268 GREEN-HOUSE — REPOTTING PLANTS. [il/ay. 
for the double flowering varieties, which are highly odorife- 
rous, and have an evergreen shining foliage. G '■. flbrida , florc 
pleno, Cape Jasmine, is a plant universally known in our col- 
lections, and trees of it are frequently seen about seven feet 
high, and five feet in diameter, blooming from June to Oc- 
tober. G. rddicans, dwarf Cape Jasmine, G. longifblia, G. 
multijlbra, G. latifblia, G. Fortunii, and G. camellia flora, 
are also in several collections, but not so generally known ; 
the flowers are double, and all equally fragrant. We are in- 
clined to think they are only varieties of G. flbrida, of which 
camelliaflora 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. Thunbirgia are fine plants, but seldom flower; the 
flowers of the former are spotted, and are most fragrant during 
night. (Soil No. 10.) 
Mesembrydntliemum, 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 appeai-ance. Some of them are straggling, others 
are insignificant, and a few grotesque. When they are well 
grown, they flower in great profusion ; the colours 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.) 
