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of Epiphytes, whose curious spider-like 
flowers are produced ou long pendent 
spikes, and on this account the plants 
should be grown in baskets suspended 
from the roof of the stove ; fibrous peat, 
moss, and rotten wood suit them best, 
and on the commencement of the growth 
water should be liberally given that the 
shoots may be vigorous; but by the tune 
they have attained about half their size it 
should be gradually withheld, or instead 
of flowering they begin again to crow. 
_ GRAMMATOPHYLLUM (Blume.) 
Nat. Ord. OrcJiidacere. The species of 
this genus are few in number, but much 
esteemed for then many curious blos¬ 
soms ; they require the hottest part of 
the stove, and should be considerably 
elevated in potting, and watered cau¬ 
tiously, as they are very liable to injury 
from excessive wet. The soil in which 
they are grown should be made as light 
as possible, with two parts sphagnum, 
one part rough fibrous peat, and the 
remainder rotten wood. 
GYMN 0 GRAMMA (De seontaine s) 
Nat. Ord. Bolypodiaceoe. This genus is 
one of the most beautiful of the whole 
family of ferns; it should be grown in 
pots of fibrous peat in a shaded part of 
the stove, and receive plenty of water 
at all times. 
HABRANTHUS (Herbert.) Nat, 
Ord. Amaryllidacece. Very handsome 
South American bulbs which, like the 
rest of the order, should have a decided 
season of rest, or be kept quite dry 
when not in an active state; they grow 
best in a rich soil composed of loam, 
rotten manure, and sand, should be well 
drained, and have plenty of water when 
growing or blooming, with a light airy 
shelf in the stove. 
ELEMANTHUS (Linn.) Nat. Ord. 
Amaryllidacere. This genus resembles 
the last, and should be treated in the 
same mamner; it does not quite equal it 
in beauty. 
HATYORTHIA (Salm-Dyck. Nat. 
Ord. Liliaceae. To the admirers of suc¬ 
culents tins pretty and curious genus 
offers many inducements; it is closely 
allied to the genus Gasteria before no¬ 
ticed, and requires to be treated in the 
same manner. The flowers of all the 
species are gray, and the following well 
deserving attention: augustifol ia , a fist at a, 
condnna , expansa , indurata , mirabilis , 
rnucronata , pseudo-tort uosa, Reinwart ii , 
turgid a, and venosa. 
HEDYCHIUYI (Konig.) Nat. Ord. 
Scitamineee. A beautiful genus, deserving 
a place wherever space can be afforded 
them in the stove ; thev should be grown 
m light rich soil, and have plenty of 
water while growing, when they will at¬ 
tain a height of from three to five feet, 
and flower profusely, fully proving the 
fitness of the term “ Garland flower” 
applied to them. 
_ HELIANTHEYIUM (Tourxefort.) 
Nat. Ord. Cistacere. These sun-flowers 
are an extensive group of desirable hardy 
and -half-hardy border plants, some of 
them particularly suited to the embel¬ 
lishment of rockwork ; all of them grow 
freelvin common garden soil; the annual 
species merely require to be sown where 
thev are to bloom. 
HELIANTHUS (Linn.) Nat. Ord. 
CompGsitue. Although both this and the 
last genus are literally translated sun¬ 
flowers, it may be well to mention it is 
to the present that the tall gaudy au¬ 
tumnal flowering plants commonly khown 
by the above appellative belong; they are 
easilv distinguished bv the difference in 
the orders to which each are referred. 
They have for some years given way be¬ 
fore the more varied and beautiful Dah¬ 
lia, and are now only seen in the back 
of extensive shrubbery borders; their 
culture is of the simplest description; 
the perennial species may be planted, and 
the annuals sown wherever they are de¬ 
sired to bloom; almost anvsoil suits them. 
HELIOTROPIUM (Linn.) Nat. Or. 
BoraginacerB. II. corymbosuru and H. 
peruviana are favorite subjects for orna¬ 
menting the greenhouse and flower-gar¬ 
den in summer, their fragrance being 
generally liked; they grow rapidly, and 
consequently flower profusely in light 
rich soil, and are easilv increased bv 
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cuttings taken off in summer and struck 
in a shaded place. The generic terms 
of this and the last genus are both de- 
