have grown a few inches, they should be shaken out, 
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Cleome—continued. Ф 
They should be raised from seeds in spring, in а frame, 
with slight warmth, potted off singly, and hardened sub- 
sequently, so as to be planted out in May, when they 
should be vigorous plants. Cleomes thrive best in light 
rich soil, in a dry, warm situation, where they have plenty 
of room to spread. The stove shrubby species also require 
a light rich soil, and ripened cuttings root readily under 
a hand glass, in moderate heat; but as they produce seed 
freely, this will be unnecessary. The stove annuals are 
of easy culture. 
C. arborea (tree-like). f. white. June. l, Ieaflets seven, with 
about twenty veins on each. A. 6ft. to 8ft. Caraccas, 1817. Stove 
shrub, velvety-pubescent, somewhat clammy. 
gigantea tic).* Л. whitish-green, with pinkish filaments 
9 yellow Ее June. 4.seven-foliate, with thirty or forty 
veins on each leaflet. Plant shrubby, velvety-pubescent, some- 
what clammy. №. 6ft. to 12ft. South America, . This is 
a beautiful stove shrub, but has a strong disagreeable smell, 
and a caustic taste. (B. M. 3137.) 
c. (pungent).* jl. white, flesh-coloured, or rose, with 
purplish stamens and brownish anthers. July. l prickly, 
covered with clammy hairs, with five to seven leaflets; bracts 
simple, cordate, or ovate. h. lft. to 3ft. West Indies, &c., 1817. 
Stove annual. SYN. C. spinosa. See Fig. 474. (B. M. 1640.) 
C. rosea (rose).* £ beautiful rose-coloured. June. l., leaflets 
quinate; lower and floral ones ternate; uppermost ones ovate, 
sessile. Stem erect, branched. h. lift. Rio Janeiro, 1824. An 
unarmed, smooth, stove biennial. (B. R. 960.) 
C. speciosissima (showiest) Л. beautiful rose-coloured. nar 
L, leaflets five to seven, lanceolate, acuminate, pilose. h. 14 №. 
Mexico, 1829. An unarmed hardy annual. (B. R. 1312.) 
C. spinosa (prickly). Synonymous with C. pungens. 
CLERODENDREON (from Lkleros, chance, and den- 
dron, & tree; said to be owing to the uncertainty of 
the medicinal qualities). Syns. Ovieda, Siphonantha, 
Volkameria, and Volkmannia. Овр. Verbenacem. A 
genus containing about seventy species of mostly stove 
or greenhouse ornamental plants, having terminal pani- 
cles of brightly coloured pentamerous flowefs, with ex- 
serted stamens and style; and simple leaves. These 
are among the best of stove plants, and in habit of 
growth present two one with a climbing habit, 
and the other shrubby. A mixture of equal parts peat 
and loam, with the addition of a little leaf mould or decom- 
posed manure, and some charcoal or sand, suits the climb- 
ing ones admirably. The shrubby sorts have more gross 
foliage, and need something stronger to enable them to throw 
up their large panicles of rich scarlet and other coloured 
flowers. They should be cut close back soon after flower- 
ing, and be kept somewhat dry during the winter, in a 
temperature of about 55deg. Propagation is very easily 
effected. Cuttings of the shrubby sorts, put in when the 
plants are cut down, root readily. Pieces of the stem, 
or side branches, from 3in. to 6in. or more in length, should 
serted in sandy soil, watered, and then plunged in a 
bottom heat of 70deg.  Clerodendrons may also be pro- 
pagated by seed, which, if sown when ripe, or in the spring, 
and grown on in heat, may be converted into flowering 
plants the second season. The climbing varieties do not 
root quite so readily from igs as the other section; 
but INN ^» ming 7 b when the — are 
pruned after flowe ‚ should be in sandy soil, and 
covered with a bell glass. si 7 
Clerodendrons are subject to mealy bug, but not more 
so than many other stove plants. The best cure for this 
pest is constant attention by hand-pickings, and washing 
with soft soap water or an insecticide. By such means, it 
may be readily kept in check, though rarely absolutely 
destroyed. Aphides sometimes attack the young and 
tender shoots; these may be destroyed, as soon as detected, 
by fumigating, two evenings in succession— not too 
y, or injury may be caused. 
As the plants shed their leaves, little or no water will 
be needed during winter, but they should not be kept 
in too low a temperature. In January or February, they 
should -be started in a brisk heat. When those in pots 
Clerodendron—continued. 
and potted in fresh soil. If they can be plunged in bottom 
heat fora time, they will thrive all the better and grow 
faster. Of course, climbing Clerodendrons, planted out in 
the stove, cannot be removed into a lower temperature 
but the stove may be kept cooler in winter—say, a mini- 
mum temperature of 60deg.—and, as the wood has grown 
so near the glass, it will generally be sufficiently ripened - 
to flower well the succeeding season. С. Thomsona 
is one of the most distinct and useful of stove climbers, 
and is aleo а good exhibition plant when well grown in 
a large pot. О. fallax is one of the best shrubby species, 
C. Bethrneanum (Capt. Bethune’s).* fl. crimson, with a white 
spot on the upper, and a purple one on the two lateral lobes ; 
panicles large, terminal, pyramidal ; bracts, pedicels and calyces 
all coloured. 4. large, cordate-acuminate, smooth above. А, i0ft. 
Borneo, 1847. Stove shrub. (B. M. 4485.) 
C. Bungei(Bunges) А synonym of C. fætidum. 
C. calamitosum (calamitous white. August. A. 4ft. In 
1825. Stove. (B. M. 5294.) hr : eu 
C. fallax (deceptive). Л. bright scarlet ; panicles terminal, erect, 
many-flowered. cm and September. J. large, cordate-ovate, 
oy lobed, dark green. Java. An erect-growing stove 
C. foetidum (totid).* lilac-rose, in dense terminal corymbs. 
August. і. large, pu nt, cordate-acuminate, toothed, on 
e nent M п. T China, 1820. A handsome nhouse 
? ; I A à 
d M nM ru pure with short rigid prickles. SYN 
C. fragrans (íragrant).* Л. white; сотиб terminal, hemi- 
pubescent, with two К о Ресет бет, өш cordate, serrata; 
а 
Greenhouse. (B. M. 1834.) E ` ж 3 
C. f. flore-pleno (double-flowered).* Л. white, suffused with pink, 
very fragrant, d in com г bein 2 ) 
m or obovate, quite entire. A. 6ft. China, 1790. Greenhouse 
C. hastatum (spear-leaved). Л. white, very eme produced 
icle. June. `l. large, bert- 
Stove Шар. (В. М, 3308) шы 3 к 
infortunatum (unfortunate), vivid scarlet, large, disposed 
in coloured panicles, J. roundis -cordate, glossy EU 
ornamental when in bx 
ы white, blue, disposed in fascicled 
ong-lanceolate or obovate, toothed. 
stove shrub. SYN. Cyclonema myri- 
БТР" 
fom Sele. 
(B. 
С. m 
axil 
h. EY 3043 32 Stove shrub, very 
coides (Myrica-like). 
ary cymes. Spring. l. ob 
ical Africa. A dwarf 
C. paniculatum 
Pyramidal termi 
cordate-hastate, 
h. 6ft. Java, 1809. A 
