PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 



has small, white, fragrant flowers appearing in April, and 

 sometimes succeeded by large, oval, purple fruits, may be 

 grown on walls in the milder districts. Sandy loam and 

 a sheltered position suit it, but it is liable to suffer 

 severely if subjected to drought. Propagation by cuttings 

 of the young, half-ripened shoots. (For S. latifolia see 

 Holbcellia.) 



STEPHANOTIS 



A genus of Asclepiads comprising about fifteen species. 

 Only one is well known in gardens, namely, the beautiful 

 5 1 . floribunda, the Clustered Wax Flower or Madagascar 

 Chaplet, so popular by reason of its pure, white, tubular, 

 fragrant blossoms, produced in great profusion, and dark 

 green Camellia-like foliage, leathery in substance. It 

 succeeds best planted in a small bed of turfy loam in 

 the stove, and trained up a trellis or on the roof. Propa- 

 gation in spring by cuttings of the previous year's growth. 

 The Elvaston variety is preferred as being of compact 

 habit, and extra-floriferous. The fruit bears a resemblance 

 to a very large plum. 



STREPTOSOLEN 



S. Jamesoniiy from Columbia, is a favourite sub-shrubby 

 evergreen greenhouse plant resembling Browallia, with 

 orange-coloured flowers in large terminal corymbose 

 panicles, freely produced in spring. It thrives in good 

 sandy loam. Propagation by cuttings. 



STROPHANTHUS 



A genus of tropical African and Asian shrubs or small 

 trees, with quaint variously-coloured flowers, often re- 



