THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 141 



"winter, as it needs warnith more than light to hring it into bloom. The 

 flowers are white. 



Stanleyana, native of Sierra Leone. It is a very handsome shrub, 

 and attains a height of six feet. Th:; flowers are white witii red spots, 

 and are abundantly produced in June. 



Fortuni, native of Cnina, introduced by Fortune, is one of the noblest 

 stove Grardenias, and indispensable to a good collection. As this may be 

 managed without the aid of a stove, the culture will be more particularly 

 described under the section of greenhouse treatment. 



Other useful stove species are campanulata, dumetoruai, fragrans, 

 longistyla, melleifera, raontana. pavetta, and Sherbournise. 



Greexhouse Gardenias. — These must have similar treatment to the 

 stove species, for if kept in the greenhouse with other plants the whole 

 year round, and subjected to the ordinary treatment of such plants, they 

 become infested with fly, and never bloom satisfactorily. It is absolutely 

 necessaz-y to force them into bloom with a moist heat, and after blooming 

 to prune them in if needful, and then promote new growth by the same 

 process as vras used to bring them into bloom. Generally a frame placed 

 on a sweet bed of fermenting diinfr, answers to perfection, the moist am- 

 moniated atmosphere giving the foliage its proper freshness and beauty, 

 and helping out the flowers freely. If potted properly in the first in- 

 stance, they may be flowered twice without a shift, and after shifting 

 must be forced into growth as described above for the stove species. 

 When the growth is completed, with the aid of frame-heat, they may be 

 removed to the greenhouse, and be fully exposed to light all the autumn 

 and winter, and have plenty of air while the temperature is above 50^ 

 during winter. They must be kept rather dry, or they may rot at the 

 collar, and the temperature should never sink below 40°. In spring 

 they must be again placed on a moist bottom-heat, and kept rather close 

 to bring them into bloom. When in the forcing pit the pots should not 

 be plunged. Sometimes when kept in a poor state in the greenhouse they 

 become infested with fly; the remedy for this is first to cleanse them of 

 fly by brushing the under sides of the leaves, and then to induce root 

 action by a brisk moist heat, with frequent syringing. Plants that have 

 been well treated in the early part of the season may, when their growth 

 is completed, be put into a cool pit in June, and in July may be set out 

 in the open air till September, and then be housed for the winter. Un- 

 less required in bloom ver)^ early in the season, it is best to wait till 

 February before putting them in heat to bloom, as they will then com- 

 plete their growth by June, and occasion less trouble than if started 

 earlier. All the greenhouse kinds are adapted for flowering in the stove. 

 They are all propagated from cuttings of shoots half ripe, in sand under 

 bell-glasses, on a moist bottom-heat of 70°. The majority strike 

 readily, but there are a few very difficult to propagate. We subjoin a 

 list of desirable greenhouse kinds, with remarks on culture where 

 necessary, 



Araoena, native of China, grows four to five feet high, and forms a 

 pretty shrub. Flowers white, having the lobes purple outside where 

 exposed to the air. This is one of the hardiest. The season of flowering 

 is July. It should be kept in a shady part of the greenhouse, and have 

 plenty of water from May till August. 



Angustifolia is a small narrow-leaved snecies with white flowers ; 



