IXORA 



IXORA 



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pairs of leaves on them, and pot them singly, in 2-inch 

 pots, in two parts clean sharp sand, and one of peat. 

 Plunge the small pots in a cutting-bed, where the bot- 

 tom-heat is about 70. Be sure they are shaded from 

 the strong sun. In a few weeks the small pots will be 

 filled with roots, and the plants may be shifted into a pot 

 two sizes larger, and removed from the propagating- 

 bed, and placed in a light position in a house where the 

 night -temperature is about 65. The compost in 

 which they are potted may be equal parts of fibrous 

 loam, peat, and sand, adding about a sixth part of 

 broken charcoal. When they grip the soil in this pot, 

 cut them back, leaving two joints above the earth. If 

 desired, the plants may be flowered in the smallest size 

 of pot, and for decorative work they are then very use- 

 ful; but if large plants are wanted quickly, keep them 

 growing right along, never allowing the ball of the plant 

 to get into a mat of roots until the desired size of pot is 

 reached. After they have reached a 6-inch pot, they 

 give the best satisfaction, if they are potted entirely in 

 the fiber of a good loam, all the fine material being 

 shaken out of it. Pot them rather firmly and keep up a 

 night temperature of 65. In winter it may be 5 less. 

 From March until the end of September, a very light 

 shade over them is necessary, to keep the foliage in a 

 perfect condition. After flowering is the best time to 

 trim these plants into shape. Cut them back to one 

 joint, unless some of the shoots are required longer, to 

 preserve the symmetry of the plant. Before pruning 

 ixoras, it is a good plan, after flowering, to keep them on 

 the dry side for about a month. Never, however, allow 

 the plants to suffer for lack of water. Just let them get 

 to the wilting point, then water. This treatment firms 

 up the wood equally, and when they are cut back, the 

 young growths start all at the same time. By following 

 this method the plant will flower more equally all over. 

 Large plants of some of the varieties will give three 

 crops of flowers a year; the variety Fraseri is an exam- 

 ple. Plants in large pots will do well for several years 

 without repotting, if fed liberally with manure-water. 

 Green cow-manure, fertilizers such as Clay's soft-coal 

 soot, an ordinary handful to a two-and-a-half-gallon 

 watering-pot, or, for a further change, horse-urine, a 

 3-inch potful to the same amount of water, agrees well 

 with ixoras, when they are well rooted. Water twice 

 between applications with clean water. Insects that 

 affect ixoras may be kept in check by a judicious use 

 of the syringe, and fumigations with hydrocyanic gas 

 as advised for other plants. (George F. Stewart.) 



INDEX OF BOTANICAL SPECIES. 

 (For horticultural names, consult a preceding paragraph.) 



lutea, 12. 

 macrothyrsa, 8. 

 odorata, 4. 

 parviflora, 1. 

 rosea, 6. 

 salicifolia, 9. 

 stricta, 6. 



A. Fls. white (sometimes tinged pink). 



1. parviflora, Vahl. Evergreen tree, with subsessile 

 oblong or elliptic-obtuse Ivs. 3-6 in. long: cymes sessile, 

 with 3-5 pairs of short branches, the fls. in subglobose 

 clusters; corolla white, glabrous, the tube only ^in. 

 long, and the lobes oblong. India. 



2. acuminata, Roxbg. Glabrous shrub: Ivs. various, 

 from elliptic to linear-oblong, or the floral sometimes 

 rounded or obovate and sessile while the others are 

 petioled: cymes corymb-like, contracted and densely 

 fld. sometimes as if almost capitate, 2-4 in. across; 

 corolla pure white and fragrant, %in. across, the lobes 

 narrow and obtuse. India. 



3. barbata, Roxbg. Large glabrous shrub: Ivs. 

 stalked, elliptic, somewhat acute, thin, the upper pair 

 usually small and sessile and cordate: cymes much 



broader than high, short-stalked, sometimes 1 ft. 

 across, the branches being long, slender and spreading; 

 corolla white, woolly at the mouth, the tube 1-1 H in. 

 long and lobes narrow. India. B.M. 2505; 4513. 

 J.F. 1:26. 



4. odorata, Hook. Small shrub: Ivs. large, broad- 

 ovate or obovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, thick, 

 to 1 ft. long, the lower ones attenuate to a petiole: 

 cymes or panicles much divided, 1 ft. or more across, 

 with purplish branches; corolla very long (4-5 in.), 

 white changing to yellowish brown; stamens somewhat 

 protruding; fls. very fragrant. Madagascar. B.M. 

 4191. 



5. laxifldra, Smith. Shrub, slender, 3-4 ft.: Ivs. 

 oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, short-petioled : cymes or 

 panicles trichotomous and very open, large, terminal; 



corolla white tinged pink, the tube 1^ in. long, limb 

 cut to the base and the lobes very distinct; calyx 

 red; fls. very fragrant.. Guinea. B.M. 4482. J.F. 1:21. 



AA. Fls. usually in shades of red (sometimes varying to 

 rose and to orange-scarlet). 



6. chinensis, Lam. (7. stricta, Roxbg. I. coccinea, 

 Hort., not Linn. 7. bldnda, Ker. 7. crocata, Lindl. 7. 

 rosea, Sims). Apparently the common species, known 

 in greenhouses as 7. coccinea: glabrous shrub, with ses- 

 sile or subsessile Ivs. which are obovate or obovate- 

 oblong, and slender-tubed fls. in dense corymbs, the 

 corolla-lobes short and rounded and the tube %-l in. 

 long. Malayan archipelago and China. B.M. 169 (as 

 7. coccinea); 2428. B.R. 100; 782. Runs into nearly 

 pure white forms. There are said to be yellowish fld. 

 forms. Prince of Orange, a popular variety, is said to 

 be a form of this species. 



7. coccinea, Linn. (7. grandifldra, Bot. Reg. 7. Band- 

 hiica, Roxbg.). Much like the last, but Ivs. oblong with 

 mostly rounded or cordate base and sometimes an 



