HO YA — HYMENO CA LLIS. 



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white flowers, with rosy crimson centres, H. b. Paxtoni differing in having white flowers 

 with pink centres. The plants are of slender growth, and adapted either for hanging baskets 

 or trailing over small trellises. Cuttings of firm shoots inserted in sandy peat, under 

 glass, in a temperature of 75° to 85°, produce roots, but own-root plants never grow so 

 vigorously as do those grafted low down on young plants of II. carnosa. H. bella and 

 its variety succeed best in comparatively small pots and a mixture of three parts good 



Fig. 157. IIOYA CARNOSA. 



peat to one of loam, with a little crushed charcoal, lime rubbish, and sand. Top the 

 young plants to make them branch. Assign well-established plants in a sunny position, 

 and be careful not to over-water, especially during the winter. As H. carnosa succeeds 

 in cool stoves, a characteristic illustration is given (Fig. 157) in which drops of nectar 

 are seen hanging on the flowers. 



hymenocallis. — This genus is closely allied to Pancratium, and only one species 

 will be described as being sufficiently distinct or valuable to merit the distinction. 



