TABERNiEMONTANA. 



Greenhozise 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 

 y 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. coronillcBfolia. Purple flowers. 



S. galegifolia. A handsome red-flowered 

 kind. 



S. galegifolia alba. A white-flowered 

 form of the above. 



S. Oshornii. 



S. Iiollissonii. 



Insects. — For aphides, which sometimes 

 attack the young growth, fumigate. As 

 already mentioned they are liable to red 

 spider, but the continued 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 kejit under by 

 sponging and the use of a soft brush. 



TABERNiEMONTANA COEONARIA 

 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 anyin 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 

 j)ropagating glass, and stood in a tempera- 

 ture of 70° they will root in a few weeks. 

 They should then be moved singly into 

 3-in'ch 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 wiU 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 suflice ; 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 oljject 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 sufler afc 

 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 inclies larger, after which encourage them 

 by warmth and a genial atmosphere to 



