BNCYCLOPHEDIA OF GARDENING. 
_ Marxer Currure: Soil, deep, rich loam. Plough or dig in 
in autumn 40 tons of stable manure per acre. Before planting apply 
3 cwt. of superphosphate per acre. Plant in Feb. Distances for plant- 
ing, 24 ft. each way for Champagne variety; for larger sorts 34 ft. 
Bury crowns 2in. below surface. Top-dress annually with 20 tons 
of stable manure and 3 cwt. superphosphate per acre in winter. Re- 
move flower stems. Market in bundles of six to eight stems, according 
to size, and sell by the dozen bundles. Average price per dozen 
bundles, 2s. to 3s. 6d. Average yield per acre, 20 to 30 tons. Quantity 
of roots to plant an acre, 7,000 at 2 ft. Gin.; 5,000 at 3}ft. Averago 
returns per acre, £60 to £70. Forcing as above. 
CULTURE OF ORNAMENTAL-LEAVED SPECIES: Soil, deep, 
rich ordinary. Position, isolated specimens on lawns, wild gardens, 
islands; sunny. Plant, Nov. to Feb. Water copiously in dry seasons. 
Apply stimulants occasionally in summer. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: R. Emodi, 6 to 8 ft., Himalayas; officinale (Medicinal 
Rhubarb), 8 to 10 ft., Thibet; palmatum, 5 to 6 ft., China; rhaponticum (Gardep 
or Edible Rhubarb), 4 ft., Siberia. 
Rheumatism-root (Jeffersonia diphylla).—See Jeffersonia. 
Rhexia (Deer Grass; Meadow Beauty). — Ord. Melastomacee. 
Hardy perennial herbs. First introduced 1759. 
CULTURE: Soil, sandy peat or bog earth. Position, open sunny 
bog, swamp, or moist border. Plant, Oct., Nov., March, or Apyril. 
Propagate by division of roots in March or April. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: R. virginica, purple, summer, 6 to 12 in., N. America. 
Rhipsalis (Mistletoe Cactus’\.—Ord. Cactacee. Greenhouse suc- 
culent shrubs. First introduced 1758. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts sandy loam, leaf-mould, brick 
rubbish, & coarse silver sand. Position, well-drained pots in light 
greenhouse. Pot, April or May; pots to be drained 1-6 depth for large 
plants, 1-3 for small plants. Press compost in firmly. Water mode 
rately April to Aug., keep almost dry Aug. to April. Shade from 
bright sunshine. Temp., Marcn to Sept. 55° to 65°; Sept. to March 
50° to 55°. Propagate by seeds sown jin. deep in well-drained sandy 
soil & placed in temp. 75° March; keep soil moderately moist. By 
cuttings of stems inserted in small pots of sandy soil in summer; 
grafting on Cereus speciosissimus. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: BR. Cassytha, yellow, Sept., 1 ft., W. Indies; orispata, 
white, Dec. 1 ft.; funalis (Syn. R. grandiflora), white, Feb., 3 ft., Central 
America; Houlletii, yellow, winter, Brazil; mesembryanthemoides, white, spring, 
6 in., S. America; pachyptera, white, Feb., Trop. America; Saglionis, yellow, 
March, 1 ft., Buenos Ayres; sarmentacea, white, spring, Brazil; swartziana, white, 
June, Brazil. 
Rhodanthe.—See Helipterum. 
Rhodochiton.—Ord. Scrophulariaceer. Greenhouse climbing 
herb. Evergreen. Nat. Mexico. First introduced 1833. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts loam & leaf-mould & half a part 
silver sand. Position, well-drained pots, boxes, beds or borders with 
shoots trained up trellis, walls, or rafters of sunny greenhouse. Pot, 
March to May. Water freely March to Sept., moderately Sept. to 
March. Apply stimulants occasionally during flowering period. Shade 
from bright ‘sun. Thin out & shorten shoots moderately in Feb. 
Temp., March to Sept. 55° to 65°; Sept. to March 45° to 55°, Propa- 
gate by seeds sown 1-16 in, deep in ordinary light soil in temp 50° to 
60° March, transplanting seedlings when an inch high singly in 
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