HOT -HOUSE OR STOVE PLANTS. 



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Soya. — lliese are handaome twining or creeping 

 plants, belonging to the Swallow-wort family, Ascle- 

 piadacece, popularly known as Wax-flowers, from tlieir 

 thick wax-like hlossoma, which are disposed in large 

 umbels. Pot in peat and loam, adding a few nodules 

 of charcoal, drain 

 well, and allow (/- 

 them to have the 

 full benefit of sun 

 and light. Stove. 



H. australis — an elegant 

 climbing species, witli 

 orbicular leaves, and large 

 simple umbels of was3^- 

 white flowers, suflhised 

 with pink in tlie centre. 

 Latesummer and autumn. 

 Queensland, &c. 



H. bella— this is not a climb- 

 er, but forms a beautiful 

 pendent bush, and should 

 be grown inahanging bas- 

 ket J leaves small, flowers 

 in axillary umbels ; waxy- 

 white, centre crimson. 

 Summer. East Indies. 



H, carnosa — the most popu- 

 lar of all the Wax-flowers ; 

 leaves deep green, fleshy ; 

 umbels many - flowered . 

 These are very waxy in ap- 

 pearance, creamy - white 

 suffused with piiik. This 

 climbing species may be 

 grown in a green-house. 

 Summer months. China. 



H.coriacea— strong climber, 

 umbels large ; flowers 

 yellowish-buft, the centre 

 crimsoo. Summer. Java. 



H. coronaria — a robust 

 climber; producing um- 

 bels of very large flowers, 

 which are pale yellow, the 

 centre marked with liue 



■ bright red dots. Late sum- 

 mer and autumn. Java. 



H. Cumingiana — a slender 

 climber with closely-set 

 leaves, umbels pendent ; 

 the flowers tawny-yellow, 

 brownish - purple in the 

 centre. Spring and sum- 

 mer. Borneo, &c. 



H. imperialis— a very robust 

 (tlimber, and the largest- 

 flowered species yet intro- 

 duced : flowers waxy, 

 reddish-brown. Summer 

 months. Borneo. 



H. ovalifolia — a climber ; 

 flowers large, yellow with 

 a red centre. Summer 

 months. East Indies. 



H, Paxtonii — an elegant 

 pendent basket plant.with 

 umbels of pure white wax- 

 like flowers with a pink 

 centre. Summermonths. 



Hypoestes. — The following are all that are 

 worth growing of this genus ; they belong to the 

 Acanthads, the name coming from hj/po, "under," 

 and estes, " covered." The fact of the bracts hiding 

 the calyx probably suggested the name. The genus 

 is closely allied to Urcmthemvm and Justieia. Inter- 

 mediate House. 



HOTA IJIPBKIALIS. 



S. aristata. — A showy and much-branched shrub, 

 some two or three feet high ; leaves ovate-acute, and 

 dark green; flowers in clusters from the axils of 

 the leaves, and on the points of the lateral branches, 

 rosy -purple, striped and spotted with purple and 

 ■white. Winter months. 

 Algoa Bay, South Africa. 

 H. sangwinoUnta. — The 

 leaves are highly orna- 

 mental, three to four 

 inches long, about an 

 inch and a half broad, 

 deep green, the primary 

 veins broadly banded 

 with purplish - crimson ; 

 flowers on terminal 

 spikes, rosy-purple and 

 white. Winter months. 

 Madagascar. 



Impatiens. — A very 

 large genus, containing 

 nearly all the plants be- 

 longing to the order 

 Geraniaceas, I. Bakam- 

 ina, the common garden 

 Balsam, is a familiar 

 example ; these plants 

 are remarkable for the 

 force with which the 

 valves of the seed-pods 

 separate and throw the 

 seeds to a great distance, 

 and to which the only 

 English species owes its 

 name, I. noli-me-tangere, 

 or " touoh-me-not." 



Impatiens are all soft- 

 wooded, free in growth 

 and abundant bloomers ; 

 they require to be fre- 

 quently stopped to make 

 bushy plants, and cut- 

 tings should be struck 

 from time to time iu 

 order to maintain plants 

 of a suitable size, when 

 it becomes necessary to 

 discard the old ones. Pot 

 in a mixture of loam, leaf-mould, and rotten manure, 

 drain well and water freely. Intermediate House. 



I. flaccida- a free-growing 

 compact plant, bearing a 

 profusion of its laxge flat 

 purple flowers, nearly all 

 the year round; in the 

 var. alba the flowers are 

 pure white. Ceylon. 



I. Hookeriana — a robust 

 shrub, with pale green 

 leaves and large white 

 flowers, streaked with 

 crimson. Winter months. 

 Ceylon. 



I. Jerdonise— stems short. 



