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. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON STOVE PLANTS. 643 Repot in the spring, using a good substantial soil of two parts fibrous loam, and one part leaf-mould and sand, in well-drained pots. A. Willidmsii is of dwarf, compact, bushy habit, with rich dark green foliage, and produces an abundance of beautiful, clear, bright yellow, sweet-scented flowers from 3^in. to 4^in. in diameter the whole summer; it also flowers freely in small pots. Amaryllis (Hippeastrum).—These truly gorgeous flowers are among the most brilliant and effective in the whole Vegetable Kingdom. By the untiring efforts and skill of the hybridist the most gratifying results have been attained in the improvement of shape, colours, and substance of the flowers, from a horticultural point of view, leaving now little to be desired. The beautiful hybrid varieties are now ousting the formerly high-prized species —so much so that the latter are now comparatively little grown and with difficulty obtained, even if required.. FIG. 413.—^ESCHYNANTHUS BOSCHIANDS. Turn the bulbs out of their pots in January or February, remove all the old soil, and thoroughly cleanse them from all decayed matter. Repot rather firmly in a compost of two-thirds good fibrous loam and one-third of equal parts cow-manure and leaf-mould, -with a small quantity of sharp sand. It is a good plan to mix the loam and cow-manure in layers in a good- sized heap six months before it is required for use. Insert the bulbs about two-thirds of their depth in the soil and plunge the pots in old tan or leaf-mould, with a gentle bottom-heat, and a night temperature in the atmosphere of 5Sdeg. to 6odeg. Water sparingly until growth commences and the flower-stems and foliage appear, and then apply moisture more freely. After" 2 t 2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrat