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HIBISCUS HOYA. 



SOIL, GENERAL TREATMENT AND VARIETIES. 



The Hibiscus thrives best in a soil of equal parts 

 loam and peat, or leaf-mold. 



It requires a plentiful supply of water and good 

 drainage. 



It is easily propagated from cuttings, whicn root 

 readily in damp sand under glass. The hardy an- 

 nual varieties merely require to be sown in the open 

 ground, while the tender annuals and biennials 

 should be started in pots and treated as other tender 

 annuals and biennials. 



Hibiscus Coccineus speciosus, scarlet green-house shrub, 3 feet 

 high. 



H. LilifloruSy scarlet lily-flowered, 3 feet. 



H. Rosa-sinensis, single-red. 



H t Rosa-sinensis auranlica, double orange. 



H. Rosa-sinensis Cooperii, variegated foliage, white, green and 

 pink. 



H. Rosa-sinensis fulgidns, flowers five inches in diameter, intense 

 scarlet, paler towards the centre, where on each- petal is an oblong 

 blotch of deep crimson. 



H. Rosa-sinensis Intens, a beautiful lemon color, marked with 

 lake at the base. 



H. Rosa-sinensis rnbra-plena, double red. 



H, Rosa-sinensis versicolor, striped crimson, rose and white. 



HOYA. 



( WAX PLANT. ) 



This plant, named in honor of Thomas Hoy, 

 F. L. S., is a native of tropical Asia and the East 

 Indies. Hoy a Carnosa is a shrub-like climber with 



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