GARDENIA. 



Greenhouaa and tStove Plants. 



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F. Earl of Beaconsfield, 



F. Eclipse. 



F. Enoch Arden. 



F. Gaspctr. 



F. Lord Derby. 



F. Sir W. G. Armstrong 



F. Swanky Gem. 



F. Try me 0. 



F. Wave of Life. 



SINGLE LIGHT VARIETIES. 



F. Arabella. 



F. Govent Garden White. 



F. Evening Star. 



F. Guiding Star. 



F. Lady Heytesbury. 



F. Lustre. 



F. Maid of Honour. 



F. marginata. 



F. Minnie Banks. 



F. Rose of Castile. 



VARIETIES WITH WHITE COROLLAS. 

 F. Avalanche. (Smith) Double. 

 F. CannelVs Gem. Single. 

 F. Delight. Single. 

 F. Jeanne d'Arc. Single. 

 F. Kingsburyana. Double. 

 F. Miss Lncy Finnis. Double. 

 F. Mrs. E. Bennett. Single. 

 F. Mrs. H. Cannell. Double. 



DOUBLE DARK VARIETIES. 



F. Alpha. 



F. Avalanche. (Henderson.) 



F. Depute Berlet. 



F. Harvest Home. 



F. King of the doubles. 



F. Nestor. 



F. Sir Garnet Wolseley. 



F. Tower of London. 



The following species, and distinct 

 hybrids, are handsome kinds : — 



F. Corallina. 



F. corymbifora. 



F. corymbiflora alba, 



F. Dominiana. 



F. procumbens. 



F. splendens. 



Insects. — Fuchsias are much subject to 

 the attacks of both red spider and aphides ; 

 for the former syringe continually through 

 the growing season ; for aphides, fumigate 

 with tobacco, repeating the application, 

 but not severely, until the insects are de- 

 stroyed. 



GARDENIA. 



Few stove plants are such general 

 favourites as Gardenias, and few have so 

 many properties calculated to render them 

 generally useful. Considerable numbers 

 of them come from China, the East and 



West Indies, South America, and one or 

 two from Sierra Leone, of which the 

 singular G. Stanleyana, so very unlike the 

 geilerality of the other species, is a note- 

 worthy 'example. With one or two 

 exceptions, they are all evergreen shrubs, 

 mostly possessing a dense, compact habit 

 of growth. The species held in high 

 estimation are comparatively few, but these 

 few are deservedly prized for their exquisite 

 fragrance, and for the freedom with which 

 their blossoms are produced during a con- 

 siderable portion ot the year, especially in 

 the spring, when sweet-scented flowers are 

 scarce. They are also particularly well 

 adapted for bouquets and the decoration of 

 vases on account of their soft milky-white 

 colour and agreeable perfume. The un- 

 opened buds and newly-expanded flowers 

 of G. citriodora— quite distinct in appear- 

 ance from the other members of the family 

 — are largely used in place of Orange 

 blossom, for which they form a by no 

 means indifferent substitute. To have 

 Gardenias in flower in winter the plants 

 require to be prepared by well maturing 

 their growth in autumn, but they should 

 never be allowed to become quite dormant 

 through want of warmth. They are easily 

 grown, and are remarkably free bloomers, 

 but there is one point in their cultivation 

 that demands special notice, and that is 

 that where required to be grown in any- 

 thing approaching a condition that will fully 

 exemplify their flowering capabilities, they 

 must be kept free from the attacks _ of 

 insects, such as mealy bug, a pest with 

 which they are great favourites, and 

 Avhicli, if once allowed to obtain a footing, 

 will give an unlimited amount of trouble. 

 The propagation of Gardenias is easy if 

 cuttings from half or fully ripened shoots 

 are niade in March, at which time they 

 can be had in that condition from plants 

 that have been kept in a brisk heat through 

 the winter for early flowering ; insert them 

 singly in small pots drained and half filled 

 with a mixture of equal parts of peat and 

 sand, finishing off with fine sand and 

 covering with a propagating glass. If 

 placed in a temperature of 70° and kept 

 moist they will root in a few weeks, when 

 the glass may be removed. In May move 

 them into 3 or 4 inch pots. They will 

 grow in either peat or loam, but the former, 

 where it can be had of a fibrous character, 

 is best. If peat of a heavy close description 

 only is obtainable, it is better to grow them 

 in turfy loam ; break the fibrous parts up 

 into small pieces, and add one-sixth of 

 rotten manure and as much sand as will 

 keep the whole porous ; in all stages of 

 their existence this is necessary, as they 



