WIGHTSHADE FAMILY 



plant. It must have room and must be fed, but, given these con- 

 ditions, it blooms all winter and is superb at night. 



Of other Nicotianas the Sandera hybrids are an excellent type of 

 day-blooming flowers in great variety of colors; and Nicotiana 

 syMstris gives a good account of itself. A well-grown specimen of 

 Nicotiana tohdcum, the common field tobacco, is most satisfactory 

 where a sentinel or pillar-plant is desired. 



DATURA. TRUMPET-FLOWER. HORN OF PLENTY 



Datura fastubsa hort. cormicbpia. 



Datura, Arabic name of obscure meaning. 



The Datura cornucopia has been known in American gardens since 

 1895, when it was found in South America by an orchid collector of the 

 United States Nursery Company, and by them widely distributed. 

 Annual. Midsummer. 



Stem. — Two to five feet high. 



Leaves. — Ovate-lanceolate, unequal at base, toothed or wavy. 



Flowers. — Trumpet-shaped, six to seven inches long, often two or 

 three well-defined trumpets, one within another. 



Calyx. — Five-lobed. 



Corolla. — Funnel-form, strongly plaited in the bud, and with five or 

 more pointed teeth. 



Stamens. — Five. 



Ovary. — Globular; style slender; stigma two-lobed. 



Pod. — Globular, prickly; seeds large and flat. 



Botanically the Daturas of the garden are confused, but horti- 

 culturally there is very little doubt about them. They are tropi- 

 cal plants that can be successfully treated as annuals. The size of 

 the flower makes them interesting and especially their aptitude in 

 doubling. Sometimes one long tube fits into another until there 

 are three, the inner one being the longer; sometimes the outer 

 trumpet is simply filled with a confused mass of petalage. The 

 Datura naturalized with us is the rank weed known as the Jim- 

 son Weed, Datura stramdnium. Upon the return of the settlers 



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