USEFUL FLOWERING SUBJECTS 85 



Jacobinias 



The flowers of these are crowded together at the 

 termination of the stems, consequently cuttings rooted 

 in April should only be pinched once, this usually giving 

 three or four leads to plants in 5-inch pots. Cuttings 

 taken late in June should not be pinched at all ; each 

 will give a good head of flowers in a small pot. Of the 

 several species, J. chrysostephana, with bright yellow 

 flowers and dark green leaves, is the best. /. coccinea 

 and J. Ghiesbreghtiana have scarlet flowers. Intermediate 

 house. 



Winter Jasmine 



{Jasminumy—^he flowers of the beautiful /. gracillimum 

 resemble those of the common jasmine, but the petals 

 are nine in number, not four or five. In May all the 

 flowering shoots should be cut down to within an inch 

 of the older wood, and the plants shaken out of the old 

 soil, repotted, and placed in the warmest house at hand. 

 During summer the shoots should be occasionally pinched 

 to encourage a bushy growth and prevent the plants 

 flowering. This species is superior to the old J. Sambac. 

 Jasmine flowers drop too freely, hence they are not 

 largely grown, as fragrant white flowers are yielded by 

 several well-known forced plants. Intermediate house 

 when in flower. 



LiBONIAS 



Old plants, often badly grown, bring these useful 

 subjects into disrepute. In February cuttings of shoots 

 1 1 inches or so long should be struck in a warm case, 

 the plants afterwards treated as bouvardias, only that a 

 greenhouse or frame treatment should be given in 

 summer. Small well-flowered one-year-old plants of 



