POLYSCIAS 



POLYSCIAS 



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be cut back to a little above the base, and the cion 

 inserted. Either the cleft or wedge method has been 

 successful. They must be kept in a night temperature 

 of not less than 70F., and placed in a tight moist case 

 until they unite. Aralias may also be propagated from 

 cuttings, eyes, or pieces of the root. A plant that has 

 become bare of leaves may be -cut down near the pot; 

 the stem should be cut in 2-inch lengths, and put in as 



eye-cuttings, in 

 a brisk heat in 

 the propagating- 

 bed. The old 

 stool may be put 

 in bottom heat, 

 when many of 

 the varieties will 

 throw several 

 nice cuttings 

 from the base. 

 These should be 

 removed with a 

 heel, when about 



long, 

 in as 



3115. Polyscias Gullf oylei ( X K) 



6 inches 

 and put 

 cuttings, in a 

 bottom heat of 

 about 75, and 

 potted off when 

 rooted. To pro- 

 cure root -cut- 

 tings, one of the 

 strongest plants 

 should be turned 

 out of the pot, 

 and the soil 

 washed out of 

 the roots with a 

 hose. Cut the 

 stronger parts 

 of the roots in 

 2-inch lengths, 

 and place in 

 small pots. The 



end nearest the stem should be nearest the surface of the 

 pot. Plunge the pots in a tight case, in 70 to 75 bottom 

 heat, and water carefully until they throw up shoots. 

 A sandy peat is the best soil in which to grow the finer 

 rooting varieties. The stronger-growing kinds thrive 

 in a richer compost, say two parts fibrous loam, one 

 part leaf-mold, a little well-rotted manure, charcoal, 

 and sand enough to keep the whole porous. Greenhouse 

 kinds should be in a night temperature of not over 50 

 when established in their pots. They may be set out- 

 doors in a shady position in summer. The tropical 

 kinds must be kept at not less than 60 night-tempera- 

 ture. Aralias must at all times be shaded from strong 

 sunshine. Watering with soot-water gives a nice gloss 

 to the foliage. Aralia, or Panax, Victoria may be 

 treated the same as the other aralias. Insect pests can 

 be kept in check on aralias by the syringe and by fumi- 

 gating with hydrocyanic gas, one-half ounce to the 

 thousand cubic feet. The usual precautions of lower- 

 ing the temperature to 60, and having the foliage 

 dry when the operation is performed, should be 

 observed. (George F. Stewart.) 



paniculata, Baker (Termindlia elegans, Hort. Gili- 

 bertia paniculata, DC.). Erect glabrous shrub: Ivs. 

 pinnate, 6-9 in. long, usually with 7 Ifts. of which the 

 terminal one is 7-9 in. long, oblong and obtuse, shining, 

 deltoid or somewhat rounded at base: fls. in somewhat 

 spicate (not paniculate) racemes 2-4 in. long, on very 

 short and thick pedicels and not articulated ; petals and 

 stamens about 16: fr. hemispherical, with 6 styles and 

 as many grooves. Mauritius. This is another example 

 of the confusion which arises from the naming of garden 

 plants before their fls. or frs. are known. For several 



years this plant was supposed to be a Terminalia (cf. 

 G.C. III. 2, p. 366). 



pinnata, Forst. (Aralia latifolia, Wight & Am.). 

 Lfts. orbicular to oblong, either nearly entire or with 

 small and remote teeth, the base obtuse or heart-shaped, 

 the apex acuminate: fls. 5^-7 in each umbel of the pani- 

 cle. Malaya. The Aralia latifolia of gardeners may 

 not be the above plant, and it seems to be little cult. 



fruticdsa, Harms (Panax fruticosum, Linn. Aralia 

 fruticosa, Hort. Nothdpanax fruticosum, Miq. Panax 

 excelsum, Hort., at least in part). Fig. 3113. Erect 

 shrub, to 6 or 8 ft. high, glabrous, the young branches 

 with prominent lenticels: Ivs. more or less irregularly 

 pinnately 3-compound, the petiole and rachis more or 

 less spotted, and the petiole-base expanded and clasp- 

 ing; Ifts. stalked, with the segms. also stalked and 

 parted or cut into narrow-ovate or oblong or lanceolate 

 ultimate segms. with scariously spinulose-toothed mar- 

 gins and very acute apices, the whole If. having a 

 much-divided soft appearance: infl. terminal and in the 

 upper axils, 3-6 in. long and many-fld., the fls. umbel- 

 late and short-pedicelled: fr. broad-ovoid, compressed, 

 more than 1 in. long. Polynesia to India, commonly 

 cult, and in many If. -forms. In some cases the Ivs. are 

 much cut and the segms. are reduced to very narrow 

 even to linear or thread-like forms. Var. plumata, 

 Bailey (Panax plumatum, Hort. Nothdpanax fruticosum 

 var. plumatum, Merr.), has smaller Ivs., 8 in. or less 

 long, the ultimate segms. much smaller and finer and 

 mostly lanceolate or linear-lanceolate. See also Panax 

 Deleauanum, suppl. list, p. 2748. 



Guilfdylei, Bailey (Aralia Guilfoylei, Bull. Nothdpanax 

 Guilfoylei, Merr.). Figs. 3114, 3115. Erect glabrous 

 shrub, to 15 ft. and more, not much branched, 

 with bright green usually white-edged foliage: Ivs. 

 large, often 16 in. and more long, regularly pinnate, 

 with more or less spotted or lined petiole which is 

 expanded and clasping at base; Ifts. stoutly short-petio- 

 late, well separated from each other, ovate to elliptic- 

 ovate to nearly orbicular, tapering or rounded or trun- 

 cate at base, with distinct and mostly rather remote 

 short teeth which are sharply acuminate-pointed, in 

 the usual cult, forms with white margins or variously 

 white-shaded and blotched; terminal 1ft. large, often 

 6 in. long and 5 in. broad. Planted in tropical countries 

 about yards and for screens or hedges, and probably 

 native somewhere in the Pacific Isls.; often called 

 "wild coffee" and 

 "coffee tree," 

 probably from the 

 foliage. It may 

 be seen now and 

 then in green- 

 houses, although 

 mostly in the 

 smaller and cut- 

 Ivd. forms. It ap- 

 pears rarely to 

 froduce flowers. 

 ts origin is not 

 traced ; by some 

 it is thought to 

 be a modified form 

 of P. pinnata or 

 some related rec- 

 ognized species. 

 F.M. 1874: 100 

 A. Guilfoylei ap- 

 pears to have been 

 first described in 

 Bull's Catalogue 

 for 1873 under 

 "new plants an- 

 nounced for the 

 first time," as fol- 3116. Polyscias Guilfoylei var. laciniata. 



