July 31, 1895.] 



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its affinity, it is a handsome addition to tlie cultivated 

 Hemerocalli, which are among the most useful of all 

 hardy Liliacese. H. fiava is satisfactory when grown in 

 pots for the conservatory. 



Senecio macrophyllus; — A large specimen of this noble 

 Caucasian species is now the most striking plant .in the 

 herbaceous garden at Kew. It is a tuft six feet through, 

 formed of erect spathulatfe leaves three feet long and a foot 

 in vs'idth, glaucous-green, \with a whitish midrib and den- 

 ticulate margins. The spikes, of which there are twelve, 

 rise erect to a height of\six feet, and they are sturdy 

 enough to support themselves in the roughest weather. 



tions, notably in Garden and Forest, vol. i., page 6. 

 It was shown in flower this week at the meeting of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society and obtained a first-class cer- 

 tificate. It is taller and larger in all its parts than the older 

 Arnebia echioides, the Prophet flower, and the flowers are 

 richer in color. The singular character of changing color, 

 observable in the flowers of the latter species, is possessed 

 by A. cornuta. It should be sown in pots or boxes in a 

 frame in February and planted outside in light rich soil in 

 June. There are plants of it in flower now in the border 



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Fi^. 42. — Yucca macrocarpa. — See page 301. 



The flowers are crowded in a branched raceme over a foot 

 in length and six inches through, their color being bright 

 golden-yellow. All through the hot dry weather of the last 

 six weeks this plant has been an attraction, and it promises 

 to keep on for some weeks longer. I have never seen this 

 species anywhere except at Kew, where, however, it has 

 been grown in its present position for at least fifteen years. 

 It is a noble plant in every sense. Another name for it is 

 Ligularia macrophylla. 



Arnebia cornuta. — This pretty annual was introduced to 

 Kew from Afghanistan seven years ago by Dr. Aitchison, 

 when it was figured and described in various publica- 



Plant Notes. 



Stenandrium Lindenii. — This is one of the most 

 effective plants that have been introduced for years. 

 It IS of a low, trailing habit, but the stems are short 

 and fleshy, forming a compact mass of leaves. Like 

 so many other fine-leaved plants, it belongs to the 

 natural order Acanthaceee. The flowers are insig- 

 nificant, yellow, borne on close-bracted spikes, and 

 look neat, but not showy. The leaves are obovate 

 in outline, of a rich velvety green, with yellow varie- 

 gation along the veins. This is a useful plant for 

 vases and window-boxes, and will probably in time 

 prove effective for bedding. Propagation in brisk 

 bottom-heat is comparatively easy ; cuttings will root 

 in ten or twelve days. The young plants will grow 

 best in a rich vegetable soil with plenty of sand." 



Stigmaphyllon ciliatum. — We have more than once 

 invited attention to this plant, but it is worth repeat- 

 ing that it ought not to be neglected by any one who 

 is looking for a reliable climber that will grow any- 

 where — in a greenhouse or in a parlor. It is very 

 free-flowering even when small. The yellow flowers 

 are about an inch and a half in diameter; the five 

 petals, with undulate fringed edges, are elliptical, or 

 sometimes kidney-shaped, and narrowed to a long 

 claw at the base. The inflorescence is in few-flow- 

 ered corymbs. The opposite leaves are heart-shaped, 

 with a ciliated edge and a satiny surface, and are 

 borne on short slender petioles. The slender twin- 

 ing stems grow to a considerable length. The foli- 

 age is abundant and quite ornamental. The plants 

 thrive in a rich fibrous soil in a warm sunny posi- 

 tion, and require generous watering, and they will do 

 very well in comparatively small pots, although when 

 they have abundant root-room they will be more 

 vigorous and floriferous. In color and form the flow- 

 ers suggest those of an Oncidium. It is practically 

 ever-blooming, but when cut back hard in autumn it 

 I will flower on the young shoots abundantly all sum- 

 mer. It is propagated from cuttings in bottom-heat. 

 Smilax argyrcea. — Since the introduction of the 

 beautiful, but now exceedingly rare, Smilax ornata 

 no climber of this genus has been cultivated as a 

 greenhouse climber. The present species is some- 

 what different in habit, altogether more promising, 

 and probably a plant of lasting value. The leaves 

 are longer than those of S. ornata, eight or ten inches 

 when fully developed, lanceolate, abruptly ending in a 

 short petiole, with three principal, equidistant and al- 

 most parallel veins. The texture is somewhat leathery, 

 and the color a fine silvery gra)^ with deep green 

 blotches. The stem is very wiry and slender, twining and 

 climbing by me^ns of long tendrils and short stout thorns. 

 As it is a robust healthy grower, doing well in a moderate 

 temperature and forming very ornamental specimens 

 quickly, this plant will probably be very valuable. It looks 

 best trained on a globular or conical frame of wire. It is 

 propagated from half-ripe cuttings taken from slenderside- 

 shoots with two or three eyes, and inserted in a moderately 

 warm bed. The soil should be rich and fibrous, as for all 

 plants of its class, and the position light and sunny. 



Malope malacoides. — This is a charming old-fashioned 

 annual plant, a native of the south of Europe, which is not 



