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THE GENUS CLERODENDRUM. 
THE GENUS CLERODENDllUM. 
Never was a laudatory appellative better applied than that 
bestowed by the immortal Linnseus on this splendid genus, and 
well may the members of it claim to themselves the high title of 
“ Glory-tree.” There are nearly fifty species and varieties belong¬ 
ing thereto, the major part derived from the East Indies, others 
from South America, China, and a few from Australia; with us 
they are stove plants, requiring rather peculiar treatment on 
account of the marked character of the climates they are native 
to. The British cultivator when called upon to exhibit his skill, 
urged by the stimuli of honorable competition and reward at those 
meetings now so widely spread and so highly beneficial throughout 
the land, soon found the glory-tree well suited to his purpose, as 
presenting an aspect noble in exact proportion to the care given 
it, and thus evincing most accurately his own capacity for the 
distinction aimed at. Clerodendrums are now invariably seen at 
all summer and autumn meetings of the votaries of Flora, and 
their splendid appearance on such occasions has carried their 
culture into places where showing is not thought of; they are 
indeed essential to every establishment containing a stove, and 
well repay the trouble of careful management. As may be sup¬ 
posed, among an assemblage of plants so extensive as occurs in 
this genus, there are some less worthy of regard than others, those 
usually considered the best will be presently enumerated, and as 
the treatment of the individuals forming that section is identical, 
I shall proceed with it in general terms. 
All the plants of this portion of the genus are of a half-shrubby 
nature, so vigorous as to form large handsome specimens in the 
growth of a single season, and from the tropical character of their 
native countries require an annual cessation from development, 
or a season of decided rest. The period at which their growth is 
made to commence must be regulated by that at which they are 
desired to bloom ; early plants may be started in January, and 
successional specimens may be introduced to heat, onwards till 
April; the finest plants are obtained from cuttings struck in 
autumn, and that have made from six inches to a foot of wood 
previous to the winter, if such as these are reduced to about half 
