THE 
FLORIST’S JOURNAL 
December, 1843 . 
THE GENUS THUNBERGIA. 
WITH AN ENGRAVING OF G. FRYERII. 
The Thunbergia is an indispensable ornament to every general 
collection of plants, and fortunately the species are sufficiently 
numerous, and exhibit so much docility in their several habits, 
that they may be made to contribute to the embellishment of 
almost everyplace set apart for the culture of plants — from 
the flower-garden to the stove. For the first, there are few 
plants possessing greater claims for the several purposes of 
covering walls, trellis, baskets, vases, &c.; and another highly 
appropriate situation is among root work here — planted at the 
base of the heap the plant appears in its most natural character; 
clinging to the various projections, it throws itself from one 
part to another so as to quickly cover the portion near it, and 
at the same time blooming in profusion. 
Fcr out-of-doors’ culture, T. aurantiaca, T. alata, and alata alba, 
are most suited, and indeed it is questionable if these species, 
and the variety now figured, are not the finest in any situation. 
Every cultivator is aware what beautiful specimens they afford 
when well grown under glass: the only drawback is their ex¬ 
treme liability to be infested with red spider; this, however, 
may be prevented, and, under favourable circumstances, any of 
the genus well repay the attention they require. We now pro¬ 
ceed to their cultivation, which we cannot explain in a better 
form than by mentioning each species separately, describing 
them as they occur. 
Thunbergia fragrans. —'The flowers of this species are pure 
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