May.l HOT-HOUSE — of repotting, etc. 



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"which is very persistent. They must have plenty of pot- 

 room. (Soil No. 9). 



Erythrinas (Coral tree), a genus containing about thirty 

 species of leguminose, scarlet-flowering plants. Several 

 species are greatly esteemed for their beauty and profusion 

 of flowers, which, in well-established plants, are produced 

 in long spikes. E. corallodendrum blooms magnificently 

 in the West Indies, but in our collections has never flowered. 

 Perhaps if it were kept dry during its dormant season, which 

 is from November to January, and when growing greatly 

 encouraged, it might produce flowers, E. specibsa is a splen- 

 did flowerer, leaves large, ternated, and prickly beneath ; 

 stem prickly. E. puhhcens is valued for its large peculiar 

 brown pubescent leaves. E. princ^ps is quite a new species, 

 and is represented as being the finest of all the Erf/fhruias, 

 and exhibits its rich crimson flowers in great profusion ; to 

 make them grow well and bloom freely, they require plenty 

 of pot-room ; indeed, while in a growing state, they should 

 be repotted every month. In regard to E. herhdcea, which 

 is a native of the Carolinas, and frequently treated as a hot- 

 house plant, it is our opinion that it would be more perfectly 

 grown if planted about the first of the month in the garden ; 

 and, when growing, if well supplied with water, it would 

 flower from July to September. About the first of Novem- 

 ber lift the roots and preserve them in half dry earth. E. 

 lauri/dlia and E. cristagdlli are likewise often treated as 

 hot-house plants, and in such situations they cast prema- 

 turely their first flowers by the confined state of the air. 

 They will keep in perfect preservation during winter in a 

 dry cellar, half covered with earth, or entirely covered with 

 half dry earth ] consequently, the best and easiest method 

 of treatment is, to plant them in the garden about the first 

 of May, and, when growing, if the ground becomes dry, 

 give them frequent waterings. They will flower profusely 

 three or four times in the course of the summer. 



We freely recommend the last species to all our patrons, 

 confident that it will give ample satisfaction, both in profu- 

 sion of flower and beauty of color. The soil they are to be 

 planted into should be rich and well pulverized; or, if they 

 are kept in pots, they must be enlarged three or four times, 

 when they are in a growing state, to make them flower per- 

 fectly ) otherwise they will be diminutive. (Soil No. 13.) 



Ficusy Fig-treC; a genus containing about fifty hot-house 



