The Penn's Grove record., 1883-12-29

tinct from any other. 1t Is q shfubby
sort. fine qrower, and free bloomer. It
IS OF a lustrous metallic hue, flowers
white and covered with glandular red
hairs. Very desirable. R~ecinifoha
Is~aculata, rich brown velvet streaked
green, deeply lobed; rare. Louis Chre-
ten, very ornamental. Sanguinea, up
per surface of the leaves olive color,
upper side crimson. Superlatum nigri-
cans, leaves rich shade OF crimson.
Zebrina, foliage striped and blotched.
Otto Forster is q hybrid between I'm
~perlalis and Rex. 1t has large foliage
Of a rich bronzy green, with shining sill
yer white veins. Odorata is fragrant.
ParpeIli and Argyrostigona pieta have
light green leaves spotted with wh't5.
Gibsonii has double flowers.
We have given you a o numerous
variety than we intended. Astand filed
only with these would be highly orna
mental. The Begonlas were so named
by the French botanist Plumber, In
honor of Michael Begon, a Governor of
Santo Domingo aud a patron Of science.
They are natives OF Brazil, Jamaica and
the Indies.
Stephanotls Floribunda. This ele-
! giant climber is not as well known as it
merits. Classed with dollhouse climb
ers, it Is not generally known that it can
be successfully grown in the nous and
become an exquisite ornament to a bay
window. The leaves are thick and
waxy, with a dark green mldrib, which,
taken in connection with its umbels OF
waxy pearly white, tubular shaped and
very fragrant flowers, make 1t very de-
sirabIe. The clusters of fowerssare
grown around the axis of the leaves IN
profusion, and are admirable for cut
ting. The plant Is somewhat suble ct to
the scale, which appears as a fiat Drown
substance, adherlng TO the bark very
closely, and to the mealy bug, which is
found hidden in a cottony substance in
the axis OF the leaves. These can be
removed with a small brush or halr
pencil, the scales sponge oil With soapy
water. The soil best adapted Is peat or
leaf-mold, with a slight ~admixture OF
sand and well rotted manure. The plant
should be kept very clean, supplied
with liquid manure occasionally, and
always watered with tepid water, as in
deed should all plants be, or even
warmer IL cold weather. 1t should
AVE plenty of pot room, and early in
summer be bedded out III a partially
shaded position Tor rest until the latter
part OF August or beginning OF Septem
Der, when 1t can be repotted and put
where it is TO remain for the winter.
The native home of the Stephanotis is
Madagascar, and it derives its name
from two Greek words denotmg crown
and ear because oil the resemblance in
the shape of the anther, the crown OF
the stamen, to the human ear; the flor
ibunda, from the wealth of Its bloom
Whenever we see this attached to the
nlme of a plant We may know that 1t
signifies abundance o. flowers. There
are varieties OF Steph.notis sold under
the name of horibunda that are not
such; but if the real thing is obtained
one can hardly expect the rich results.
Mahernia Odorata. This is a pretty
little shrnb, u native ii the Cape OF
Good Hope, aud products an abundance
of fragrant yellow, cup-Ike flowers dur
ing the entire winter and spring. The
branches are slender aId the foliage
laciniate; will thrive best IN a pretty
cool atmosphere, yet bears heat at 70
degrees very nicely. Is easily grown
from cutting stuck in wet sand and ex-
posed to the sunlight.
Llbonia tioribunda. Tins is OF com-
paratively recent Introduction IRON
Japan. II Is a slender-branched shrub
by plant, with ellptical leaves and solr
tary tubulous flowers, which ale an
orange or pure yellow on the under
side, but shading upward to a scarlet or
deep, velvety crimson on the upper side
of the flower. 1t blooms from Deem
Der to May, and in a bot-horse often
almost hides its foliage with its wealth
of flowers. l.. Eenrhosienis has flowers
OF brighter, deeper hue; free bloomer.