. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 2433. Streptocarpus Wendland of these plants seems to have been the introduction of S. Dunnii, said by J. D. Hooker to be "quite the mon- arch of its beautiful genus" (but now excelled by S. Wendhindii). Seeds of this species were sent to Kew in 1884 by E. G.
. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 2433. Streptocarpus Wendland of these plants seems to have been the introduction of S. Dunnii, said by J. D. Hooker to be "quite the mon- arch of its beautiful genus" (but now excelled by S. Wendhindii). Seeds of this species were sent to Kew in 1884 by E. G. Dunn, of Cape Town. It is one of the monophyilous section to which .S'. polyantha belongs. In the meantime, .s'. a species allied to S. Bexii, had been ,, ,1 iiMin ilie Cape region. With thethree species, N. /.•.,.'. GaJpiiii, S. ni(;\ , „,tl.,ihl!i: but since the hybrids repre- ^.'iiT <. \rral Hilii]-^jMcir^. these additional species are 111 ilHM'..||..\Mn-a unt. streptocarpus is an t;i iiu.^. riir sh 111 liiaring section is confined to cLUtral Africa and .Mada^ajcar, and the others to South Africa. Clarke's Monograph, 1883, describes 19 species, but S. Dunnii, S. Wendlandii, 6'. Galpini and others, have since been discovered. There are 25-30 known species. Streptocarpuses are not difficult plants to grow. They are usually raised from seeds, the seedlings blooming in 8 to 15 months from starting. The seeds are very small, and care must be taken not to cover them too deep. Give an open sunny place in an intermediate tempera- ture. They are not stove or warmhouse plants. Of the new hybrid forms, seeds sown in February or March should produce plants that will bloom the following fall and winter; after blooming, the plantsmay be discarded, for better results are usually secured from new plants than from those more than one season old. The sea- son of most profuse bloom is .summer, but the bloom continues until winter
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