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W 234 ALLAMANDA SCHOTTII. 
entire winter. It is generally known as A. neriifolia, but we find it identical with A. Schottii 
and the plant so called in the nurseries is probably a variety of it. In cultivation it is found 
more delicate than the other species, but still it is by no means a bad grower. Those, however, 
who wish to get strong plants in a short time, should work or graft it upon a strong young 
plant of A. catlwrtica, and, so managed, it will be found to grow very splendidly. The best 
time to graft Allamandas is in the autumn ; but if they are in vigorous condition and the growth 
tolerably mature, they may, (other things, that is, heat and moisture, being suitable,) be worked 
at any time. 
The Allamandas may also be readily propagated by cuttings, and by single eyes with a leaf 
or part of a leaf attached. These should be taken off when the wood is pretty firm, as, if it is 
young and soft, they are liable to damp. "When the cuttings are put in, which they must be in 
silver sand, plunge the pot into a brisk bottom heat of eighty degrees, and cover with a hand 
or bell glass. The cuttings will strike root in about six weeks and then they must be potted off 
singly, and be nursed in a moist warm atmosphere until they are properly established. How, 
in selecting plants to grow into fine specimens, it is necessary that they be dwarf and strong, so 
that four or five strong shoots may be produced from near the base of the plant, to form the 
foundation of a good specimen. Such a plant may in February be moved from a four inch to a 
six inch pot, using a compost composed of good turfy loam, peat, and thoroughly decayed 
cowdung, in about equal proportions, liberally intermixed with sand, and charcoal in small 
pieces. The shoots must be shortened in, and the plant must be kept in a brisk growing 
temperature, and if with a gentle bottom heat it will be all the better. The young shoots must 
be allowed to grow wild until they show bloom, for it is found that if they are trained they 
rarely produce flowers so soon or so profusely as when allowed to grow unrestrictedly. Shift 
the plants as they require it, using the same compost, and when the pots are full of roots water 
liberally with liquid manure. It is scarcely necessary to remark that the usual stove treatment 
as to syringing must be observed. Plants thus managed will produce an abundance of flowers 
in the autumn, but towards October they must be comparatively dried off, and be kept in a 
dormant state through the winter. In the second and all succeeding seasons spur the plants 
well in at the time of starting them, and shake the soil from the roots and repot the plants when 
they have made young growth an inch or two long. If it is possible so to reduce the ball as to 
get the plant into a smaller pot, so as to admit of a shift later in the season, it will be an 
advantage, and the flowers will be produced much finer in consequence ; but, if such treatment 
cannot be managed, liquid manure must be liberally supplied, especially as the plants come into 
flower, and it may be well to top-dress the pot with fresh cow and sheeps' dung in equal 
proportions. The Allamandas are gross-feeding plants, and will amply repay any extra care 
that may be devoted to them. Beautiful, however, as Allamandas are when properly managed 
in pots, it is when planted out and permitted to cover a considerable space that they are seen in 
full glory. In the garden of Sir George Staunton there is a plant of A. cathartica which covers 
the end of the tropical plant stove, and for many months in the year thousands of flowers may 
be seen open at one time. This plant is in a border in which its roots have to do battle with 
those of Ficus elastica, and consequently it does not grow very robustly, but the profuseness 
with which it produces flowers is quite astonishing. The roots ai - e much restricted for 
space, but still the plant flowers very profusely, though the flowers are comparatively small. 
In planting the AUamanda out we should recommend the roots to be confined to about a cube yard 
of soil, and, if a little bottom heat could be afforded it so much the better ; indeed the corner of 
a tan bed appears a very suitable site, and there, with the branches trained at full length and 
the roots curtailed a little annually, no doubt the plants would flower profusely. Eoom, 
however, is what they want, and room for the branches they must have. Our present subject, 
A. Schottii, does not grow so rampantly as some of the other kinds, and, consequently, is better 
adapted for pot cultivation, and in another season we have no doubt it will be shown in first- 
rate condition. — A. 
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