LAPAGERIAS 



The name Lapageria commemorates Josephine Lapagerie, 

 wife of Napoleon Bonaparte, and who took a keen interest 

 in gardening. L. rosea was not introduced into European 

 gardens from its home in Chili until 1847, when it was re- 

 ceived at Kew. The white variety, alba, was received at the 

 Jardin des Plantes, Paris, in 1855, Under cultivation both 

 the red and the white forms have yielded varieties which are 

 superior either in size, form, or depth of colour. The flowers 

 are very durable, and healthy plants produce them almost 

 all the year round. They require a cool shady position in a 

 greenhouse, and peat soil. In south Cornwall they grow 

 and. flower freely against a wall in the open air. 



