114 Notes and Gleanings. 



Culture of Clerodendron TnoMSONiE and BALFOURii.^They are 

 both stove climbing-plants, and require a stove temperature. At this season, 

 water should be sparingly given ; and, by full exposure to light, secure the ripen- 

 ing of the wood. In winter, give no more water than enough to keep the wood 

 plump. In February, perform whatever pruning may be required, thinning out 

 the old wood, and shortening the long shoots, but leaving enough of the young 

 shoots of last year ; and, when they begin to push, encourage their growth with 

 moisture and an increase of temperature. When the plants have shoots a few 

 inches long, repot, removing all the old soil as far as it can be done without injury 

 to the roots ; and use a compost of two-thirds fibrous loam from turf, and one- 

 third sandy peat, with a free admixture of sand. Good drainage must be given. 

 If convenient, plunge in a hot-bed, taking care not to make the soil very wet, 

 but only moist, shading from bright sun, and keeping the atmosphere moist. 

 When the plants have become again established, encourage them with plenty of 

 heat and moisture, affording a light situation ; and regulate the shoots, training 

 them thinly rather than very closely together. 



Allamanda grandiflora. — This, the best of all the allamandas, is of 

 comparatively easy culture, provided it is worked on A llatnanda neriifolia. 

 A young, healthy plant started into free growth at this time would form the 

 foundation for a nice specimen for blooming next summer. If well rooted, it 

 should immediately be shifted into a pot one or two sizes larger (according to 

 the strength of the roots), using a compost of one-half leaf-mould, one-fourth 

 loam, and one-fourth made up of equal portions of peat and silver sand, all be- 

 ing mixed well together. Provide ample drainage, above which place some 

 rough, fibry peat or leaf-mould to keep the drainage from becoming choked. Pot 

 moderately firm, and place the plant in an ordinary stove temperature, near the 

 glass. Syringe night and morning, and attend well to watering up to the end of 

 September ; water should then be gradually withheld until the foliage is off, after 

 which just sufficient water should be given to keep the ripened wood from shriv- 

 elling. About the beginning of February, turn the plant out of the pot, and re- 

 duce the ball as much as can be done without injury to the roots, and repot in 

 fresh compost such as that before recommended. Place the plant in a tempera- 

 ture ranging from 60° to 70° ; use the syringe freely, and be careful to keep the 

 ball in a proper state as to moisture. The plant will soon break freely ; after 

 which manure-water should be given. As soon as the plant gets into free 

 growth, a liberal shift will be required ; after which it will soon throw out laterals 

 from the new growth, and produce abundance of its beautiful pale-yellow blos- 

 soms for weeks in succession. 



Among recent acquisitions in the shape of ornamental trees of a distinct char- 

 acter, a variety of the common elm, called Ubnus cainpestris Webbiana, may be 

 strongly recommended. The leaves are small, and curiously folded, so that the 

 pale color of the lower surface is made to contrast with the deeper color of the 

 u])per surface. As a standard, this new variety promises to be very useful for 

 ornamental purposes. 



