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CESTRUM aurantiacum. 
Orange-coloured Cestrum. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. SOLANACEE. 
CESTRUM, L. 
C. aurantiacum ; glabrum, foliis petiolatis ovalibus acutis undulatis, floribus 
sessilibus spicatis, bracteis deciduis, calyce lucido quinquecostato 
quinquedentato, corollà glabrà infundibulari limbo reflexo, filamentis 
basi pubescentibus denticulo auctis, baccà pyriformi candidà.— Lindl. 
in the Bot. Reg. 1844. misc. no. 65. 
In general the species of this genus have small claim to 
beauty, their flowers being for the most part green or greenish, 
or at least of some dingy colour; their only recommendation 
has been their occasional sweetness. 
This plant, however, is one with a strikingly gay aspect, its 
apricot or orange-coloured blossoms being quite clear, and of 
considerable size for a Cestrum. It is in fact a very beautiful 
greenhouse shrub, and perhaps not unsuited for turning into 
the open border during summer. Its foliage too is dark 
green, shining, and abundant, and in the winter it is rendered 
gay by an abundance of snow-white pear-shaped berries. 
Mr. Skinner presented the Horticultural Society with the 
seeds, which he had obtained from Chimalapa in Guatemala. 
It flowered in the Chiswick Garden in August, 1844. 
The flowers are not only beautiful, but they last for a 
long time, and breathe a very pleasant perfume of orange. 
peel. 
It is a greenhouse shrub which will grow freely in almost 
any sort of soil. Like many other greenhouse plants it 
requires to be placed out of doors for a few weeks in summer, 
when watering should be duly attended to. This will induce 
