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S kct. V . Annual Herbaceous Barh-stove Plants.
BARK-STOVE ANNUALS.
MAY. JUNE. JULY. AUGUST. SEI-J-. OCT. 1
A’racllis hypogoi'a
Càssia sericea
Ceiòsia cristàta
Cleòme pùngons, viscósa
Gonijilircna globosa, b.
albiflòra
Gyiiamlrójisis pouta-
pliy-l!a
Sauvagèsia erécta
Voandzeia subterránea
vA'schynòmeiie sensitiva
Càssia A'bsus, i-òsea
Ceiòsia comòsa, cristàta
Cleòme monophylla
Crotalària foiiestràta,
yùncoa, retùsa, sagit-
tàiis
Heliópliila integrifòlia
Ipomce'a coccínea,
Kc-riana
/olàiiuro Melongèna,
and varieties
-ÆJscliynômono ameri-
càiia, indica
Balsamina coccínea
Browàilia deiiiissa
Ceiòsia castrénsis
Gyiiandrójisis ròsea
Cbiivólvulus ochràccus
Crotalària j'urpùrea
//eliolrójilum indicum
Ijiomcc'a Bòna iiox,
cierùlea, denticulàta,
lacunosa, A’íóQuainócííí
Balsamina horténsis
Browàllic elàta,¿ il. àlb.
Cyanòtus cristàta
Glottidium floridànum
Indigófera iiinifòlia
Ipomce'a pcs tigridia
Mimósa pudica, sensitiva
Bhéxia /¡yjiericòides
Se.ibània aculeàta,
cannábina, pietà,
punctàta
/olànuin insànum
rfischynómenc hispida
Bnlsaraìna horténsis
Ceiòsia argèntea,cérnua,
cristàta .and varieties
Clitòria l'rasiliàna,
ternàtea
Crotalària verrucòsa
Datura fastuòsa
Leonòtis nejiotifólia
Martÿufa j-roboscidoa
/'eiitajietes phoenicea
•ìpigèliii anthclmíntiea
5689. Froiiagation and culture. They are all propagated
by seeds, most of which ripen in this comitry; but some few
sorts are continued by cuttings, for tlie sake of preserving
p.articul.'.r variations. Sow in February or March in pots, to
be tilutiged in a hotbed; prick out the plants, when they have
attained one or two i>roi>er leaves, into the sinnllest-sizcd pots,
anil sliift them once or twice into pots a size larger, in tlie
manner recommended for the balsam (5443.); keeping the
plants iu hotbeds or pits till ready to blossom, when they may
either be removed to sucli of ttic liouses as aro emjity at tho
time, as tho bulU-houso, greenhouse, &c., or assembled in a
liouse devoted to annuals. Some few of them, as tlio ice plant
(Mosemhryànthemum crystàllinum) and egg plant (/olàiium
Mclongina) may be plunged iu a warm situation in the open
garden.
Sect. V I . Aquatic Stove Plants.
HOTHOUSE AQUATIC PLANTS.
MARCH TO MAY. JUNE. JULY. AUGUST. SEPT. OCT.
Ancilèma affinis, sinica
Cyi>èrui alternifòlius
DioiiajVx Muscijiula, bog
Limnócharis Hum.
lióldU't, Fiumicrt
A'ymjihK'a jiuhéscens
Pontedèrfa dilatàta
Dròsera binàta, &c-
Limnócharis ITumièri
A'ympliæ'a àmjda,
cyànea, edùlis, jnibés-
ccns pygmæ'a, rubra
Poutedèrfa azùrea,
Sagituirla lancifòlia
\'iUàrsta indica
Aponogètoii crispum
Cejilialotus folliculà. bog
Desmàiithus iacùstris,
nàtans
Dionai'a Muscipula, log
Kuryal« fèrox
NelAmhiwm sjicciòsum
b. coróllà alba
A'yiTi])lue'a coerùlea,
rùbra, scntifòlia,
stellàta, versicolor
Sagittària lancif., obtus.
Aponogôton mono-
stàcliyon
Damasònium indicum
Imjiàtiens nàtans
Jussieùa grandiflòra,
iTymphoe'a Lùtus,
therniàlis
Ponsedèria cordài.!,
cràssipcs
Sagittària .acutifòlia,
angustifòlia
Alisma cordifòlia
Jurvale fèrox
mpatiens nàtans
Amiiócharis Plumièri
Nelàmbium càspicuni,
lùteum, Tamàra
Papyrus antiquùrum,
élcgans, odoràtus
Sagittària sinénsis
Tliàlta dealbàta, geni-
culàta
5601. Propagation and culture. Beiug all lierbaceous plants,
ttiey are to be propagated as tliese generally are. Some are
raised from seeds, wliich in general should be sown a.« soon as
ripe, and tlie jiots plunged iu sliailow water; when Ibc plants
come up, they may be transplanted into otiier pots, and shifted
as they advance in growth, till in a pot of sulllcicut size to admit
of thcir Sowcring, whicli will generally take place the same,
season. Instead of iieing kept in pots, the plants may be inserted
iu a beii of earth on the bottom of tlie aquarium. The
most beautiful of tlio exotic aquatics are tlie nymiihteas and
uelumbiums; these, with other genera, have been cultivated to
a high degree of perfection by kont, formerly of Clapton, who
instead of a regular aquarium, employs pans and small cisterns
plunged in hotbeds. Where a regular aquarium is not formed
to be heated by flues, we should suggest the idea of a cistern
(fig. 921.) to be placed on pillars in tlio open air. When the
season for forcing the nympha 5. it may bo s
ited by a hotbed frame of the ___e d_i_a_m__e_te_r,_ a_n_d_ s
rounded by linings of dung. By this means any required
degree of heat might be produced during the flowering season ;
ami if it were desired to continue any of tlie jilants in a grow-.
ing state during winter, the linings and frame could be continued;
if not, the plants might bo removed to a rcsorve-
aquarium, in tlie stove or propagation-house.
5692. Me>iyeiiit//cs, Ngmphee'a, and F.uryale fèrox (an
aquatic, with singularly constructed leaves, often of 50 ia.
diaincterX K-cnt has proved to thrive bcst in a close heat.
JA'iiyanthes requires only to be fresh potted in spring, and
placed in a pan in a hotbed, where it will flower the whole
summer. The iiympha^as having tuberous roots he keops
through the winter, in smaii pots (sixties), in a dormant state,
in a small trough of water in the stove. Early in April, he
prejiarcs them for their summer cniture, by placing them in
small wooden cisterns, 2 ft. long, 14 in. wide, .and (i in. deep
and then placing them in any cucumber or melon frames
which may be thon in nse. “ In about a fortnight or three
weeks a number of offsets or runners will be tlii-own from the
bulbs. These are then separated and put iuto smaU pots;
and ill tlie course of ten or twelve days a strong plant of oacli
species is selected, and placed in the ci.sterns for flowering.
The tender aquatics, especially the nynipliieas, grow in a brick
three-light frame, 13 ft. long, and 6 ft. broad; inside depth at
back, 6 f t.; and above the ground, 4 f t ; which is filled with
¿ 11. I liave four wooden cisterns, lined with lead, 4 ft. long,
2ft. 6 m. wide, and 15 in. deep: they are plunged in the tan,
and fllled with strong rich loam, about 6 in. deep, tho bottotn
part of whicli is rammed down; and the jilants placed in tliem,
onc or two in each, according to tlieir habit of growth. The
cisterns are then fllled witli water by degrees. As tho plant.«
atyance in sire, tliey must be replenished and cleared from
Conlcrv® aa often as necessary; and if the plants are occasionally
watered over tlieir leaves, from a watering-pot, througli
a rose, tlicir vigour will bo greatly Ineroascd. It is imjiortaiit
to keep them in a constant state of growth; for, if checked,
they will form bulbs, and grow no more during the season.
This wiil bo caused by cold; but this year (1817), the heat
in June jirotlucetl tlie effect, although thoy wore shaded from
the sun’s rays by matting, and the lights considerably raised.
'Vhere dnng is used, tliero is like danger, from its heating.
After being jdantcd out, tlioy will show flowers in the course
of a month, and some of them will continue blooming through
the scasou. As si
y disapjiear, and form bulb
and
1 the
mud. These, in tile moiuli of October, 1 put into small jiots
(sixty to the east), aud jilaco them in a trough ofwater in the
stove, where they remain tionnant until the ensuing spring
The seeds are most likely to vegetate, if sown at tlie same tim l
and treated in tlic same manner. A'ymphte'a crerulea wilt
flower in the Move; but not so freely as in the frame.
-Vympha‘'a sEellata seeds freely, but the root does not easily
¿v id e ; indeed, it is best grown, wlicn treated as an annual.
Euryale fiirox docs well under siniilar treatment to that of the
nyrapUccas; its seed should be sown about Christmas, and kept
Fr«««,, vol. iii. p. 54.)
■>693. Nelumbiums^CK-)«wi “ is easily raised from seed,
wiiich will retain its vegetative power for forty years, and wifli
every advantage, in a fair season, produces blossom the first
summer. It is generally grown ui large tubs, ivith a few
tiielies ilejitii of water over the sui-faoo of the mould, jilaced in
the tan-bed of the stove. By tliese means I raised a lino plant
last year; the seed was sown in May, and the plant threw up
several flowcr-buds, whieh did not come to perfection, but most
probably would have done so had the seed been soii’ii tivo
months earlier. Tho leaves produced were about 2 ft in
¿ ame tc r; but the jilant wen t offin the winter, notwithstaiuiing
It was treated in the inHiiiior hitherto found the most success
fill; whicli has been, to allowthe tub to remain in the tan
and become nearly dry, giving it no more water tiian the other
plants_aro;md it. AtAlantoii, it seems, they drain the jionds
wherein it grows, and use the roots for food; but whether fibres
of It are the j.arcnts of the ensuing crop, or the ponds arc rc-
jilemshecl by seedlings, does not ajijicar. It is jirobable that
both are, as the roots, which liave been kept nearly dry in our
hothouses, if but a verj- small piece has remaineii alive, bave
become vigorous blooming plants, as well us thoso from seen ”
(HorL 'I'rans., vol. iii. p. 56.)
5094.
SELECTIONS OE BARK-STOVE PLANTS.
S kct. VII. Scitamineous or Beedy Stove Plants.
MARSH OR REEDY HOTHOUSE PLANTS.
1121
StAY.
Alpínia cérnua, malac-
cénsis, racemósa
Amòmttm Afzôlit
Oalàt.hca Rôsstï,
Câlina coccínea, compacta,
dcnudàta, flàccida,
gigantèa, glauca
índica, iridiflòra,
latifòlia, limbàta,
lùtea, occidcntàlis,
orient Ils. pàllida,
pedunculàta
Curcìima aromàtica,
cæ'sia, elàta, latifòlia
rubésccns. Zedoària,
Zerùmbet
Helicòiiia Fí7idí,híimilis
Hellènia AllUghas
Kæiiipfèna angustifòlia
.Marànto bicolor, gibba
iPhrÿnium capitàtum,
oblìquum, jiarvìflòr.
Strelitzia augusta, farinósa,
hùmlUs, roginæ
Urània speciósa
¿■¡ngiber rùbens
Alpini« difflssa,
Idnga, mùtica, nùtans
Amòiiium grandiflòra
Calàtiica flavéscens,
riolàcea
C'óstus àfer, maculàtus,
Pisòm's, comòsus,
spiràlis, sjiicàtus,
pictus
Curcìma Amàda, lónga
Gothyra occidentàlis
Gldbba Careytlnn, jién-
dula, sessiliflòra
llodychium acumìiià-
tuiii, angustifòlium,
aurantiacum, càr-
neum, coccinouni,
cllipticum, flavésceus,
flàvum, glaúcom,
màximum
Ilelicònia hùmilis
Ilollènio cærùlea
Kæmpfèrtra Galdnga
Mantisia saltatoria
Fhrÿnium dichóto-
mum, grandiflòrum
iiigiber capitàtum,
cliryaànthum, oflîci-
Alpinia racemósa,
spicàta, magnífica
Cànna discolor, iridi-
flòra, I.ambérti, lati-
fòlia, pàtens, speciósa
Calatlica flavéscens,
iiiolàcoa, zebrina
GVeLt.hLyy ra pjjLunicea.
tubulàta
Gldbba bulbifera, Carey-
àna, maràntino,
orixénsis
Hedycllium càrneum,
elatvim, flàvum,
Gardnertiiiiuni, hete-
romàlium, thyrsiflòr.
Kaimpfòria rotónda
Warànta angustifòlia,
nrundiiiàcea comòsa,
indica
FhrynUim capitàtum,
imbricàtum, parviflòrum
Roscòea e'àtior, gràcilis,
purpùrea, spicata
Strelitzia angustifòlia,
júncea, parvifòlia
Thàlia dealbàta
AUGUST.
Aljiinin Galdnga, niù-
tica, nùtans, racemósa
Cànna coccínea, ediúis.
gigantèa, iridiflòra,
lùtea, oricntàlis
Cóstus aràbicus, ne.
jialénsìs, sjieciosus
Curcuma mruginàta,
lónga
OUbha péndula
Hcdyclnum aiigustifò-
lium, coccineum,
coronàrium, elàtum,
hcteromàllura, màximum,
speciòsum,
spicàtum
Helicònia nihài, rìeal-
bàta, hirsùta, psitta-
còrùm, Swartzidna
Kaimpfèria (ialdnga
Musa coccinoa, paradisiaca,
sapiéntum
Fhryniumdichótomum
parviflòrum
Roscòea capitàta
■¿^inglber C’asiiniìmar,
[ offlcinàle, rùbens,-
I Zerdmhct
Alpiiiìa calcaràta,
mùtica
C^àfhoa discolor
feunia ¿mpáota, disco-
frigantèa,
mdifiòra, limbàta
lùtea oricntàlis,
jiáUida, jiatcns,
sjieciòsa
Cóstus àfer, maculàtus,
sjieciòsus
lieciycliium aiigustifù
limn, coccineum,
elàtum, Gardner-
tanum, longifòlium,
màximum, speciòsum,
sjiicatum
psittacòrum,
Ktemjifèritt Galdnga
Mùsrt coccínea, glauca,
maculàta, ornàta,
paradisiaca, sapién-
turn, sujiérba
Fhrynium imbricàtum,
dicliótomuin, parviflò.
Zingiber chrysiinthura,
Zcrímbet
5695. Propagation and culture. ‘Nojilants are more easily
jiropagated than those enumerated, ........
tlicy may for tho most part be considered
” ..... and in n
p l a n t s ; ' - •re libürallv slp n lM with watU“ ‘'“ re
the-sii^a^rca.ir(sI^dt'iiiEm offlcInTr'AiS) a"^^
Sect. VIU. Selections o f Bark-stove Plants fo r particular Purposes.
Granadilla (Pa ssi^ra quadrán.) ; climb. ’ Bitter of porter (Quàssia amàrai
Melon thistle (Melocàcniscommùnisrf s. ' Poison uut f/trvdinos Vnx ví,tIL«\
iS to iis s B c á \ s s r k i s M ' :
m s m is à m fs á z s s m i:
Balsam plant (Justicia comàta).
ARTS.
Jamaica ebony {A merimnuni Ji'benus),
Bambù (Bambìisa arundinàcea).
Silk-cotton tree (Bómbax Ceiba).
Tallow tree (Stillingt'a sebifera).
Oily palm tree (Elw'is guinoéiisis).
Ohve wood (Elaiodéndrnn orientàle).
ludiaii-rubber trees (Pious elástica, and
_ Siphònia Cahiicfiu) ; climb.
Cotton tree ((/'ossyjiium arbòrcum).
Logwood (Iltematóxylon camiiccbiàn.).
Maiicluneeltree(i/ii)|)6mf- •
FOOD.
Bengal quince (Ai'gle Mdrmelos).
sour soji (AnSna muricàta''.
Alligator ajiplo (AnSna jialiistris).
C.abbage tree (Arica olerácea).
Bread-fruit tree (Artocàrjms incUa).
Jaca tree (Artocárpus integrifòlia).
Akee tree (Bligliia sàpida).
Bread-iint tree (Brósìmum Alicàstrum),
Cocoa-plum tree (Chrysobàlaiius Tcàco').
Star ajiplc (Clirysoplivllum VainMo).
Cneoa-iiut tree fCdcos nucífera).
Coffee tree (Coffia arábica).
Garlic pear (Crata:'va Tà}>ia).
Calabash tree (Crescèiitia cucurbitlna).
S a g o - '- —
Sago palm (Cvcas circinàlis).
I.ec-chce (Eujihòria Lichi).
Smooth-fruitcdlee-chee (Eup
luphòria Lon-
gàna).
Date plum (Diosjiyi
Käfel).
Malay .ajiple (Eugèi ............ ^
Mangosteen (Garcinia Mangoslàna).
Anchovy jiear « irías cauliflòra).
Eatable okro (üibíscus esculéntus).
Otaheite cliestnut (Inocárjius edùlis).
Barbadoes cherry (Malpighia glàbra).
Mamniec tree (Mammia americàna).
Mango tree (Mangifera indica).
Butter and tallow tree (Pentadcsma
butyràcea).
Date palm (i’hce'nix dactylifera).
Guava (Psidium pyríferum.íiomíf., &c.),
Lotus tree (Zizyjihus 7òtus).
Tamarind tree (Pawiai-inciiM indica).
Chocolate-nut tree (Theobròma Cacào).
Sweet potato (Ipomce'a Batatas).
òsum:) ; ..a..q..u. ati c. v—v.rt...ro,OT.,l sjieci-
Cardamoni (Alpinia Cardamò.); reedy.
Grams of laradise «Imòmum Gràuum
jiaradìsi) ; reedy
Arrow-root (Maránta arundiiid.) ; reedv
Plantain tree (îlù sa jiaradisiacafe reedy.
Banana tree (Musa sajiìéiitum) ; rcody
ffiigar cane (-Sàccliarum officin.) ; roedv
Ginger (Zingiber offlcinàle; reedy.
Cow tree (Galactodindron ùtile).
Med icin e .
Cashew nut (Aiiacárdium occidcntàle)
Aroca-iuit tree (A rèca Cdtechu).
Ijiecacuanlia (Callicócca Ipecacudnhoe)
Pajiaw tree (Càrica Papàua)-, remarkable
l'or its property of iutcnerating
.¿suit’s bark (Cinchòna offlcinàlis).
Baîsam of Copcvl (Copaifera offlcinàlis).
Gum giiiacuni (Guuiacum offlciuàie).
Cassava (.Tdnipha SIdnihot).
Cinnamon (Cinnamòmum vèrum).
Cassia (Ciiinamôiiium Càssia).
Senna (Càssia lanceolàta).
Medicinal mimosa (Acàcia Cdtechu)
Giim-aiabic tree (Acàcia aràbica).
Pimento tree <( Pimdnla Viméntn vulgàris),xiilroSrtld
either immediately
such the foregoing
plants of great im-
Somc minds relish nothing that is ii
useful, or has some relation to utility;
hsts will be of some value, as pointing c
portaucG to mankind in other countries''. From
iiGctioii with tlicse countries, and the number of young jicrsons
that annually leave Britain to pass great jiart ol" thcir lives in
them, it is desirable those plauts should be known here also;
and hence a rational olijectl'or tho patriot, who hasw-calth and
display them in a conservatory attached to Jils
T curious plants, or such as are
soiigiu alter chiefly by botanists, the palms, the air plants
or orchideous cpijihytes, andthc exotic ferns, wiil be included;
on tho cniture of these, we shall submit somo remarks.
6698. The Yalmee are a natural order of jiliints of great interest
by their utility, both as fruit trees, and as sujijilytng
other products; and of mucli grandeur of appearance. Tho
cocoa, sago, and date palms are well known; ujiwards of fii'cy
other species havo been Introduced into this country, and arc
to be found cluefly at Messrs. Lodtliges’. A number r-'""'
remain to be procured, of which the doom-palm of U
Egypt (fig. 922.) 18 one of the most remarkable; tiiis
Hypbæ'
-l.» VAJ. ItliJ J.
St. Helena ebony (Mclhània Melanóxyk),
Ri^nrcrn tree (Acàciii fnrnesiàna).
-_.-r-,ia ck (Paullíüía polyphyila).
Ground ratan (llliàpls flabcliilórniis)
Japan sumach (Phús succedànea). .
Soapberry (Sajiindus Saponària).
Mahogany tree (Swictènia Alahdgoni).
Indian teak free (Téctona gràndis).
Lancewood (Uvaria lanceolàta).
Jnthun madder (Oldonlándía umbellàta) ;
. ... coriàcea being tlio only jialms known to have a
dichotomous rmieatedly divided trunk. The names of the
palms 111 the Hackney Nursery, amounting in number to
i^warty of 120, to which nearly a fourth part more has been
Ita® ft'" '" in -Grit. 5699. The culture of palms is less a matter of nicety than
expense. Tliey require a jiowerfulmoist heat, a largo mass of
rich earth in the pot, tub, or bed, and aiiijile space for the
leaves, As they arc of remarkably slow growth, a stove devoted
to their culture does not require to exceed the common
hciglit at first; but, to .admit tlie tree jialms to disjday their
character, U would require to have tlic roof cdevated by degrees
to 60,80, or 100 foct. It is mucli to be wislied that some spirited
man of wealth would, in tliose times of knowledge and refinement,
distinguish himself by jialni culture, of which Messrs
Loddiges, much to their honour, set the flrst example. It is a
cominon opinion, that thcir growtii is so slow, that little effeet
would be produced during a lifetime ; but this every gardener
that lias supplied his palms «itli abundance of space for the
roots, and adequate heat in tlieir atinosjihcrc, can witness
against. The largo palm-house at Kew does something to
supjdy the want, but there is abundant room for more.
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