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THE CULTIVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE GENUS 
CLEEODENDRUM. 
This is one of those delightful tribes of plants which form such a striking- 
feature at the Metropolitan Exhibitions in June and July, and it is to the enthu- 
siastic perseverance of those cultivators, who contribute the miscellaneous collections 
of plants, at these annual exemplifications of floricultural skill and progress, that 
the public are indebted for a proper knowledge, of the management of this splendid 
genus. 
The different species of this tribe of plants bloom at various seasons ; some 
during the summer and autumn months, while others enliven our stoves with their 
gaudy or delicate flowers, at a time when the chill blast of the " Ice King," make 
their charms the more acceptable. 
The Clerodendrums, or " Glory- trees," are principally natives of warm climates, 
such as the East and West Indies, Africa, &c, while some few of them are from 
China, New South Wales, and the temperate regions of Nepaul ; but fortunately, 
though most of them require a high temperature during the season of growth, they 
will bloom from May until October in the atmosphere of a warm greenhouse, and 
hence they come within the management of every person, who can command the 
temperature of a dung-pit, or a Cucumber-bed, during their season of active growth. 
In fact, whoever can grow a Cockscomb or Balsam, may also grow the Clerodendrums. 
Many persons imagine, probably from seeing the large specimens at the 
exhibitions, that these plants require a great deal of room ; but it will be 
gratifying to our amateur friends to know, that several of the finest species, as 
C. fallax, and fallax superbum, squamatum, splendens, and even paniculatum, may 
be bloomed with very considerable success, in even six and eight- inch pots, and if 
they are not started too early, will continue to enliven the greenhouse from June 
to November, or even later, if they are kept in a growing temperature ; and at the 
latter season, their flowers come in very acceptable for making bouquets. 
In addition to the imported species, some very beautiful varieties have been 
raised in this country, so that it is no uncommon thing to hear a cultivator remark, 
when he sees an indifferent specimen, " Ah, you have got the bad variety;" so that 
purchasers will see it is important they should be particular in what they buy. The 
finest kind which we have seen is C. fallax superbum, a variety raised, we believe, 
by Mr. Barnes, the clever gardener of G. W. Norman, Esq., of Bromley, and it is 
remarkable for producing, in addition to a fine terminal or central panicle of bloom, 
a number of smaller side panicles, varying in number from ten to thirty, which, 
under good management, generally furnish from the pot upwards, and form a 
compact and very beautiful specimen. Those who are about commencing the 
cultivation of these splendid plants, will do best to apply to a respectable nurseryman, 
