





Cypress Knee, the country home and office of Dr. C. V. Kraft of the Cypress Knee Nursery 
(Algiers) New Orleans, La., where extensive study is being made of the Louisiana Wild Native 
Plant Life. 
CLERODENDRON 
This beautiful four inch (Kraft) Clerodendron pot 
plant was just a year old when it made its second 
crop of blooms as shown on cover. A rooted cutting in 
May, it bloomed first in a 24% inch pot in September, 
after which it was shifted to a 4 inch pot. It started 
its second bloom on May 12 and held its beautiful 
blossoms until the last of September, blooming con- 
tinuously for more than 140 days, when it was again 
cut back for another crop of blooms. 
When transplanted to five and six inch pots their 
display of blooms is gorgeous and spectacular. After 
many years of study and propagation of this clero- 
dendron we feel we have produced a plant for retail 
sale that is quickly attractive, blooms profusely over 
a long period and gives the greatest satisfaction to 
the customer who purchased it for gifts. 
Their long period of bloom is of great sales value 
for the fact that under hot house conditions they may 
be made to bloom at your will. They are very hardy, 
have few enemies, stand drouth and respond quickly 
to your requirements. 
This Clerodendron has a great tendency to vine, 
and we have succeeded to a great extent to break it 
of this habit by seed selection. Cutting back long 
twining shoots encourages new growth, on which these 
very large snowy white flowers, rose magenta tipped 
clusters, bloom profusely. The calyx is pure white 
or sometimes green tinged. 
Hot House Growing 
For hot house growing they may be grown from 
cuttings of the half ripened wood. Use two inch 
pots filled with a mixture of equal parts of leaf mold 
or peat, add good sharp sand. Place a cutting in 
each pot, and press moderately firm. Leave the 
pots in a tight case with a temperature of 70 degrees, 
and keep the soil at all times fairly moist. When 
the pots are filled with roots, shift into four inch pots, 
using a compost consisting of fibrous loam two parts, 
leaf mold and sand one part each and a fifth part 
of well rotted manure. Pot rather firmly as this in- 
sures a stronger growth, and during the growing 
season keep in a night temperature of 65 degrees. 
Clerodendrons may be flowered in any size pot de- 
sired and can be had in flower from Easter until 
late September. This Clerodendron is probably the 
best and most useful, either for decorative work or 
exhibition purposes when it is grown in large pots; 
a good rough material may be used for potting. 
A good stiff fibrous loam with about 1/3 part of 
decayed manure is best. When the season’s growth 
is completed, gradually withhold water for two 
months and lower the night temperature from 65 to 
55 degrees. Many of the leaves under the above 
treatment will drop and the wood will become firm. 
If plants are wanted in flower about Easter, give 
them a thorough soaking with water about January 
1 and raise the temperature again to 65 degrees by 
night, letting it rise during the day to 75 to 80 
degrees. 
Sprinkle the plants two or three times a day, thus 
encouraging the young growths to start all over the 
ripened wood. When this takes place, the plant 
will either have to be repotted or fed liberally with 
liquid manure and fertilizer, repotting usually re- 
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