. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. FLOWERS OF THE STOVE. 31'. in u s t b e thorough, as it needs a good supply of water during the growing season. Saintpaulia ionantha. - A pretty little ge s n eraceo u s plant, thai will flower for months to- gether. 1 1 forms a dense rosette-like tuft of leaves from whence are pushed up rich purple flowers, about the size i if a large Violet. T his Saint- paulia may be increased by division, by in- serting the leaves as cuttings, or l>v seed, which should be sown earl spring. It is very minute,
. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. FLOWERS OF THE STOVE. 31'. in u s t b e thorough, as it needs a good supply of water during the growing season. Saintpaulia ionantha. - A pretty little ge s n eraceo u s plant, thai will flower for months to- gether. 1 1 forms a dense rosette-like tuft of leaves from whence are pushed up rich purple flowers, about the size i if a large Violet. T his Saint- paulia may be increased by division, by in- serting the leaves as cuttings, or l>v seed, which should be sown earl spring. It is very minute, and needs no covering a pane of glass laid over the p it or pan in which sown. Scutellaria Moeeiniana.—a rather upright shrubby plain with ovate leaves, and terminal heads of showy blossoms. The individual blooms are about Ijin. long, and of curved tubular shape, while their colour is a brilliant scarlet, lit up with yellow at the mouth. They are I> irne throughout the summer and autumn months. It strikes readily from cuttings,and succeeds with ordinary treatment. Siphoeampylos Humboldtianus. The showiest member of an extensive genus, whose scarlet tubular- shaped blossoms are borne more or less throughout the summer and autumn. Stove culture suits it w ell, but care must be taken not to overpot. Strelitzia. Musa like plants, one species of which, S. Kegince, is a valuable plant lor the stove. The leaves, which are ovate in shape and about lit. in length, are borne on long stalks, so that the tuft of foliage reaches a height of 5ft. It blooms, as a rule, about Mav, the land- scape just overtopping the leaves. Several flowers are produced from one cluster, the individual blossoms suggesting the head of a bird. The colouring is very bright, being a brilliant orange and purple. It needs rather large pots, good loamy soil, and should not be dis- turbed at the roots more than is absolutely necessary. A little liquid manure occasionally is very beneficial. —This
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