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CODI^UM 



CODI^UM 



very valuable as bedding plants. Planted in clumps or 

 masses, the effect of the combination of rich colors is 

 charming. They should be planted in any good, rich, 

 not too heavy soil, and regularly syringed to keep down 

 red spider. They color best when fully exposed to 

 the sun, and should not be planted out until about the 

 10th of June in the neighborhood of New York and 

 Philadelphia. If something is needed to make the beds 

 look attractive early in the season, it is a good plan to 

 plant pansies in April, to remain until it is time to 

 plant the codieums. Some of the tender varieties, such 

 as Reedii, albicans, and a few others, are inclined to 

 burn in the extremely hot weather, but nearly all the 

 sorts do well bedded out. Among the very best for 

 this purpose are Queen Victoria, Dayspring, Baron 

 Rothschild, Andreanum, Lady Zetland, Carrierei, 

 Barryi, Hawkeri, fasciatum, anietumense. The 

 house culture of codieums is very simple. It is neces- 



1016. Codiaeum variegatum Baronne de Rothschild. 

 (An example of form platyphyllum. > 



sary that a night temperature be maintained of 70 

 to 75, and that the air be kept moist by frequent 

 syringings. Cuttings of half-ripened wood may be 

 easily rooted at any time from October until June, a 

 bottom heat of 80 being just what they need. When 

 very fine specimens are desired, root strong and shapely 

 tops by making an incision in the stem and tying moss 

 around the wounded part; it will be rooted ready to 

 pot in about three weeks. By this method all the foliage 

 may be retained, and a perfect plant will result. The 

 more light the plant receives, the better will be the 

 color; but with some kinds of glass it is necessary to 

 shade lightly to prevent burning of the leaves. They 

 may be grown finely in a house glazed with ground 

 glass, which admits the light and does not require 

 shading. It is well to syringe two or three times a week 

 with tobacco water, to kill mealy bug and red spider. 

 Little's Antipest, or any emulsion of coal-oil, is a good 

 insecticide for codieums. New varieties from seed, 

 the result of crossing existing sorts, are continually 

 being raised. Seed ripens freely under glass in North 

 America, and there is no doubt that the list of about 

 eighty choice varieties now in cultivation will be largely 

 added to in the near future. (Robert Craig.) 



variegatum, Blume, var. pictum, Muell. Arg. 

 (C. medium, Baill. C. variegatum var. genulnum, 



Muell. Arg., in part. C. pictum, Hook. Crbton variegatus, 

 Linn. Crbton pictus, Lpdd. Phyllaurea Codiaeum, 

 Lour.). Lys. ovate to linear, marked with various 

 colors, entire or lobed. Cult, throughout the Old 

 World tropics as well as in Eu. and Amer. The wild 

 form with green Ivs. is var. molluccdnum, Muell. Arg. 

 (C.moluccanum, Decne.). B.M. 3051. L.B.C. 9:870. 



A. Foliage plane or recurved, entire, not appendiculate. 

 B. Lvs. 2-3, rarely 4 times as long as broad, usually broadest 

 above the middle. Form platyphyllum, Pax. 

 c. The Ivs. with practically no red coloration. 

 Hort. vars.: aureo-maculatum, aureo-marmoratum, 

 Baron Frank Seilliere, Barryi, Bergmanii, Bruce Find- 

 lay, Carrierei, Delight, Exquisite, fasciatum, fucatum, 

 Golden Queen, grande, Hawkeri, Henryanum, Hookeri, 

 invictum, Jamesii, lacteum, magnolifolium, maximum, 

 medium variegatum, Orvilla, ovalifolium, Princess 

 Waldeck, superbiens, tournfordensis, Truffautii. 



cc. The Ivs., at least when older, red colored. 

 Hort. vars.: Andreanum, acubsefolium, Austinianum, 

 Baronne James de Rothschild (Fig. 1016), B. Compte, 

 Beauty, Dayspring, Dormannianum, Hilleanum, Le 

 Tzar, Magnificent, Marquis de Guadiaro, Me. Lucien 

 Linden, Mortii, Mrs. Iceton, Nestor, Newmannii, Pen- 

 nincki; pictum, Pilgrimii, Prince Henry, recurvifolium, 

 Reidii, Reginse, roseo-pictum, Stewartii, Williamsii. 



ccc. The Ivs. broad, color not specified. 

 Hort. vars.: Compte de Germiny, d'Haenei, Dr. 

 Friedenthal, Hendersonii, Kreutzeanum, Makoyanum, 

 marmoratum, Prince Royal, Sanderi, Seemannii, Sinai, 

 Stroemeri, verum, Watsonii. 



BB. Lvs. lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, 5 or more 

 times as long as wide. Form ambiguum, Pax. 

 c. The Ivs. vnth practically no red coloration. 

 Hort. vars.: albo - lineatum, angustissimum, aniet- 

 umense, bellulum, Burtonii, concinnum, Countess, 

 Crown Prince, Davisii, Duvalii, eburneum, elongatum, 

 eminens, Goednoughtii, irregulare, latimaculatum, 

 maculatum, Monarch, Mooreanum, Mrs. Swan, vol- 

 utum, Weismanii, Wilsonii. 



cc. The Ivs., at least when older, red-colored. 

 Hort. vars.: albicans, amabile, Broomfieldii, Chal- 

 lengerii, Chantrieri, chrysophyllum, Cooperi, Drouetii, 

 Duvivieri, Flamingo, Hanburyanum, imperiale, inimita- 

 bile, insigne, Jubilee, Lady Zetland, lancifolium, Mac- 

 far lanei, magnificum, Massangeanum, multicolor, 

 musaicum, Nevillia3, princeps, Queen Victoria, recurva- 

 tum, Sunshine, triumphans, triumphans Harwoodi- 

 anum, Vervsetii, Victory, Veitchii, Youngii. 



ccc. The Ivs. medium width, lanceolate, color not specified. 

 Hort. vars. : Boucheanum, Eckhautei, Eclipse, Excel- 

 lenz, Flambeau, Gaerdtii, Grusonii, Imperator, 

 Leopoldii, Margarete Daniel, marginatum, neriifolium, 

 Oberstleutnant Erode, Ohlendorffii, Pres. Chereau, 

 Said Pascha, Spindlerianum, splendidum, undulatum. 



BBS. Lvs. linear, 1 cm. (%in.) or less broad. Form 



taeniosum, Muell. Arg. 

 c. The Ivs. with practically no red coloration. 

 Hort. vars.: aigburthiense, aureo-punctatum, Dodg- 

 sonse (in part), elegantissimum, Elvira, gloriosum, Her- 

 mon, Johannis, Phillipsii, superbum, Van Oosterzeei. 



cc. The Ivs. with red color, at least when old. 

 Hort. vars.: Bragseanum, elegans, majesticum, Mrs. 

 Dorman, nobile, Princess of Wales, Rodeckianum, 

 ruberrimum, sceptre. 



ccc. The Ivs. narrow linear, color not specified. 

 Hort. vars.: Donai, Fascination, Grayii, Klissingii, 

 lineare, pendulinum. 



