270 GREEN-HOUSE REPOTTING PLANTS. 



pleno, Cape Jasmine, is a plant universally known in our col. 

 lections, and trees of it are frequently seen about seven feet 

 high, and five feet in diameter, blooming from June to Oc- 

 tober. G. rddicans, dwarf Cape Jasmine, G. lomjifblia, G. 

 multiflbra, G. latifolia, G. Fortunii, and G. camellia flora, 

 are also in several collections, but not so generally known ; 

 the flowers are double, and all equally fragrant. We are in- 

 clined to think they arc only varieties of G. flbrida, of which 

 camelliaflora is one of the finest. Any of the above will keep 

 in the coldest part of the green-house, and even under the front 

 of the stage is a good situation for them, where the house is 

 otherwise crowded during winter. They must be sparingly 

 watered from November to March. Much water, while they 

 are dormant, gives the foliage a sickly tinge, a state in which 

 they are too frequently seen. G. rothmannia and G. Thun- 

 bdryia are fine plants, but seldom flower; the flowers of the 

 former are spotted, and are most fragrant during night (Soil 

 No. 10.) 



Mesembrydnthemum, a very extensive genus, containing 

 upward of four hundred and fifty species and varieties, with 

 few exceptions, natives of the Cape of Good Hope. They are 

 all singular, many of them beautiful, and some splendid; yet 

 they have never been popular plants in our collections. The 

 leaves are almost of every shape and form ; their habits vary 

 in appearance. Some of them are straggling, others are insig- 

 nificant, and a few grotesque. When they are well grown, 

 they flower in great profusion ; the colours are brilliant and 

 of every shade ; yellow and white are most prevalent. Each 

 species continues a considerable time in flower. The flowers 

 are either solitary, axillary, extra-axillary, but most frequently 

 terminal ; leaves mostly opposite, thick, or succulent, and of 

 various forms. They are sometimes kept in the hot-house, 

 but undoubtedly the green-house is the best situation for 

 them. They must not get water above twice a month during 

 winter, but while they are in flower, and through the summer 

 they require a more liberal supply, and they seldom need to 

 be repotted; once a yeir is sufficient. (Soil No. 18.) 



