. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. HE ACHTMENES. IIIMENES, Gloxinia, and Ges- iieria are three fl<]ral graces— ti'ifts of the new world to the old, related as a sisterhood of lieauty, and requiring almost identical conditions of life to insure their health and to win their smiles. The plant before us is singularly beautiful, and (he easiest of the genus for the amateur to cultivate, as a warm greenhouse temperature suffices for it, whereas most other species of achimenes re- quire the heat of the stove. There are several varieties of , but it
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. HE ACHTMENES. IIIMENES, Gloxinia, and Ges- iieria are three fl<]ral graces— ti'ifts of the new world to the old, related as a sisterhood of lieauty, and requiring almost identical conditions of life to insure their health and to win their smiles. The plant before us is singularly beautiful, and (he easiest of the genus for the amateur to cultivate, as a warm greenhouse temperature suffices for it, whereas most other species of achimenes re- quire the heat of the stove. There are several varieties of , but it will suffice to take note of two only— the violet-fliiueic d furm now figured, and the white, which is named al/ja. These are tine pot-plants, and those who succeed in cultivating them may be advised to secure also Gloiv'uiiii fiiljipora, which is quite a companion plant, with long-tubed white flowers, which are carried on a long stem far above the rest of the achimenes and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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