HOT-HOUSE OR STOVE PLANTS. 



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G. gracillima — of this species its introducer says, "It is 

 one of the grandest and most remarkable flowering 

 plants of recent introduction." The leaves are linear- 

 lanceolate, toothed at the edges and deep green; the 

 flowers are 

 pr oduced 

 from the 

 axils of the 

 leaves, com- 

 posed of 

 eight large 

 petals, and 

 measuring 

 four inches 

 across, the 

 colour being 

 a rich rose, 

 the tube yel- 

 low, and the 

 numerous 

 anthers deep 

 purple. Sum- 

 mer months. 

 Columbia. 



G. pterocarpa 

 — leaves ob- 

 ovate acumi - 

 nate, slightly 

 toothed at 

 the edges, 

 deep green ; 

 flowers large 

 and pure 

 white. Sum- 

 mer months. 

 French Gui- 

 ana. 



G. urceolata— 

 Leaves ob- 

 ovate lanceo- 

 late and acu- 

 minate, deep 

 greeu ; flow- 

 ers about six 

 inches in 

 diameter; pe- 

 tals creamy- 

 white ; the 

 interior of 

 the flowers 

 suffused 

 with rose 

 anthers yel 

 low. Sum 

 mer months 

 French Gui 

 ana. 



Guzman- 

 ilia. — A 



small family 

 of the Pine- 

 apple order, 

 requiring the 

 same general 

 treatment 

 as JEchmea — 

 which see 

 (page 57, Vol. 

 III.). Besides 



the one here descrihed, other good kinds are erythro- 

 lepis, grandis, Reyince, &c. Stove. 



G. tricolor. — Leaves arranged in a rosulate manner, 

 sheathing at the "base, "bright light green, the whole 

 plant having a beautiful vase-like appearance ; the 

 spike rises from the centre of the plant a foot or 



MlTBIO STIGMA AXILLARE (GARDENIA CITRI0D0RA) 



more high ; flowers pure white, enveloped in bracts, 

 with scarlet apex, the lower ones pale green, streaked 

 with purplish-black, and tipped with red. Summer 



months. West 

 Indies, &c. 



Helico- 

 nia. — These 

 are extremely- 

 ornamental 

 plants either 

 in or out of 

 flower ; they 

 belong to the 

 order Musa- 

 cece, and re- 

 quire con- 

 siderable 

 space to de- 

 velop their 

 beauties. Pot 

 in loam, peat, 

 and well- 

 decomposed 

 manure, in 

 about equal 

 parts, drain 

 well, and wa- 

 ter freely. 

 Stove. 



H. aureo- 

 striata — hav- 

 ing somewhat 

 the habit of 

 Musa chinen- 

 sis; the broad 

 leaves are 

 deep green, 

 transversely 

 veined from 

 midrib to 

 margin with 

 orange - yel- 

 low. South 

 Sea Islands. 



H. humilis. 

 — Bold and 

 hand some, 

 the petioles 

 and blade of 



the leaf reaching from four to six feet high; the 

 blade, oblong-lanceolate and pale green, is about two 

 feet long ; the scape shorter than the petioles, and 

 bearing numerous distichous boat - shaped bracts 

 of a brilliant crimson-scarlet, which last for several 

 weeks in full beauty ; the flowers small, and hidden 



