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GOMPHOLOBIUM POLYMORPHUM. 
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BOUVARDIA VREELANDII. 
WITH AN ILLUSTRATION. 
0. have at p. 173 given a wood-cut representation of this remarkably useful 
MSjL/ decorative plant, introduced recently from the United States, under the 
name of Bouvardici Vreelandii , and which, as there stated, is a root-sport 
from Bouvardici Hogarth —the latter, a plant of hybrid origin, having 
been raised by the late Mr. Parsons, of Brighton, from B. longijlora, crossed by 
B. leiantha. It is from the latter parent no doubt that it has derived its remark¬ 
ably free-flowering habit. This B. Hogarth is exactly intermediate between its 
parents, having flowers about half the size of the white-flowered B. longijlora , 
and having also the free and continuous-blooming habit of B. leiantha , while the 
colour of the flowers is intermediate. It is one of the many examples which 
show the tendency to sport—even from their roots—which is found in hybrids, 
since it has reverted to the white colour of one of its parents. 
This chaste and lovely novelty, of which a portrait by Mr. Macfarlane is 
annexed, was raised by Mr. S. B. Vreeland, of Greenville, Hudson Co., N.J., and 
has proved to be one of the finest plants we have for winter decorations, and for 
bouquets. Its free-blooming habit is one of its most striking characteristics. 
Young plants turned out into the open ground about the end of May will yield a 
mass of bloom through the summer, and if taken up in the autumn will continue, 
in a warm greenhouse, to flower all through the winter. Out of doors the flowers 
are of a beautiful blush tint, as shown in fig. 1; while under glass it comes a pure 
white, as represented in fig. 2 of our plate. 
The culture of this and other kindred Bouvardias is not generally well 
understood. Mr. Standish’s experience points out that they all, whether grown 
in pots or planted in the open ground, require a very rich and light soil, and in 
any case should have in their compost at least one-third of well decomposed 
manure. In such a soil they grow freely and flower profusely. In winter, the 
plants should be grown in houses with a night temperature of about 50°.—T. M. 
GOMPHOLOBIUM POLYMORPHUM. 
HIS plant is now but seldom seen ; nevertheless, if well grown, and trained 
loosely over small stakes, so that it can assume a bush-like outline, it is a 
Jj very pretty and graceful-looking subject, its numerous pea-sliaped blossoms 
and slender stems and foliage making it quite a contrast with most other 
greenhouse plants. To start with a young plant: if it is pot-bound, give it as 
small a shift as possible, but if this is not the case, better defer shifting until the 
end of February. For soil, select some good fibry peat and some nice yellow 
loam, and take about equal portions of each—the peat should be broken into 
small pieces, and the loam crumbled between the hands ; to these ingredients 
add sharp silver-sand in sufficient quantity to make the whole porous enough to 
let water pass freely through. Place broken crocks in the pot to about a quarter 
3rd series.—y. m 
