130 GUIDE TO THE CONSERVATORY. 



Soil.-— Equal parts loam and dung. 



With the above treatment I have had plants nine 

 feet in height. 



This plant makes a fine show in the conservatory, 

 and also serves as a charming contrast mixed among 

 the lobelias in the front of the house. 



DIPLACUS PUNICEUS. 

 Propagation, cuttings. 

 Treatment, see Syphocampelis Bicolor. 



HEDYCHIUM CORONAMUM, GARDNERIANUM. 

 Class, Monandria. Order, Monogynia. 



SdTAMINEjE. 



Natives of the East Indies; Coronarium, 1791; 

 Gardnerianum, 1819. — Propagation, division. 



Mr. W. West, who has succeeded in flowering 

 this plant to an extraordinary degree of perfection, 

 gives the following as his mode of treatment :— 



Early in February, I turn the plants out of their 

 old pots, shake off all the soil from the roots, and 

 cut off the weakest eyes. I then pot in No. 12 

 pots, in one part dung and two parts loam, well 

 mixed together ; the plants are then placed in the 

 warmest part of the vinery. When they have 

 made strong stems, I give them abundance of 

 water. As soon as they have filled their pots with 



