OF SOME OTHER USEFUL WINTER 

 FLOWERING SUBJECTS 



Plush Flower 



{Acalypha hispidd). — A remarkable New Guinea plant 

 introduced under the name of A. Sanderi. Good plants 

 should be well leaved to the base, and show numerous 

 of the singular red tail or catkin-like spikes, which are 

 15 to 1 8 inches long. Strike the tops of the shoots in 

 April, and grow on in a stove or intermediate house, 

 repotting as necessary. Should not be pinched during 

 the first year, but during the second and after years ; if 

 treated thus large bush plants may be obtained. Keep 

 in an intermediate house when in flower. 



Amasonias 



The best is Amasonia calycina, with red bracts and 

 tubular yellow flowers. The bracts remain bright for 

 many weeks. Strike shoots in early June, and grow on 

 unpinched in the warmest house. Should be far more 

 grown. 



Aphelandras 



Some of these are very brilliant flowers, but they do 

 not last long. Treat as Jacobinia. 



BORONIAS 



Exquisite is the fragrance of the dull red and green 

 bell-flowered Boronla megastigma. Well furnished little 



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