LIST OF STOVE PLANTS. 



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Achimenes. See p. 400. 



JEchmea. — Compact - growing plants related to the 

 Pine-Apple. Loam or peat. Suckers. Jfi. fulgens pro- 

 duces handsome spikes of scarlet and black flowers in 

 July or August. jE. Maries Hegince is a larger grower, 

 with very handsome rosy bracts in April and May. jE. 

 Lalindei, crimson bracts, forming a fine plant. jE. Lindeni, 

 yellow flowers with red bracts. JS. Veitchii, scarlet flowers 

 and bracts. 



iEscHYNANTHUS. — Free -growing plants of moderate 

 growth, producing handsome flowers from the points of 

 the shoots. Peat. Cuttings. JE. Lobbiana is a dwarf 

 drooping plant, with pretty scarlet blooms set in purple 



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iEschynanthus speciosa. 



cup-like calyces; suitable for a hanging basket. Spring. 

 jE. speciosa (fig. 667) is a stronger grower, of more upright 

 habit, bearing large terminal bunches of bright-red flowers. 

 Summer and autumn. 



Allamanda. — Large, vigorous, strong-growing, summer- 

 flowering climbers, suitable for draping a roof, or to train as 

 pot specimens. Loam. Cuttings. A . Hendersoni is very 

 free, producing enormous yellow blooms. A. grandiflora 

 is a smaller, more compact -habited plant than the last, 

 with pale-yellow flowers. A. nobilis is a strong grower, 

 with large, handsome, pale-yellow blooms; one of the best. 

 A. Williarasii is a dwarf, compact, free-flowering variety. 

 A. violacea has purple flowers. 



Alocasia. — A large genus of tropical Aroids, the 

 leaves of some attaining considerable dimensions; they 

 thrive in a humid atmosphere, and require shade. Peat 

 and loam. Division, suckers, or offsets. A. Chelsoni 

 and A. Sedeni are garden hybrids, with bronzy-green 

 leaves, with white veins, reddish-purple beneath. A. 

 illustris has large bright-green leaves, marked with patches 

 of dark-olive. A. Lowii, leaves on stout stalks, large and 

 of a beautiful deep-green, with ivory-white midrib and 

 veins. A. macrorrhiza variegata is of large growth, with 



stout stem and leaf-stalks, pale-green in colour, striped 

 with white ; leaves very large, pale-green and pure-white 

 in about equal proportions, dispersed over the surface in 

 broad irregular blotches. A. metallica, leaves large, 

 shield-like, smooth, and shining, the colour deep olive- 

 green, suffused with bronzy-red above, and underneath 

 reddish -brown. A. Sanderiana, leaves long and sinuous 

 in outline, deep -green, midribs and margins white; 

 gandavensis is a magenta- tinted form of this. A. Thibau- 

 tiana, foliage very large and handsome, olive-green, with 

 gray ribs. A. Veitchii is in the way of A. Lowii, green, 

 with a metallic shade like polished steel. A. Watsontana, 

 one of the largest, leaves a yard in diameter, olive-green 

 with darker veins, purplish beneath ; A . specta- 

 bilis is very similar to this. A. zebrina, leaves 

 handsome, large, and arrow-shaped, stout foot- 

 stalks, which are pale-green, banded with dark- 

 olive. 



Alpinia vittata. — Stems a yard high, bear- 

 ing lance-shaped leaves, pale-green in colour, 

 striped with creamy white. Loam. Division. 

 Amasonia calycina (punicea) is an erect 

 shrub, with lanceolate green leaves, and ter- 

 minal spikes of yellow flowers with conspicuous 

 crimson leafy bracts. Loam and peat. Cuttings. 

 Amherstia nobilis. — A most magnificent tree 

 Legume, bearing in spring large racemes of 

 vermilion and golden-yellow flowers ; requires 

 plenty of head -room in a hot, moist, shaded 

 house. Loam. Cuttings. 



Amoephophallus campanulatus is worth 

 growing for the sake of its large umbrella-like 

 leaf and mottled stalk. It has a large fleshy 

 tuber which pushes up a huge purple-brown 

 flower of extraordinary form and disagreeable 

 odour. Should be rested in winter. Prefers 

 plenty of heat and moisture. Other species 

 sometimes grown are A. virosus and A. Titanum ; 

 the latter, of truly titanic proportions, may be 

 seen at Kew. 



Ananassa sativa variegata. — A variegated 

 form of the Pine-Apple, green and creamy- 

 white, tinged with red in about equal propor- 

 tions. Loam. Suckers. A. Porteana is another 

 form of it. 

 Anthurium Scherzcrianum. — A brilliant, scarlet- 

 flowered Aroid, of compact habit, lasting long in bloom ; 

 album is a pretty white - flowered variety. A. Roth- 

 schildianum is a cross between the red and white forms ; 

 its flowers are generally white, mottled with red. A. Lin- 

 deni, a tall, sturdy plant, has cordate leaves and large 

 white spathes. A. Andreanum, a scandent species, has 

 heart-shaped leaves and very large wrinkled blood -red 

 spathes with curled yellow spadices. Many hybrid forms 

 have been raised from the two last-named, some with 

 large white, pink, or deep-crimson spathes. A. magnifi- 

 cum, A. Warocqueanum, and A. crystallinum are beautiful 

 foliage plants. A. Veitchii, a very handsome species, has 

 leaves 3 to 4 feet long, deep-green, the nerves arched and 

 deeply sunk, giving them a very distinct appearance. Peat 

 loam and sphagnum. Seeds and division. 



Aphelandra. — Of somewhat spare erect habit, with 

 little disposition to branch. Peat. Cuttings or seeds. A. 

 tctragona produces in autumn large upright spikes of deep- 

 orange-coloured flowers. .4. Roezlii has deep-green shining 

 leaves and fine heads of bright-red flowers. A. pectinata 

 and A. squarrosa are also good winter-flowering shrubs. A. 

 variegata has leaves handsomely marked with pale-yellow. 



