purple-red, summer, 8 ft., Florida; 
religiosum, yellowish white, summer, 4 ft., China and Japan. 
Imantophyllum.—See Clivia. 
Immortelle-flower.—See Helichrysum, Xeranthemum, Wait- 
zia, and Helipterum. 
impatiens (Balsam)—Ord. Geraniacex. Stove, greenhouse, & 
hardy annuals & perennials. 
CULTURE OF STOVE SPECIES: Compost, equal parts peat, loam, 
leaf-mould, & sand. Position, well-drained pots in light part of stove 
Sept to May, greenhouse June to Sept. Pot, Feb. or March. Water 
moderately March to Sept., occasionally afterwards. Temp., Oct. to 
March 55° to 65°; March to June 65° to 75°. Prune into shape, Feb. 
CULTURE OF BALSAM (I. Balsamina): Sow seeds } in. deep in light 
soil in temp. 65° to 75° in March or April. Transplant seedlings singly 
into 2in. pots when lin. high. Compost, equal parts loam, leaf-mould, 
& sand. Position, near glass in greenhouse, not shaded. Transfer 
from 2 in, into 5 in., & then into 6 & 8 in. pots. Apply liquid manure 
daily to plants showing flower. Water freely. Temp., March to June, 
55° to 65°. May be grown in flower garden during the summer. Plant 
June. Soil, ordinary. Position, sunny borders. 
CULTURE OF HARDY SPECIES: Sow seeds 3 in. deep in April 
where plants are to grow. Soil, ordinary. Position, sunny borders. 
Thin seedlings to 6 in. apart when 1 in. high. Propagate stove species 
by seeds sown 1-16 in, deep in light rich soil in temp. 65° in March; by 
cuttings of side shoots inserted in small pots of light sandy soil in temp. 
75° March to Aug. 
STOVE SPECIES: I. auricoma, yellow, stmmer, 2 ft., Comoro Isles; Hawkeri, 
carmine, summer, 2 ft.; Sultani, scarlet, summer, 1 ft., Zanzibar. All perennials. 
GREENHOUSE SPECIES: I. Balsamina (Balsam), rose, scarlet, and white, 
summer, 2 ft., Trop. Asia. Annual, 
HARDY SPEOIES: I. amphorata, purple, Aug., 5 ft., Himalayas; biflora (Syn. 
fulva), yellow and brown, summer, 3 ft., N. America; Roylei (Syn. glandulifera), 
purple, summer, 6 ft., Himalayas. 
Imperati’s Crocus (Crocus Imperati).—See Crocus. 
,|mperael's Snowdrop (Galanthus Imperati)—See Galan- 
thus. 
Incarvillea.—oOrd. Bignoniacew. Hardy herbaceous perennials, 
May be grown in pots in cool greenhouses, as well as outdoors. 
OUTDOOR CULTURE: Soil, light, rich, & well drained. Position, 
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