STOVE PLANTS

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STOVE PLANTS .For the successful culture of stove plants two houses at least, wherein different temperatures can be maintained, should be devoted to their growth. The minimum temperature durin winter should range at night from about 55 in the cooler to 65 in the warmer

house

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

, and from 65 to 75 by day, allowing a few degrees further rise by sun heat. In summer the temperature may range 1o higher by artificial heat, night and day, and will often by sun heat run up to 90 or even 95 , beyond which it should be kept down by ventilation and frequent syringing and damping down of the pathways. During the growing period the atmosphere must be kept moist by damping the walls and pathways, and by syringing the plants according to their needs; when growth is completed less moisture will be necessary. Watering, which, except during the resting period, should generally be copious, is best done in the forenoon; while syringing should be done early in the morning before the sun becomes too powerful, and

late

LATE

in the afternoon to admit of the foliage drying moderately before night. The following is a select

list

LIST (O.E.
lisle
- LISLE, ALICE (c. 1614-1685)
, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr.
lisle
- LISLE, ALICE (c. 1614-1685)
)
LIST,
FRIEDRICH
- FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )
(1789-1846)

of genera of stove plants (climbers are denoted by *, bulbous and tuberous plants by t) :
Acalypha Cyanophyllum Musa
Achimenest (Miconia) Nelumbiumf
Aeschynanthus Cycas

Nepenthes

NEPENTHES (Gr. vrl7revOis, sc. Q,&puaeov, a drug that takes away grief, from vrl- privative, and 7rivOos, " grief ")

Allamanda* Dieffenbachia Nymphaeat
Alocasiat Dipladenia* Oxera*
Amaryllist

Dracaena

DRACAENA

Pancratiumt
Anthurium Eranthemum Pandanus
Aphelandra Eucharist Passiflora*
Aralia

Euphorbia

EUPHORBIA

Pavetta
Ardisia Ficus Petraea*
Arisaemat Franciscea Pleroma*
Aristolochia* Gardenia Poinsettia
Ataccia Gesnera Rondeletia
Begonia Gloriosa* Sanchezia
Bertolonia Gloxiniat Schubertia*
Bignonia* Heliconiat Scutellaria
Bromeliads Hoffmannia Stephanotis

Cactus

CACTUS

Ipomaea* Tabernaemontana
Caladiumt Ixora Terminalia
Calathea Jacobinia Thunbergia
Centropogon Jasminum* Torenia
Cissus* Luculia Thyrsacanthus
Clerodendron* Maranta Tydaea
Crinumt Medinilla Vinca
Codiaeum (Croton) Meyenia

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