268 GREEN-HOUSE — REPOTTING PLANTS. \^May, 



for the double flowering varieties, which are highly odoriferous^ 

 and have an evergreen shining foliage. G.fldrida florejpleno, 

 Cape Jasmine^ is a plant universally known in our collections^ 

 and trees of it are frequently seen about seven feet high^ and 

 five feet in diameter^ blooming from June to October. G. 

 rdd leans, dwarf Cape Jasmine, G. longifdlia, G. midti flora, 

 G. lat) folia, G. Fortuiiii, and G. camellia flora, are also in 

 several collections, but not so generally known ; the flowers are 

 double, and all equally fragrant. We are inclined to think 

 they are only varieties of G. florida, of which camellia' 

 flora is one of the finest. Any of the above will keep in the 

 coldest part of the green-house, and even under the front of 

 the stage is a good situation for them, where the house is 

 otherwise crowded during winter. They must be sparingly 

 watered from November to March. Much water, while they 

 are dormant, gives the foliage a sickly tinge, a state in which 

 they are too frequently seen. G. rothmannia and G, Tliun- 

 hergia are fine plants, but seldom flower; the flowers of the 

 former are spotted, and are most fragrant during night. (Soil 

 No. 10.) 



JlesemmydntJieimim, a very extensive genus, containing 

 upward of four hundred and fifty species and varieties, with 

 few exceptions, natives of the Cape of Good Hope. They 

 are all singular, many of them beautiful, and some splendid ; 

 yet they have never been popular plants in our collections. 

 The leaves are almost of every shape and form; their habits 

 vary in appearance. Some of them are straggling, others 

 are insignificant, and a few grotesque. When they are well 

 grown, they flower in great profusion ; the colors are bril- 

 liant and of every shade ; yellow and white are most prevalent. 

 Each species continues a considerable time in flower. The 

 flowers are either solitary, axillary, extra-axillary, but most 

 frequently terminal ; leaves mostly opposite, thick, or succu- 

 lent, and of various forms. They are sometimes kept in the 

 hot-house, but undoubtedly the green-house is the best situa- 

 tion for them. They must not get water above twice a-month 

 during winter, but while they are in flower, and through the 

 summer, they require a more liberal supply, and they seldom 

 need to be repotted; once a-year is sufficient. (Soil No. 18.) 



