As the stove plants grow, allow them more space, especially such plants
as are prized for the beauty of their foliage. Give frequent attention
to stopping and training. Look to the climbers frequently, to regulate
their growth and to prevent entanglement, and a world of trouble and
confusion. Put in cuttings of such plants as Brugmansias, Clerodendrons,
Eranthemums, Erythrinas, Poinsettias, and those winter-flowering plants
_Euphorbia jaquiniflora_ and the _Gesnera bulbosa_. Where there is only
one house in which to grow Orchids, a compromise as to temperature must
be made to suit the natives of the hot and moist valleys or shady
woods of the East, and those which inhabit high and airy regions in the
Western hemisphere. To accomplish this it is advisable to allow a free
circulation of air during the early part of the day, with an abundance
of atmospheric moisture, and to shut up early in the afternoon with a
high degree of temperature.
Achimenes.--They delight in a moist heat, and a partially-shaded
situation. More air to be given as they advance in growth. The shoots to
be staked out neatly.
Gesneras to be treated similarly, with the addition of more light.
Gloxinias.--The same as _Achimenes_.