TABERNZMONTANA. 
Greenhouse and Stove Plants. 
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trained regularly to the sticks, and treated 
through the summer and autumn as pre- 
viously. 
If it is not deemed desirable to grow the 
plants into large specimens, they may the 
ensuing spring, and for a year or two fol- 
lowing, be kept in a good flowering state 
by the use of manure-water ; in this case 
it should be supplied regularly every other 
time or so that they require water, but it 
must not be given too strong. 
The following varieties are worth a place: 
S. coronillefolia. Purple flowers. 
S. galegifolia. A handsome red-flowered 
kind. 
S. galegifolia alba. 
form of the above. 
S. Osbornit. 
S. Rollissonit. 
Insects.—For aphides, which sometimes 
attack the young growth, fumigate. As 
already mentioned they are liable to red 
spider, but thecontinued use of the syringe 
recommended through the growing season 
will, if persisted in, always keep them clear 
from this pest. If they become affected 
with scale, these must be kept under by 
sponging and the use of a soft brush. 
A white-flowered 
TABERNAMONTANA CORONARIA 
FL.-PL. 
This plant is a native of India, whence 
it was introduced about the latter part of 
the last century. It is a hardwooded, 
compact-growing evergreen stove species, 
which forms a dense bush, and requires 
little training; the foliage is handsome 
and of medium size; the flowers are beauti- 
fully white, in form not unlike those of a 
Gardenia, and very fragrant ; a small plant 
will completely fill a large house with its 
exquisite perfume, which by many is pre- 
ferred to that of the Gardenia, being less 
powerful. It is easily propagated and as 
easily grown, but it will not succeed with- 
out stove heat. The flowers are scarcely 
surpassed by any in cultivation for bouquets. 
It strikes from cuttings made of the young 
shoots, when these have attained a length 
of about 4 inches or 5 inches, taken off with 
a heel. Under proper stove treatment 
such shoots will be obtainable by the be- 
ginning of April, and if placed five or six 
together in pots just large enough to hold 
them in sand, kept moist, covered with a 
propagating glass, and stood in a tempera- 
ture of 70° they will root in a few weeks. 
They should then be moved singly into 
3-inch pots, using good turfy peat, to 
which add as much sand as will keep it in 
a permanently sweet condition, as, in com- 
mon with several other comparatively 
slow-growing evergreen plants, it does not 
like the shaking-out process from time to 
time rendered necessary when soil that 
soon becomes decomposed and adhesive is 
used. This plant will grow in loam, but 
in it the foliage will be somewhat paler in 
colour than when peat is used. 
Keep the young plants in a moderately 
confined atmosphere for a week or two 
after potting off, gradually exposing them 
to the air of the house; shade from the 
sun during the middle of the day. In 
summer they will succeed in a tempera- 
ture of from 60° to 65° at night, with 10° 
or 15° more by day in bright weather ; 
give air in the daytime proportionate to 
the heat of the weather, and syringe over- 
head ever day at the time the house is 
closed. When a little progress in growth 
has been made pinch out the points of the 
shoots. By the middle of July pots 2 
inches larger will be required. Continue 
the same treatment as to heat, shade, and 
moisture until about the middle of Sep- 
tember ; then give more air and discon- 
tinue shading as well as syringing. For the 
two last months in the year and until the 
beginning of March a temperature of 60° 
at night, with from 5° to 10° more in the 
daytime will suffice ; after this, as the solar 
heat increases, gradually raise the heat of 
the house, and as soon as the plants show 
signs of growth move them into pots 3 
inches larger, using peat in a more lumpy 
state than at the first potting. Any 
shoots that may grow stronger than the 
rest should have their points cut out; 
treat as to heat, moisture, air giving, and 
shade, as advised for the preceding summer, 
and if about the middle of July the pots 
are full of roots move them into others 2 
inches or 3 inches larger, after which con- 
tinue to treat so that they may get esta- 
blished before winter. We should not 
advise any account to be taken of the 
flowers that are forthcoming this season, 
as the object is to get the plants up in size 
so that they may be able to produce a full 
complement of bloom the following year, 
Winter as before. They will now be 
strong with the pots full of roots, and care 
must be taken that they do not suffer at 
any time from want of water—yet it must 
not be given in excess, or injury will be 
the result, especially after the flowers are 
formed, which will usually be early in the 
winter. 
Increase the temperature as before in 
spring. When the blooming is finished any 
over luxuriant shoots should be cut back, 
and the plants moved into pots 2 inches or 
3 inches larger, after which encourage them 
by warmth and a genial atmosphere to 
