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THE GARDENERS' MONTHLY 



[October, 



on account of the inquiry about the Begonias. 

 They are now so dry, not having been pressed, 

 that there is little left of them ; but the large one 

 appears to be B. Chamberlaynei and the small one 

 B. Chica.— Ed. G. M.] 



STREPTOSOLON JAMESONI. 



BY JEAN SISLEY, MONPLAISIR, LYONS, FRANCE. 



I wrote to you on the 5th and loth of March, and 

 to-day send you the drawing of a shrub.Streptosolon 

 Jamesoni, recently introduced by Edward Andre 

 from South America and propagated by Victor 

 Lemoine, of Nancy. It grows in its native country 

 at about 7,000 to 9,000 feet above the level of the 

 sea. It grows from about four to six feet high. 

 The wood is like that of the Lantana or the 

 Fuchsia. It flowers abundantly from March until 

 July, and will in our climate make a fine green- 

 house shrub. It was at first introduced in Europe 

 about forty years ago by Hartweg and called 

 Browallia Jamesoni by Bentham and sold to 

 Veitch, of London, but has since been lost. But 

 perhaps you know more about it. Nevertheless 

 you may be pleased to have the drawing to make 

 your readers acquainted with. 



To those of your readers who have no corres- 

 pondents in Europe, I will with pleasure act as 

 intermedian, and procure it for them, as well as all 

 other plants. 



[We have already noticed the introduction ot 

 this beautiful plant into European gardens. — 

 Ed. G. M.l . , 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



New French Roses. — Twelve new ones are to 

 be introduced this season by M. Liabaud. 



Rose Nipuetos. — This is a French variety 

 raised by Bougere-Breton, and sent out in 1843. 

 It is getting to be an old Rose now, though its 

 merits as a winter forcer for cut flowers, have only 

 recently been recognized to any great extent. M. 

 Granger, a French rose grower, revived its popu- 

 larity, in this respect, about 1875. 



Steam Heaters. — These seem to be growing 

 in popularity. Messrs. Hovey & Co., of Cambridge. 

 Mass., Lonsdale & Burton, Germantown, and the 

 Agricultural Department at Washington, have 

 recently set up steam boilers from the Exeter 

 Works; and the old and extensive cut-flower es- 



tablishment of L. C. Baumann, at Germantown, 

 will introduce steam heating, employing however a 

 second-hand locomotive boiler to heat up with. 



Cut Flowers in America. — M. Lachaume, 

 of Havana, is astonishing the French by telling the 

 Reveu Horticole of the great love of Americans 

 for cut flowers. He gives the true, but what must 

 be to them a marvelous story, that one grower 

 alone, near New York, cut 10,000 buds of General 

 Jacqueminot Rose last winter. 



Rose Cramoisi SuPERiEUR.^The Journal des 

 Roses, figures this beautiful old china rose, which, 

 if we are not mistaken, is the same as we have 

 under culture as Agrippina. According to the 

 magazine cited, it was raised in 1832 by M. 

 Coquereau, an amateur near Angers. It was sent 

 out in 1835 by M. Vibert. 



SciiiSMATOGLOTTis LoNGiSPATHA (see illustra- 

 tion). — Leaf plants, continue to enjoy great popu- 

 larity. The arum family has furnished a goodly 

 number for the most fashionable lists. Here is 

 another addition, with a new name for cultivators, 

 though its relationship to old acquaintances can 

 be seen in its face. Mr. Bull, its introducer, 

 gives the following account of it: "A pretty, 

 dwarf, neat-habited Aroid introduced from Bor- 

 neo. Its short erect stems grow in tufts, spread- 

 ing by short rhizomes, and are furnished with 

 obliquely ovate leaves, some four inches long, 

 of a lightish green color, marked with a feathered 

 central band of silvery-gray, through which runs 

 the distinct green costa ; the slender leaf-stalks 

 about as long or longer than the leaves, have a 

 broadish sheathing base. The inflorescence is 

 curious in structure, the most conspicuous parts 

 being the small yellowish-green spadices." 



SCRAPS AND QUERIES. 



Gynura aurantiaca. — " C. E. P.," Queens, 

 N. Y., asks : " Will some of the readers of the 

 Monthly be so good as to tell me of what country 

 Gynura aurantiaca is a native, and when and by 

 whom introduced ? " 



[Native of Java.— Ed. G. M.] 



Trouble with a Tall Palm. — " G. G. A.," 

 Geneva, N. Y., writes : " A friend has in his 

 grounds an elegant palm (Seaforthea elegans) 14 to 

 16 feet high and thirteen or fourteen years old. 

 The trunk is about six feet high above the tub 

 before throwing out the fronds. It is getting 



