DATURA 



NIGHTSHADE OBDEB 



DATUBA 693 



D. arborea {Brugmansia Candida), 

 A fine Peruvian shrub, 7-10 ft. high, 

 clothed with a whitish powdery down, 

 and having elliptio-oblong, q^uite entire 

 leaves. Flowers in August, white, 7-8 in. 

 long. Closely related Is the Chilian D. 

 a/ivrea, which resembles .D. arborea in 

 habit and foliage, but has golden-yellow 

 flowers. 



Culture So. as above. 



D. ceratocaula (Ceratocaulos datur- 

 cides). — A beautiful Cuban annual 2-3 ft. 

 high, with round purplish forking stems, 

 hairy at the base, and sometimes covered 

 with a greyish powder. Leaves ovate, 

 lance-shaped, toothed, hoary beneath. 

 Flowers in July, sweet-scented, 4-5 in. 

 across, white tinged with purple, opening 

 in the afternoon, and having a greenish 

 tube 6 in. or more long. 



Culture dc. as above. In the warmer 

 parts of the country, such as the south of 

 England and Ireland, seeds of this species 

 often mature and sow themselves natur- 

 ally. If allowed to remain and covered 

 with fine soil, they will sprout in spring 

 and produce excellent plants. 



D. chlorantha fl. pi. (D. flava; D. 

 humiKs). — A handsome free - flowering 

 species of unknown origin, but probably 

 a native of India. It rarely exceeds 

 1^2J ft. high in cultivation, and has 

 round stems bearing oval acute, angled or 

 entire, deep green leaves. Flowers from 

 August to October, sweet-scented, yellow, 

 sohtary, drooping, double, with, as it were, 

 2 or 3 trumpet-shaped corollas placed one 

 inside the other, and having regular taper- 

 pointed lobes. 



Culture and Propagation. — Useful for 

 borders or in beds or groups by itself 

 in warm sheltered places. Eaised from 

 seeds sown in early spring. It has been 

 grown outside in winter but was always 

 killed. 



D. cornigera. — A remarkable species 

 3-10 ft. high, with shrubby stems clothed 

 with a soft down when young. Leaves 

 stalked, ovate taper-pointed, entire or 

 sinuate-toothed. Flowers in summer, 

 drooping, 6-8 in. long, creamy-white, 

 large, funnel-shaped, striped, with 5 lobes 

 ending in a long awl-shaped, spreading, 

 or recurved point. D. Knighti is a fine 

 variety with large drooping double whiie 

 flowers. 



Culture do. as above recommended 

 for the Brugmamsias. 



D. Cornucopia. — A beautiful bushy 

 annual 1-1^ ft. high, with broadly ovate 

 acute wavy leaves, and somewhat erect 

 large, funnel-shaped double flowers, with 

 a purple mottled tube 6-8 in. long, and 

 a lilac spreading limb, 6 in. across, with 

 long recurved awl-like tails to each of the 

 lobes. There are 2 or 3 corollas placed 

 one inside the other. 



Culture and Propagation. — From 

 seeds sown in spring plants can be ob- 

 tained in flower from August to October, 

 and from seeds sown about October 

 plants grown in warm greenhouses dur- 

 ing the winter wiU bloom early in March. 



D. fastuosa {Egyptian Thorn Apple). 

 A bushy Indian annual 2-3 ft. high 

 with ovate pointed unequally sinuate- 

 toothed leaves emitting a disagreeable 

 odour when bruised. Flowers in July, 

 solitary, erect, very fcagrant, trumpet- 

 shaped, creamy white within, violet out- 

 side, vrith 5 sharply pointed lobes. There 

 is a variety with double white flowers 

 (alba fl. pi.), and also one with double 

 violet and cream flowers {violaceafl.pl.) 

 like the single form, only having 2 or 3 

 coroUas inserted one within the other. 

 The variety huberiwna is another double 

 variety near the others. 



Ctdture So. as above. They all require 

 treatment similar to D. Cornucopia. 



D. Metel. — A pretty downy annual 

 about 2 ft. high, native of tropical 

 America. Leaves heart-shaped, quite 

 entire or slightly toothed, emitting a dis- 

 agreeable odour when bruised. Flowers 

 in June, large, fragrant, erect, trumpet- 

 shaped, pure white, 4-6 in. long. Fruit 

 capsules round, prickly, about the size of 

 an Apple. 



Culture de. as above. Owing co the 

 forked and bushy habit of this species, 

 the plants should be about 1^—2 ft. apart 

 when planted out to allow for proper 

 growth. 



D. meteloides {D. Wrighti). —A hand- 

 some species 3-4 ft. high, native of Texas, 

 California &c., somewhat resembling 

 D. Metel, but distinguished by its looser 

 habit, by its oval-oblong and more 

 toothed leaves, by its larger funnel - 

 shaped flowers, 4-6 in. across, of a soft 

 clear lilac, which are borne from August 

 to October, and by its tubular 10-toothed 

 calyx. 



Culture and Propagation. — This re- 

 markable plant may be raised from seeds 



