. The Gardener's monthly and horticulturist. urse the flow-ers are dried up. In these Mr. Rupp has dampmoss at the bottom of the box. The flowersare drawn through thick card-board, and thecard-board tacked down tight on^_^the damp 1880. AND HORTICULTURIST. 105 moss. It is a pretty sight on opening the doubt the flowers would travel well evento California. Crotons.—Of the many who have heard ofcroton oil, few know what an important featureCrotons play among the vegetation of the number of species known is enormous, andthey are found in wet or dry places in manyparts of the worl
. The Gardener's monthly and horticulturist. urse the flow-ers are dried up. In these Mr. Rupp has dampmoss at the bottom of the box. The flowersare drawn through thick card-board, and thecard-board tacked down tight on^_^the damp 1880. AND HORTICULTURIST. 105 moss. It is a pretty sight on opening the doubt the flowers would travel well evento California. Crotons.—Of the many who have heard ofcroton oil, few know what an important featureCrotons play among the vegetation of the number of species known is enormous, andthey are found in wet or dry places in manyparts of the world. There are a number na- shining and rather thick leaves, more like thoseof a Rhododendron, than of the Crotons whichAmerican botanists collect. These are often ofthe most curious forms, and frequently veined orblotched with crimson or gold, and are amongthe most interesting objects in modern green-houses. Besides their value for this sort of cul-ture, they do well in windows and are becomingquite popular in room gardening. Of late years. CROTON MOOREANUS. tive to the United States, chiefly in the southand southwest, but these have nothing particularto attract the observer beyond a silvery class offoliage which, however, many other kinds ofplants in these regions have as well as other parts of the world we have a verydistinct class of Crotons, taking the forms ofshrubs or even small trees, with no more orna-mental flowers than our own, but with large, they have been taken in hand by the improvers,as so many classes of plants have, and some re-markably beautiful forms have been obtained,and which are now much sought after by give with this, one introduced by the cele-brated firm of James Veitch & Sons, of Chel-sea, near London, who have been among theforemost in making the public aware of fehebeautythis class of plants afiords. 106 THE GARDENERS MONTHLY [April, Double Gerakictms.—These are so numer-ous novv, that we need improvement rather inform than
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