December 26, 1894.] 



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feet high, can be grown. The shining leaves are elliptic- 

 lanceolate, slightly serrated, and the small, fragrant, almost 

 white flowers are borne thickly on the branches. It is easily 

 cultivated and thrives in a temperature of forty to fifty degrees'. 

 Cuttings of the ripened young shoots root with the aid of a 

 little bottom-heat. 



Plumbago rosea coccinea is a desirable plant, and at this 

 time is displaying its pleasing flowers. P. rosea, the type, is an 

 old garden-plant, but this excellent variety is a superior plant 

 and was introduced about thirty years ago. It makes a com- 

 pact plant about three feet high, and the branches are fur- 

 nished with alternate, oblong, ovate leaves. The bright red 

 flowers are produced in large, loose terminal panicles, which 



peduncles. Blue flowers arc scarce at this time, and this 

 plant is appreciated on that account. Small shoots root easily 

 at any time ; but if rooted early in spring they are more useful 

 for the garden in summer. Although it is so easy to grow, and 

 has been in cultivation a long time, yet it is very seldom 

 seen. 



Impatiens Sultani and its varieties are exceptionally easy to 

 grow and are everlasting bloomers. A batch of plants, raised 

 from seed received under the name of Sultani hybrida, are 

 flowering very freely now. The habit and growth of the 

 plants are similar to those of the type ; but the flowers are 

 quite distinct. Many of them have very pleasing shades of 

 color. 



Fig. 82. — Quercus Texana. — See page 514. 



are showy for a long time. Young plants, grown from cuttings 

 taken last spring, make nice flowering plants now. They 

 require to be grown in a warm, moist house and given a posi- 

 tion where they can get plenty of light. 



The Blue Marguerite, Agathaga ccelestis, is a valuable 

 plant for the flower-garden in summer. When signs of frost 

 appear it can be taken up and potted ; it will then make a 

 handsome plant for the greenhouse, where it blooms more or 

 less all winter. It is a low plant, growing about a foot high, 

 and its branches are clothed thickly with small dark green 

 leaves, ovate in shape and rough to the touch. The pretty 

 blue, daisy-like, flower-heads are produced singly on long 



Impatiens Hawkeri is a beautiful Balsam which was intro- 

 duced from the South Sea Islands a few years ago. It is a 

 bushy, soft-wooded plant, well furnished with ovate, acumi- 

 nate, slightly serrated leaves, which are opposite or whorled, 

 about four inches long and two broad. The very showy deep 

 carmine flowers are borne on long peduncles, and are pro- 

 duced singly from the axils of the leaves. This is an excellent 

 plant, and deserves to be more plentifully grown. It is easily 

 raised from cuttings in spring or summer. The plants rooted 

 in summer give more flowers in winter than those struck early 

 in spring. It thrives best in an intermediate temperature. 



Botanic Garden, Harvard University. Robert Cameron. 



