. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. 760 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. Stephanotis floribunda is a beautifully sweet-scented plant, having large trusses of pure white flowers. Propagate by cuttings of the old shoots rooted in the warm pit in February. Grow on in the warm pit till of a good size before planting. Soil: loam, peat, and sand. Flowers from April to June. Swainsonia galegifolia and var. albiflora are useful climbers. Propagate by cuttings of the points of the young shoots taken in June and July in the warm pit. Grow to a good size before planting ou
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. 760 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. Stephanotis floribunda is a beautifully sweet-scented plant, having large trusses of pure white flowers. Propagate by cuttings of the old shoots rooted in the warm pit in February. Grow on in the warm pit till of a good size before planting. Soil: loam, peat, and sand. Flowers from April to June. Swainsonia galegifolia and var. albiflora are useful climbers. Propagate by cuttings of the points of the young shoots taken in June and July in the warm pit. Grow to a good size before planting out. Soil: loam, peat, and sand. The flowers are borne from July to September. Tacsonias closely resemble Passifloras, and chiefly differ from them by having a' very elongated calyx tube. The colours of the flowers are brilliant scarlet, rose, and pink. Grow and propagate like Passifloras. Sorts: T. eriantha, T. exoniensis, T. ignea, T. manicata, T. mollissima, and T. Van Volxemii. Tibouchina macrantha (Pleroma) is a hard-wooded plant, having magnificent purple flowers. Propagate from firm side- shoots in June and July in the cool pit. Grow in rough peat, loam, and sand. Flowers in July and August. Trop^—The hybrids of these are very useful for winter flowering, giving a fine display of brilliant scarlet flowers. Propagate by cuttings in July and August. Grow on and plant out the following summer. Soil: light fibrous loam, leaf-soil, and sand. Sorts : T. Lobbianum, T. cardinale, Lucifer, and Ball of Fig. 504.—Passiflora c^ Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Drury, William D. , 1857-1928; Abbott, J. M. London, L. U. Gill; New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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