Archive image from page 289 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . 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 cyclopediaofame04bail Year: 1906 2397. Stephanandra Tanak (X i â -:-:# 2398. Stephanotis floribunda (X I4' melon-like seeds which are provided with a tuft of hair. Madagascar 4058. Gn. 21, p. 441 (showing a pygmy plant blooming in a small pot and no
Archive image from page 289 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . 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 cyclopediaofame04bail Year: 1906 2397. Stephanandra Tanak (X i â -:-:# 2398. Stephanotis floribunda (X I4' melon-like seeds which are provided with a tuft of hair. Madagascar 4058. Gn. 21, p. 441 (showing a pygmy plant blooming in a small pot and not climbing); 46, p. 208; , p. 150 G C. II. 14:169 (a dwarf variety, the Elves- ton); 24:817; 25:137; III. 17:50. 1874, p. 368; 1885, p. 438, is a most useful old greenhouse twiner, bloom- ing in spring and summer. In winter it should be kept partially dormant at a tem- perature suited to carnations (say 50-60°). Enrich the soil every year. Propagated by cuttings of last year's growth in spring. Good seeds are rarely produced under glass. When planted in the opei thrives best in partial shade. Very liable S. Thoudrsii, Brongn., from Madagascar, appears to be the only other species in cult., but it is not in the American trade. It has obovate lvs., fis. in 3's, and sepals about one-third the length of the corolla-tube. L. H. B. Stephanotis floribunda is one of the handsomest of our warmhouse climbers, blooming in spring and sum- mer. In the days when short blooms were used in bouquets it was one of the most valuable flowers that the florist had its large waxy umbels having a delicious odor It should be kept about 60° during the winter, with less water In the summer it delights in the tem- perature of our warmest houses with plenty of syring- ing When given too much root room it grows very rampant and is less inclined to flower Therefore a tub or a bolder wheie its roots are restricted is better, witli in umual top dressing of good manure Its great- I t n
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