. 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. 2395. Stauntonia hexaphylla (X Ja). STAUNTONIA (G. L. Staunton, physician, 1740- 1801). Jb'crberiduccit'. A genus of 2 species of tender evergreen woody vines, one from China and one from Japan. The Ivs. have 3-7 digitate leaflets. Pis. monoe- cious, in axillary, few-fld. racemes; sepals 6, petaloid; petals wan
. 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. 2395. Stauntonia hexaphylla (X Ja). STAUNTONIA (G. L. Staunton, physician, 1740- 1801). Jb'crberiduccit'. A genus of 2 species of tender evergreen woody vines, one from China and one from Japan. The Ivs. have 3-7 digitate leaflets. Pis. monoe- cious, in axillary, few-fld. racemes; sepals 6, petaloid; petals wanting: sterile fl. with 6 monodelY)hous stamens, anthers birimose, ovary rudimentary: fertile fl. with G sterile stamens and 3 carpels. hexaphylla, Decne. Fig. 2395. A handsome vine be- coming 40 ft. high: Ifts. oval, about 2 in. long, stalked: fls. in axillary clusters, white, fragrant in spring: berry about 4 in. long, splashed with scarlet. Japan. 12:139. p. ^, Barclay. The Stauntonias are beautiful evergreen climbers aiid well adapted to the soil and climate of the South At- lantic and Gulf region. Both S. hexapliylla and the re- lated Holhoillia laflfoUa (known also as Stauntonia latifolla) grow well in the writer's Florida garden, althoiigh they are not such verj^ luxuriant climbers as are the Allamandas, Thunbergias and Bignonias. It requires a few years before they are fully established. They are excellent subjects to be planted on old stumps and on small trees, such as catalpa and mulberry trees, which they perfectly cover in the course of time wilh their pretty evergreen leaves and their rather insig- nificant but powerfully fragrant flowers. They wiil not flourish in dry, hot, sandy soil, demanding for their welfare rather moist, shady spots containing a profu- sion of huraiis. A little commercial fertilizer contain- ing a fair amount of nitrogen and potash will also prove very beneficial. The need of some kind of a stimulant is shown by the plant itself, which a
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