. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. STREPTOCAKPUS rib of whicli nrise successive several-flowered scapes. The iutroduction of this curious plant seems to liave re- vived tlie interest in Streptocarpuses, an interest that has been l<ept alive by the frequent introduction of other species. The chief stimulus to the systematic breeding STEEPTOCAR
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. STREPTOCAKPUS rib of whicli nrise successive several-flowered scapes. The iutroduction of this curious plant seems to liave re- vived tlie interest in Streptocarpuses, an interest that has been l<ept alive by the frequent introduction of other species. The chief stimulus to the systematic breeding STEEPTOCARPUS 1745. 2433. Streptocarpus Wendlandii ( X ; of these plants seems to liave been the introduction of S. Biiiiiiii, said liy .1. D. Hooker to he "quite the mon- arch of its beautiful genus" (but now excelled by *S. Wendlandii}. Seeds of this species were sent to Kew in 1884 by E. G. Dunn, of Cape Town. It is one of the monophyllous section to which S. poli/ctnthu belongs. In the meantime, <S'. parviflora, a species allied to S. Eexii, had been introduced from the Cape region. With the three species, 5'. Eexii, 8.'parviflora and ti. Dunnii, W. Watson, of the Royal Gardens, Kew, set to worli systematically to breed a new race of Streptocarpus, and his efforts met with unqualified success. Wljen the hybrids came to notice in 1887, the Gardener's Chroni- cle made the following comment on the value of the work: "The results are very striking, and we can hardly doubt that Mr. Watson has set the foundation of a new race of plants, parallel in imxjortance to the Achimenes and Tyd^; Several hybrid races have now been pro- duced and several interesting species have been intro- duced from the wild, so that Streptocarpus seems to be destined to become a very important and popular garden genus. Bentham and Hooker's treatment divides the Gesnera- cete into two great tribes; Gesnerete, with ovary more or less interior and fruit a capsule; Cyrtandrese, with ovary sup
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