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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



masses fixed by the base, joined together at the base, compressed j 

 stigma depressed, with an obtuse wart ; seed-vessels smooth. 



A genus named after a Mr. Hoy, gardener to the Duke 

 of Northumberland. These lovely climbing plants, well 

 known in the hothouse, where they display their beautiful 

 waxy flowers in profusion, are rare in the greenhouse ; but 

 H. carnosa, from Asia, called the fleshy-leaved, with sweet- 

 scented blush-coloured flowers in drooping, compact umbels, 

 can be introduced with success, being of tolerably easy cul- 

 ture; Australis, from Australia, has white flowers; these 

 are both climbing plants : lanceolata, also with blush-co- 

 loured flowers, but not climbing, is a native of Nepaul. 

 These lovely plants may be propagated by cuttings in a 

 moist heat, and when rooted the soil should be loam and 

 peat. 



ASCLEPIAS. (Swallow-wort.) 



Gen. Char. (Pentandria Digpiia.) Flowers inferior, monope- 

 talous ; corona five-leaved, with a process in the inside ; pollen- 

 masses fixed by a fine end ; stigma depressed, blunt. 



Name from iEsculapius. A genus of fine plants, many 

 of which are hardy ; the following require the shelter of the 



