Book II. HOT-HOUSE, OR BARK-STOVE PLANTS. 921 



Sect. V. Herbaceous Dry- stove Plants. 

 666S. HERBACEOUS DRY-STOVE PLANTS. 



MARCH TO MAY. 



JUNE. 



JULY. 



AUGUST. 



SEPT. TO OCT. 



Canarina campanula 

 Bletia tankervilliiE, j), 

 Neottia elata 



— orchioides 



— picta 

 Pothos cordata 

 jPteris grcUidifoUa 



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Arum divarlcatum, p. 

 Commelina tuberosa 



— hengalensis 

 Marica martinicensis 



— northiana 

 Phytolacca octandra 

 Polypodium asplenifol. 

 Pothos ccuinaefolia 



Adiantum reniforme, p. Alstroemeria pelegrina 



— trapeziforme Witsenia maura, p. 

 Arum bicolor, jj. \ Arum esculentuni, p. 



— colocasia 1 Asplenium praimorsum 

 Begojiia nitida | — striatum 

 Besleria melittifolia ! Begonia dichotoma 

 Galea lobata 1 — evansiana 

 Callisia repens | — macrophylla 

 Monsonia speciosa i Dianella ensifoUa 

 Geranium incamatum Gloriosa superba 

 Gloxinia maculata 

 1 — speciosa 



Arum auritum, p. 



— orixense 



— sagittifolium 

 Begonia acuminata 

 Cyrilla pulchella 

 Leea crispa 



— macrophylla 



Chap. XIV. 



Hot-house, or Bark-stove Plants. 

 (5669. Bark-stove j)lants are such as require the highest degree of heat, which has ge- 

 nerally been given by the aid of a bed of bark or other fermenting substance, in which 

 the pots containing the plants are plunged. Sometimes, as before observed (6184.), stearn 

 or flues are applied under a vault covered with earth or sand as a substitute for bark ; and 

 more recently the pots have not been plunged in any material nor bottom heat applied, 

 but a greater atmospherical heat communicated, and the atmosphere about the pots kept 

 moist by watering, &c. We shall arrange the most ornamental species which flower freely 

 under woody, climbing, bulbous, perennial, annual, aquatic, reedy plants ; and add some 

 remarks on palms, air plants, and ferns, which, though they seldom flower in this coun- 

 try, or for the greater part have flowers of little show, yet are grand or interesting speci- 

 mens of vegetable beings. 



670. 



Sect. I. Woody Bark-stove Plants. 

 WOODY BARK-STOVE PLANTS. 



Brucea ferruginea, p. 

 Cassia bicapsularis, p. 

 Cordia gerascanthus 



— monoica 

 Elate sylvestris 

 Erythrina camea 



— crista gain 



— rosea 

 Eugenia jambos, p. 



— uniflora 

 Euphorbia punicea 

 Hillia longitltfra 

 Myrtus biflora, p. 



Cassia alata, p. 

 Chrysophyllimi cainito 

 — fuscum 

 Eugenia fragrans, p. 

 Myrtus disticha 



— dumosa 



— pimenta 



— — longifolia 



— zuzygium 

 Samyda rosea 

 Sophora tomentosa, p. 



JULY. 



Adenanthera pavonia.p. 

 jEschjnomene sensitiva 

 AUamanda cathartica 

 Amyris salvatica 

 Asclepias curassavica 



— parviflora 

 Bauhinia clivaricata, p. 



— porrecta 

 Bignonia leucoxylon, p. 

 Brunsfelsia americana 

 Carolinea minor, p. 

 Gardenia aculeata 

 Gossypium vitifolium, p. 

 Hedysarum pictum, p. 

 Helicteresisora 

 Heliocarpus americana 

 Ixora purpurea 



SEPTEMBER. 



iEschynomene gi-and. p. 

 Amerimnum ebenus 

 Asclepias gigantea 

 Bauhinia acuminata, p. 

 Bignonia longissima, p. 

 — panieulata 

 • — pentaphylla 

 Brownea coccinea 

 Brunfelsia undulata 

 Bucida buceras 



I Cassia occidentalis 



I — viminea 

 Gardenia dumetorum 

 Gossypium arboreum, p. 



: Guaicum officinale 



j Hedysarum gyrans, p. 

 Ixora blanda 



I — rorcinea 



' Cameraria angustifolia 

 j Carissa spinarurn 

 [Cassia biflora, p. 



Cerbera manghas 



Cinchona caribea, p. 



Clusia flava 



Croton aromaticum, p. 



Desman thus virgatus 

 jEphielis guinensis, p. 

 I Erythrina speciosa 

 i Fagara pterota 

 , Hamellia ventricosa, p. 



Hedysarum strobilifer. 



Helicteris baruensis 



Ixora alba 

 — pavetta 



667 L Propagation. All the known modes are occasionally adopted, but those by seeds 

 and cuttings are the most general. Few stove plants ripen their seeds in this country, 

 and such as are obtained are therefore generally procured from abroad. 



6672. Tropical seeds hi general. Gushing observes, are very liable to lose their powers of vegetation 

 by reason of the transition from warai to cold climates, combined with the length of time which com-, 

 monly intervenes between their gathering and arrival with us, especially if they have been exposed to 

 damps ; on that account they should be sown as soon as they arrive, at least a part of each parcel. Much 

 depends on the state of the seeds when received. East and West India seeds generally arrive with the 

 regular fleets, as indeed do those from the Cape of Good Hope, and all the South Sea islands, for the 

 most part by the Eastern and China ships ; so that one may in general be prepared against their arrival. 

 As early spring is undoubtedly the best time for sowing, a few weeks' delay may in some instances be adi 

 visable. If received late in October or November, wait until January, or perhaps February, unless it 

 evidently appears that they will not keep out of the earth so long a time in a vegetative state ; such as can 

 be sown before August have a good chance to acquire sufficient strength of growth to carry them through 

 the winter months, so adverse to the general efforts of young vegetable life. 



6673. The pots being well drained should be filled with the compost suitable to the species of plant of 

 which the seed intended to be sown has been produced (see the table) ; let it be pressed down to about a 

 third or half an inch below the edge of the rim, according to the size of the seeds ; if they are small or 

 light sorts, it will be necessary to press it pretty tight, and to add a little of the very fine-sifted mould on 

 which to deposit the seed, previously smoothing it with a bit of thin flat wood, bent so as to lie on it level 

 Being thus prepared, let the seed be sown regularly on the surface, and cover it from about an eighth to a 

 quarter of an inch, according to the size of the seed as before, with the same sort of fine mould. But if 

 the seed is of the largest sorts, as, for instance, the nut or stone kind, no more is necessary than to press 

 them into the earth with the finger, and to cover somewhat thicker than is recommended for the others 

 In either case, the covering should be pressed moderately on the seed with the hand; which is indeed a 

 most necessary caufion in sowing seeds of any description whatever. In order to ensure the vegetation 



