Mrs Loudon epub The Ladies Companion to the Flower-Garden: Being an Alphabetical Arrangement of All the Ornamental Plants Usually Grown in Gardens and Shrubberies, ... for Their Culture (Classic Reprint)

CaprifoU dcece. This -genxTS was discovered inC hina as long back as 1818, by Dr. A bel, in honour of whom it was named ;but it was little known in Eiu ope, though several species were afterwards discovered, till 1844, when JM r. Fortune sent over plants of A belia rupestris, which he found growing among some rocks on the Chamoo Hills. It is a pretty little plant, with fragrant flowers, somewhat resembling those of the sweetscented Daphne, but not remarkably beautiful. A nother species (A. unifibra) is an evergreen shrub, with whitish flowers, which appear in July. It was introduced by Messrs. Standish and Noble, in 1851, and seems hardy. There is another species of the genus, which was introduced in 1842, under the name of Vesdlia fiorihunda, fromM exico, which has long rose-coloured flowers, closely resembling those of the honeysuckle, to v.-hich, indeed, it is nearly allied, but which are produced singly. The plant itself is a pendulous shrub, and it requires a warm greenhouse. It grows freely, strikes readily from cuttings, and flowers during the greater part, of the summer. ABRUS. Lefuminosce. The Wild Liquorice {A. 2recatdrius) is a pretty climbing stove plant, which requires a strong heat to throw it into flower. The seeds, which are poisonous, are scarlet and black, and are sometimes made into necklaces for children. A bu tilon. Malvacece. There is a very beautiful greenhouse plant called A hutilon striatum, orS ida picta, that deserves a place in every collection. It is a native of Brazil, and half-shrubby, with vine-like leaves, and bell-shaped flowers of a bright yellow, strongly veined ndth scarlet, which hang do UT i on long slender stalks. The plant should be gro-n in a pot, a quarter filled with broken potsherds to insure perfect drainage, in a light sandy loam ;and it should be trained to a slight frame; or it may be planted in the open air, (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)