Stove-plants

Stove-plants is another name for hothouse plants—plants which require artificial heat to make them grow and keep healthy in the colder temperate climes. They may be practically classified according to the kind and degree of heat required—from those suitable to the dry hothouse to those fitted to thrive in a cool greenhouse; from tropical orchids to hardy heaths. See PLANT-HOUSES, and the articles on the several species of plants.