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terminal corymbs; August. Half-hardy shrub. Introduced from 

 China, 1820. 



C. FRAGRANS (fragrant). Stem erect, 6 feet high. Leaves somewhat 

 heart-shaped, downy, saw-toothed. Flowers white, fragrant, in compact 

 terminal corymbs; October. Greenhouse shrub. Introduced from 

 China, 1790. The \&v. flm^e-pleno has double flowers tinged with pink, 

 and very fragrant. 



C. SCANDENS (climbing). Stems square, downy, climbing. Leaves 

 heart-shaped. Flowers white, forming numerous corymbs; August. 

 Stove climber. Introduced from Guinea, 1822. 



C. SPECIOSUM (showy). Stem climbing. Leaves oblong-oval, smooth 

 Flowers rich deep rose, with large reddish calyx. Hybrid stove climber. 

 C. SPLENDENS (splendid). Stem climbing. Leaves oblong-heart- 

 shaped, wavy. Flowers scarlet, in terminal panicles. June and July. 

 Stove climber. Introduced from Sierra Leone, 1839. 



C. SQUAMATUM (scaly). Stems erect, 10 feet high. Leaves roundish- 

 heart-shaped. Flowers bright scarlet, in large branching panicles ; June 

 to August. Stove shrub. Introduced from China, 1790. 



C. Thomsons (Thomson's). Stems climbing, 12 feet high Leaves 

 oval. Flowers bright crimson, with white calyx ; in large panicles ; free- 

 flowenng. Very popular stove climber. Introduced from Old Calabar 

 1861. Also known as C. balfourianum. 



C. TRICHOTOMUM (three-forked). Stem erect, 6 feet high. Leaves 

 oval, saw-toothed. Flowers white, with inflated red calyx ; in terminal 

 three-branched loose cymes ; September. Hardy shrub. Introduced from 

 Japan, 1800. 

 Cultivation. ^° growing Clerodendrons some difference must be 



shown in the treatment of the climbers and the shrubby 

 section. For instance, the shrubby sorts must have a much richer soil 

 than will satisfy the climbers. For the climbing plants this should be a 

 compost of peat and loam in equal proportions with a little well-decayed 

 manure and sand. For the shrubby section the amount of manure must 

 be much larger and of a stronger character. The pot-plants after they 

 have shed their leaves should be kept almost entirely without water for 

 the winter, and be removed to a cooler house, but the temperature should 

 not be much lower than 60°. Where climbers are planted out in the 

 stove border and cannot be removed, the temperature of the house must 

 be reduced during the winter. At the beginning of the year they should 

 be subjected to higher temperature to start them into growth again 

 repotted, and plunged in bottom heat. Propagation is eff-ected by sowing 

 the seeds as soon as ripe, or in the following spring, on a hot-bed The 



