HOYA HYACINTH. 



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dark shining-green fleshy leaves. It bears clusters 

 of waxen flowers, creamy white, with rose-colored 

 center, and in each may be found a drop of limpid 

 honey. 



SOIL AND GENERAL TREATMENT. 



The Hoya thrives in a soil of equal parts loam 

 and peat or leaf-mold. 



Water moderately when in growth and scantily 

 while at rest. 



It should have all the sunlight and heat possible. 



Cuttings planted in moist leaf-mold with heat 

 will root freely ; even a leaf taken off close to the 

 wood will produce a plant. 



A good location for the Hoya is a bracket at the 

 side of or near a window. Like the Hedera it is 

 suitable for training over doors or pictures, and it 

 will be benefited by the warm air of the upper part 

 of the room. The old bloom stalks should not be 

 cut off, as they continue to flower from year to 

 year. 



HYACINTH. 



The Hyacinthus is said to have received the 

 name of a boy killed by Zephyrus ; or of a beauti- 

 ful Laconian youth beloved by Apollo, who killed 

 him by an unlucky cast of his quoit, and from whose 

 blood this flower sprang. The plant is native of 

 the Levant, has been a favorite for 300 years, and 

 is the most desirable of all bulbs for its adaptabil- 



