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Ij CULTIVAriOX AXD ANALYSIS OF PLANTS. i\ 



favorite old white Day Lily of the wardens, is a beautiful border plant and perfectly 

 hardy. The tine heart-shaped leaves of the Funkia are always pretty from their first 

 sprouting until they fall; and the plants are well adapted to fill an unsightly waste place, 

 as their habit is so cosmopolitan that they will grow in any soil, though they are by no 

 means indifferent to a rich one. The rich, pearly and very fragrant trumpet-shaped flower, 

 which survives only for a day, but is promptlv followed by its fellows, is a great 

 favorite wherever known, and amply compensates for the little care it requires in cultiva- 

 tion. In hardy and cdd-rndiivinL; |Hd|)rrtlcs the Funkias arc excelled by hut few plants, 

 enduring the w iiiteis >A' t\cii cuir nmthcni latiliulcs without injurw (jrown easily out of 

 doors, under trees or in open beds, no collection should be consideretl complete without 

 them. As house plants the smaller variegated sorts are much used, and under such favor- 

 alile circumstances these often anticipate their season of flowering. For the embellishment 

 of cemeteries, public parks and other places not receiving close attention, they have been 

 found very acceptable, withstanding privation and neglect better than most cultivated 

 plants. They are usually propagated from divisions of the roots, which grow in large 

 masses, and arc easily separated, either w bile the plant is dormant — that being the best 

 time — or while in liloom. The method is the same as in the Dicentra. 



}■*■ ^,(y/~7-/-\ / * "iIIEN'CE sprang the error that confounds the Gardenia with the 



^\(\ \\r\ IL**'> ^ '•■"" J'^s'"'"e it is somewhat diificult to conjecture, as they resemble 



^^'^11 I V U / It l.kIi other only in the odor they emit, and even belong to different 



V "^T^p"^^^ t.undies, the Gardenia being a Madder. They have been known 



^*-,v*- <' " 111 cultiNation under this name (given them by Linnaeus in honor of his 



Kii 1 tspondent and friend. Dr. Alexander Garden, of Charleston, South 



Caujhua) at least one hundred and twenty years; how much longer under their 



ioimei name it is difficult to say. It is a very fine, robust, ornamental shrub, 



with thickish, glossv leaves of an oblong or elliptical form; and produces large, 



loose masses of doiil'le Howiis. The G. camelliflora has a large double flower 



not unlike a medium sized Camellia, hence the name of the species. All the 



(lardeiiias delight in a rich soil, composed, in equal parts, of leaf-mold, old 



cow-manuie and good loam; and, ex'cept when dormant, in abundant moisture, which, 



however, should not be suffered to become stagnant. It is important, and even necessary 



to their well-being, that they be kept clean; and hence, if syringing be found insufficient, 



the sponge should be cautiously and gently applied, the band supporting each leaf while 



it is being washed. They will give an abundance of white flowers during the winter when 



properly cared for and supplied with the necessary warmth, which should not be less than 



sixty-five degrees. In even the coldest sections of our country they can be put out of doors 



in the summer, and allowed to rest for one or two months, when, if desired, it can be started 



to grow again by the free application of water. It is propagated by cuttings of the young 



side-shoots, which should be treated in the usual way already mentioned under Abutilon; 



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