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THE MOIST STOVE. 



the same pot during winter, having the mould made firm round them for 

 the exchision of air : the same mould that they were grown in should he 

 used for this pui-pose, for fresh earth or sand, he justly observes, would 

 stimulate them to move early. About the second week in ^larch they 

 should be potted, putting one or two, according to their size, into each 

 pot, the pots to be six inches over. The soil most congenial to them is 

 fresh loam, mixed with an equal quantity of peat earth, the loam to be 

 not over- much enriched with dung, nor too heav)^ The roots are to be 

 parted if fit for separation, but by no means if they do not part freely. 

 They should be planted about two inches deep, and plunged into a bottom 

 heat equal to ninety-five degrees. Water is sparingly appUed at first, 

 but increased after the plants have, set a growing ; but this must never be 

 applied in great quantities. If kept in a brisk heat, the shoots will ex- 

 tend for six or eight feet, or more, and will require to be trained to a 

 trellis, or under a rafter, when they ^*ill flower in great abundance and 

 perfection. 



IXORA, 



a genus of East Indian plants of great beauty, the flowers of which are 

 oflfered to Ixora, a Malabar idol, in consequence of their splendid appear- 

 ance. Like the last, this is a genus, some of the species of which are 

 met with in most collections of the tropical plants, while it is very 

 rare to see one of them in flower. On the continent this is different, 

 and we find the Ixora coccinea, in particular, cultivated for the pubUc 

 markets. 



The culture of the genus is, that they require a period of rest, which con- 

 tinues for four or five months, that is, from July till February, when they 

 may be placed in the greenhouse amongst other plants, or in a pit where 

 frost is completely excluded. In February they should be re-potted, and 

 then plunged in a mild moist heat, or set on the surface of a bed of tan, 

 leaves, or dung, in a close pit, and kept in a temperature of from sixty to 

 seventy degrees of heat. In this pit and by tliis mode of treatment they 

 will show fine heads of flowers by the beginning of April, and may then be 

 removed to the plant stove to flower, where they will continue in great 

 splendour for a long period. 



GLOXINIA, SINNINQIA,^ AND GESNERIA, 



are three genera of plants, half bulbous and half herbaceous. They reqviire, 

 after flowering, to be kept moderately dry till their leaves and stalks die 



