1882. 



AND HORTICULTURISl. 



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constant bloomer, and best in my collection of 

 three hundred varieties — over a dozen white 

 roses. I have read with interest, from time to 

 time in Gardener's Monthly items on roses, and 

 often console myself with the thought that we 

 can grow roses to perfection in Texas, in the 

 open border. 



This list is now in bloom in the garden ; my 

 garden is well protected by evergreens. Solfa- 

 terre, with highly perfumed golden buds ; Jean 

 d'Arc, beautiful evergreen foliage, and white | 

 pointed buds— both Noisette roses. Banksia, | 

 gaudy with snow-white flowers and evergreen j 

 foliage, very hardy here, but blooms once, and 

 that for about six weeks; Jacqueminot, Mad. 

 Chas. Wood, Crown, and other Hybrids, besides 

 a host of Tea Roses ; while Devoniensis, Mad. 

 Damasin, Bourbon and Bengal Roses, all have 

 their representatives. Of Perpetual, the rose 

 Belle Allemande is certainly here never out of 

 bloom, unless frosted, and soon rallies after a 

 freeze. Bella is not much found here, unless it 

 would be under glass, as it yields only flowers in ; 

 the winter. j 



I have half a dozen Seedling Roses of my own ' 



raising, that are very good, and may some day 

 find admirers. One closely resembles Appolline, 

 a very constant bloomer. I often wonder that 

 our Southern amateurs do not experiment more 

 with rose seeds. The plant 1 have bloomed 

 when three months old, and only four inches 

 high, so that anyone can see the color, and if 

 double or single ; still, they have to wait a year 

 or more to get a strong plant from seed. It is 

 important to pick off" the buds in order to get 

 strong growing plants. We know of a Marechal 



Niel Rose, grown by a Houstonian, Capt. T , 



that occupies three hundred and twenty square 

 feet, and bears thousands of roses. There are 

 quite a number of fine M. Niels about town ; 

 this is the largest one known to me. It is eight 

 years old. 



[These flowers arrived in excellent condition, 

 except that those roses which had partially 

 opened when gathered, soon dropped their petals 

 when taken from the bud. If gathered when 

 not quite mature, a Philadelphian might have 

 flowers from his farm in Southern Texas fresh 

 on his table every day, at but a trifling expense. 

 —Ed. G. M.J 



Greenhouse and House Gardening. 



COMMUNICA riONS. 



CCELOCYNE CRISTATA. 



BY MANSFIELD MILTON, \OUNGSTOWN, O. 



All Ccelogynes are beautiful — in fact, all 

 flowers are beautiful — nature is not the author 

 of anything ugly ; but she appears to combine in 

 some particular objects more attractions than in 

 others ; the subject of these remarks is one of 

 them. Who can look at a flower of Coelgyne 

 cristata and be an infidel ? 



The flowers are produced on drooping spikes 

 proceeding from the base of the ball. They are 

 of a beautiful white with a yellow blotch on the 

 lips, and will last a long time in perfection. 



It is an evergreen orchid, and succeeds best in 

 a pot, with equal parts peat and moss. Give plenty 

 of drainage, as during its season of growth it re- 

 quires an abundant supply of water, withholding 

 as the bulbs mature. Give but little water when 



at rest, and keep in cool house, and by all means 

 prevent from exciting into growth prematurely, 

 as by doing so the flowering of the plant is often 

 checked. Keep the leaves scrupulously clean, 

 and encourage a good growth of bulbs and roots. 

 Be careful to protect the latter from the depre- 

 dations of woodlice, slugs, and other insecta 

 which are very fond of them. Keep a dry at- 

 mosphere during the time the flowers are open, 

 as damp is apt to make them spot and decay 

 soon. 



CLERODENDRON. 



BY CHARLES E. PARNELL, QUEENS, L. I., N. Y. 



The showy Clerodendron (C. speciosissi- 

 mum) forms a dwarf branching plant, growing 

 from four to six feet in height with large 

 cordate leaves and a furrowed almost square 

 stem. It is also one of the most distinct and 

 prettiest species, and produces its flowers in 

 large terminal panicles on healthy and well 



