Title: The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden
Identifier: centurybookofgar00cook (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Cook, E. T. (Ernest Thomas), 1867-1915, ed
Subjects: Gardening
Publisher: London, The Offices of "Country life" (etc. )
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74 THE CENTURY BOOK OF GARDENING. them require a stove, but many will thrive in a greenhouse, the best of them being : Campbelli, purple ; coerulea, blue; coerulea Constance Elliot, white ; ccerulea race- mosa, red ; Lawsoni, light purple ; and Imperatrice Eugenie, reddish purple. Should be planted in a border. Plumbagos.—The Plumbago capensis is one of the most charming of all climbers for the greenhouse, and will succeed in structures heated just sufficiently to keep out frost. It bears flower clusters of a pretty blue colour, and so profusely that when in full beauty a plant is surfaced with blossom. The Plumbago need hardly be described, as it is familiar in most gardens, but some may not grow or know it. The variety alba has white flowers. Cuttings may be readily struck in the spring, and require a temperature of about 6odeg., placing them in pots filled with ordinary soil for cuttings in the usual way. When the cuttings are ready—and put no more than five or six in a 5m. pot—remove to the house and put a hand-light over them to promote quick rooting. When rooted transfer singly to 3m. pots, and keep rather close until established. After this give air abundantly, for the Plumbago must not be coddled in any way. They may be grown on in pots or planted out ; the latter method is, perhaps, the best, thoroughly well draining the border. During the winter reduce the supply of water considerably. RhodOChitOn VOlubile.—A slender yet free-growing climber whose dark red-coloured flowers protrude from a widely-expanded calyx, thus giving it a very distinct appearance. The flowers are produced in great profusion throughout the summer months, when the slender shoots are wreathed for a considerable distance with them. Rhynchospermum jasminoides. —White Jasmine-like sweet-scented blossoms, borne during the summer. RUSGUS androgynus.—One of the most vigorous of all greenhouse climbers, bearing a profusion of long pinnate leaves of a stout leathery texture and of a deep green colour. It is suitable for planting in draughty places, as harsh dry winds have little effect upon it. This Ruscus is used with good effect at the Crystal Palace, where it climbs up the pillars and roof. The flowers are inconspicuous. Solarium jasminoides.—A most prolific flowerer, the clusters of blossoms, which are white slightly tinged with blue, being borne in great profusion from spring to autumn. In the South of England this succeeds out of doors. It is no uncommon sight to see cottages in Devonshire and Cornwall wreathed in it. Sollya heterophylla and S. parviflora. — Two slender twining plants with narrow deep green leaves, and a profusion of small drooping bell-shaped blossoms of a pleasing shade of bright blue. TaCSOnia. Nearly related to Passiflora, but some have even more showy blossoms. They hang down supported by very long flower stalks, hence are on a roof seen to very great advantage. A selection would include: Exoniensis, rich carmine pink ; mollissima, pink ; Smytheana, light red ; Van Volxemi, scarlet, shaded violet. TeCOma.—All these need to be thoroughly exposed to the sun to induce them to flower, and when this is the case they are remarkably showy. The best are : T. capensis, orange scarlet ; T. jasminoides, white, red throat ; T. Smithi, orange ; and T. stans, yellow. Thunbergia alata is a beautiful annual climbing plant of which there are several varieties, the showiest of them being those forms in which the flowers are some shade of yellow, with a dark centre. Sow in spring in gentle heat, and grow on quickly afterwards. Tropseolum.—There are two quite distinct classes of Tropseolum, both of which form good climbing plants for the greenhouse. The first has tuberous roots and throws up annual shoots, which flower, and after that the tuber has a period of rest. To this section belong T. azureum, blue ; T. brachyceras, yellow ; T. Jarratti, scarlet and yellow ; and T. tricolorum, red and black. The second class consists of forms of the Nasturtium which are valuable for winter blooming. Good kinds are Ball of Fire, scarlet ; Clapham Park, orange ; and Hermine Grasshoff, double, orange scarlet.
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