No. 1053. 
GARDENIA ROTHMANNII. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
A native of Africa, near the Cape of 
Good Hope; where it grows to a small tree 
of ten or twelve feet in height, with very 
hard wood, which in that country, where 
timber is scarce, is useful for many 
purposes. 
With us it thrives best in tlte stove, and 
flowers during the summer: the blossoms 
are very fragrant, especially in the night. 
It is difficult to propagate, but we have 
sometimes succeeded with it by layers, and 
also by cuttings. The soil should be loam 
and peat. 
