GAKDENIA 



introduced much later than the double, and has always 

 been less popular. The earliest picture of a living plant 

 with single Us. was published in 1820 in B.R. Hi). Some 

 fine plants sfll known to the trade as Gardenias are 

 no T I Uced in the allie 1 genei a Rand a and Mitriostigma 

 Tl e e two f,ei eii have a many celle \ ovary wh le thit 

 of Garden a is 1 celled The calj x in C ar len a is often 

 tubular m Mtiiostgna 5piitel in Ri la la ous 

 The testa of the seeds is membrai aceoub in Ran lia 

 in Mitr osti^n a rathe 



GARDENIA 



627 



al le ch efly through s 



Cape Ja nines are al I 



e e J lant who son et 



was piobably intr 1 1 



ma I by Francesch 1 



belong to the ol e fa u 1 a 



plants) see J n 



Q flor da and G rad ca s hive Ion, 

 and our nurserymen st II keep the i 

 d fference which DeCandoIle records 

 shrubby and erect with ellipt cal 1 

 ing spontaneously in C I na an 1 c 1 

 ca s 1 as a stem that takes root 1 

 of J ipan Botl plant IleC 1 e 



m dealers 

 > of Japan 

 G I c la 

 G Both 

 les (which 

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figi I 



but prol iblv wo il \ v< 

 the earth It s do It 

 country or e en n t 

 great affin ty 1 etwee 

 which It d ffer erv 1 



* Cape Jasm no Tb s was first I ro g 

 Hutcl nson of the C odolph In 1 aim 

 die of the last cent ry met w U a 

 somewhere n ar tl e C pe of C o 1 H 

 vated state He bro g t tl e wl le i 



* * * Mr Cordon tl e i se u n 

 from tl e tree propaj, ted t so s 

 !,„„„„ „<,^ more tl an 500 ( by tl 



r gardens treated 



quent u « L B .iv*c^3 t*^ «iv^ .^ « ^ 

 req i res heat in the early spr ng 

 other t mes a hardy gieenhouse pla 



G t ct 



Wldtl 1 1 a 



\ Corolla t ibe cjhndncal 



B Caljx w th o lot g teeth 



c Bibs ni the calyx 



jasminoldes, Ellis (G n r la Lmn G tad)cani 

 Thunl ) Cape JASMINE Disc is edalove Forpictures 

 of doul le forms see B M 1M2 an 1 2( '7 and B R 1 i 

 single II b 44 I I 1 P M 3 4 I n r il an 1 vane 

 gate 1 t 1 III I I \ Fortmuana 



Lin II I ■^ 1 R B 



23 ^tl I I II rfl ,a 



in all 1 M ) );or 



and » a I ' s / 



logue perhaps belongs here 



cc Bibs not pte^enf 



liioida, Roxb. Buds resinous : Ivs. oblong : stipules 

 annular, variously divided at the mouth, unequally 

 lobed. India, Burma, Luzon. — The calyx teeth are not 

 decurrent, as in the Cape Jessamine, and thus the calyx 

 does not have the ribbed look. 



BB. Calyx tubular, with 5 very short teeth. 



amcena, Sims. Differs from all here described in hav- 

 ing numerous strong spines nearly K in. long, which are 

 axillary. Lvs. oval, acute, short-stalked : fls. subtermi- 

 nal ; corolla tube 1 in. long, longer than the lobes, which 

 are 6, obovate, white, with margins incurved enough to 

 show the rosy back. India or China. 



:f Herger ; 



BBB. Calyx spathe-like. 



Thunbfirgia, Linn, f . Lvs. broadly elliptic, acu;e, with 

 pairs of glands along the midribs: fls. 3 in. across, pure 

 white ; corolla lobes 8, overlapping. S.Afr. B.M. 1004. 

 — "Dwarf-growing."— ^rartce.scyii*. 



AA. Corolla tube short and wide -throated. 

 B. I^ls. 3 in. long and broad. 



Bothm&nnia, Linn. f. Very distinct in foliage and 

 fl. Lvs. with pairs of hairy glands along the midrib: 

 calyx ribbed, with 5 long teeth, equaling the short, 

 cylindrical portion of the corolla tube ; corolla tube 

 rather suddenly swelled, ribbed : lobes 5, long-acumi- 

 nate, whitish, spotted purple in the mouth. S. Afr 

 B.M. 690. L.B.C. 11: 1053. -"Fls. pale yellow."- /'ra.i- 

 ceschi. 



BB. Jfls. 1% in. long and broad. 



globoaa, Hochst. Lvs. oblong, short-acuminate; leaf- 

 stalk nearly 3-5 lines long : lis. white, inside hairy and 

 lined pale yellow; calyx small, with 5 very short teeth; 

 corolla tube wide at the base and gradually swelled ; 

 lobes 5, short-acuminate. S. Afr. B.M. 4791. F.S. 

 9:951. 



G. cilrinddra. Hook =Mltriostigma axiUare.— G. Slanleyana. 

 Hook.^Randia muculata. ^'_ ]y|_ 



Gardenia jasminoides (the true Cape Jasmine) has 

 again become very popular, even suggesting its popu- 

 larity thirty years ago, when its wax-like, fragrant blos- 

 soms were highly fashionable. Then several of the lead- 

 ing florists erected special houses for it, in order that they 

 might flower it in the winter season. The writer had 

 charge of one of these houses. The attempt to bloom 

 them in midwinter was, however, only partly successful, 

 for it is against the nature of the plant to force it into 

 bloom before the turn of the sun in, say, January. If 

 the plants have been well established the previous sum- 

 mer and are well set with flower buds, they can be suc- 

 cessfully forced into bloom in a sunny greenhouse, giv- 

 ing them stove heat and frequent syringings with tepid 

 water. Tlie phmts will be entirely covered with their 

 great blossoms. To gi o\v and prepare such plants, cut- 

 tings with two or three joints or eyes of well-ripened 

 wood should be made in December or January, putting 

 them into the propagating bed of sharp sand, with 

 abottomheatof not less than 75°, and keeping close until 

 callused. Then air can be admitted. After rooting, they 

 should be potted into small pots and grown on until the 

 middle of May, when they can be planted out intoacold- 

 frameorold hotbed, intoarioh, sandy loam, giving them 

 the full sun and treating them the same as J''inis elastica 

 is now grown. Abundance of water and frequent syring- 

 ing are essential. Pinch the shoots, so as to make the 

 plants bushy and branchy. In the latter part of August 

 or beginning of September the plants should be potted 

 into 5-, 6- or 7-inch pots, according to their size, then 

 placed either in a hotbed with gentle bottom heat or 

 in a house where a moist stove temperature can be 

 maintaineduntil the plants are well rooted. During this 

 period they should be slightly shaded, after which the 

 plants can be hardened off and put into their winter 

 quarters. Put in a cool greenhouse where Azaleas or 

 Camellias or other New Holland or Cape stock is win- 

 tered, until their time for forcing into flower arrives, in 

 the early part of the new year. 



There is considerable difference between the large-leaf 

 or Fortuniana variety and the common G. jasminoides. 

 While the same treatment will answer for both, and the fl. 

 of the former is much larger, it is not so profitable for 

 commercial purposes as the ordinary G. jasminoides. 

 There is also a difference between these and the variety 

 known as G. radicans, and its variegated variety, radi- 

 cans fol. var. These plants grow much dwarfer, and 

 their habit is more radicant or flat or prostrate in 

 growth. Their foliage is myrtle-like and the flowers are 

 much smaller and are less valuable. These, however, 

 make good flowering (dwarf) pot-plants under similar 

 treatment. The variegated form is cultivated in great 

 abundance in Japan, in the gardens in semi-tropical 

 sections. None of the other varieties is of much com- 

 mercial importance, and they have value only in botani- 

 cal collections. H. A. Siebrecht. 



