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be light and very rich. To flower freely they require 
frequent shiftings from smaller^ into larger pots. With 
this treatment they can be made to bloom continually 
during the entire season. Old plants can be grown on, 
with occasional shiftings, and make splendid plants for 
garden decoration during summer. They must, however, 
be grown in the shade. After flowering, water freely, in 
order that they may make a good growth; after which 
they should have partial sun to ripen the wood. If not 
bloom a number of years in succession, with the above 
treatment, and, as all the species require nearly the same 
treatment, there is no reason why they should not succeed 
equally well as out-of-door plants. 
C. macrosiphen —the long-tubed Clerodendron—and 
the subject of our illustration, is a species of recent intro¬ 
duction, having been found on the coast opposite Zanzibar 
Island, and sent to Kew Gardens in 1881. It is found in 
very rocky places, where it forms small, slender shrubs. 
Long-tubed Clerodendron (C. Macrosiphen). 
wanted for winter flowering, remove the plants in the 
fall to a light cellar, free from frost, giving them through 
the winter just enough water to sustain life. In the 
spring, when all danger from frost is over, remove the 
plants to any desired position in the garden or on the 
veranda for another season of bloom. C. Balfourii, one 
of the best and most showy varieties, we have seen in full 
The figure gives a fair idea of the character of the plant 
and will suggest the desirability of its addition to our col¬ 
lection of greenhouse plants. It is not particularly showy, 
but when in flower it is exceedingly beautiful, and at 
other times is a pleasing plant, if kept well pruned. 
One of its peculiarities is the length of the corolla tube, 
in which it may be compared with C. hastatum of India, 
