. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. HOWEA HUMATA 779 placed being moderately shaded. In three to four months the young plants should be ready for shifting into 3-ineh pots if properly cared for; from this time forward they do not require a higher night temperature than G0°. The Howeas are not very particular in regard to soil, a rich, light loam
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. HOWEA HUMATA 779 placed being moderately shaded. In three to four months the young plants should be ready for shifting into 3-ineh pots if properly cared for; from this time forward they do not require a higher night temperature than G0°. The Howeas are not very particular in regard to soil, a rich, light loam answering very well for them, but a very stiff soil may be improved by the addition of one-fourth part of peat, and in all cases a reasonable proportion of fertilizers may be used to advantage. Scale insects are the most troublesome the grower has to contend with, and should be removed as rapidly as possible, else the foliage will be permanently disfigured. Of the two species referred to, H. Belmoreana is per- haps the greater favorite, being more compact in growth and extremely graceful in foliage, a plant of this spe- cies of a given age usually carrying a greater number of leaves than one of E. Forsteriana of the same age, and the leaves having more leaflets than those of the latter species. The seeds of the two species are very similar in appearance, though those of H. Belmoreana frequently average a larger size, and while those of the last named species require about three years to mature on the tree, the seeds of H. Forsteriana ripen in about twelve months. For house culture by amateurs, see Palms. â ^. H. Taplin. HOYA (Thomas Hoy was once gardener to the Duke of Northumberland). Asclepiaddcece. More than 50 tropical Asian and Australian climbing or trailing evergreen shrubs, bearing thick, opposite Ivs., and odd, often showy fls. in umbel-like clusters. Corolla rotate, 5-lobed, thick and more or less waxy in appearance : crown of 5 thick and depressed fleshy appendag
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