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ABUTILON — ACHANIA. 



Thev should have good ventilation, but not 

 exposure to cold drafts. 



Prune freely in the spring and root the cuttings 

 in wet sand to get new plants, which is important, 

 as the old ones soon outgrow their quarters. In 

 some of the newer varieties the tall straggling 

 habit of the old is overcome and they bloom abun- 

 dantly when quite small. 



VARIETIES. 

 Abutilon Album, pure white. 



A. Boule de A T iege, white flowers, a new variety, of compact 

 growth, and an abundant bloomer. All the old white sorts have 

 been coarse growing. 



A. Darwiniiy entirely distinct, the flowers a deep orange scarlet, 

 veined with pink, opening like a parasol, making it unlike all other 

 sorts of Abutilons The flowers are thrown out beyond the foli- 

 age ; an abundant winter blooming variety. 



A. Due de Malakoff, variegated dark green leaves irregularly 

 marked and shaded with bright yellow, retaining its variegations 

 through the hottest and dryest weather. 



A. Marmaratum, a beautiful hybrid, producing white flowers 

 veined with rose. 



A. Mesopoiamlcum, scarlet calyx, yellow petals. 



A. Santaua, flower bells of a large size, and of dark brownish 

 crimson, veined with orange ; the darkest sort cultivated. 



A. Striatum, an almost constant bloomer, bearing a profusion of 

 pendulous golden flowers, veined with brown. 



A. Thorn sonii, variegated leaves, mosaiced with yellow. 



ACHANIA. 



This plant receives its name from the Greek, 

 signifying not gaping, as the flowers never expand. 



