Archive image from page 397 of Cyclopedia of practical floriculture (1884). Cyclopedia of practical floriculture cyclopediaofprac00turn Year: 1884 \T axd ax alts is of plants. i\ manure, and one of sand. Cold moisture is pernicious to its roots, as is lime-water also; pure rainwater, 'little and often,' is the best prescription, as the leaves of the plant will curl up and become sickly if overdosed. It strikes root easily through small cuttings, say an inch long, from young shoots, bedded in clean sand about half their length, the leaves being carefully removed from the embedded
Archive image from page 397 of Cyclopedia of practical floriculture (1884). Cyclopedia of practical floriculture cyclopediaofprac00turn Year: 1884 \T axd ax alts is of plants. i\ manure, and one of sand. Cold moisture is pernicious to its roots, as is lime-water also; pure rainwater, 'little and often,' is the best prescription, as the leaves of the plant will curl up and become sickly if overdosed. It strikes root easily through small cuttings, say an inch long, from young shoots, bedded in clean sand about half their length, the leaves being carefully removed from the embedded part. After they have ceased flowering in the house they should be removed in the spring, for their season of rest, to the north of a fence or some low evergreen, as in that condition they delight in a partial shade. The species generally recommended to amateur culturists is the M. odorata, which is the most sweetly scented, as its name implies; but there are several other varieties also well worthv of attention. The Hector has orange, and the Diana pink, flowers; and both are pretty, highly ornamental and easily manageable shrubs, which will give good satisfaction, though not so fra<;rant as the M. odorata. OLENnJER. --REATLY admired for the beauty of its bloom, this plant is scien- 1\J titically termed Nerium, from the Greek neros, humid, because of i/ ' its love of moisture. The familiar name Oleander is a corruption, s generally supposed, of the word Rhododendron, or Rose-tree, ':ffr from the similarity between its flowers and the smaller Roses. It enjoys a very peculiar protection apparently against the sim's ravs, triple coat of mail or three-fold epidermis, which is common to but very 'few other plants. A native of the Levant, it is found on the banks of the sacred Jordan, as well as along other watei'-courses and muddy bottom-lands, where there is a considerable accumulation of decaved vegetable matter. This, b}' the usual rule of making artificial conditions approa
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