Identifier: gardenersmonthly2930phil (find matches)
Title: The Gardener's monthly and horticulturist
Year: 1876 (1870s)
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Subjects: Gardening
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Charles H. Marot
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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but the blooms in thespring are more numerous and larger. (Until last year, when we had a specimen fromthe same source, we had never seen it in flower.The flowers, though belonging to a West IndianLeguminosas, are not papilionaceous, but would betaken by the mere lover of flowers, for a smallrhododendron. Indeed, at some little distance onemight imagine it to be a head of RhododendronCatawbiense. Rare flowers are not always beauti-ful, but the great beauty of this flower has addi-tional attractions, from the fact that the plant sorarely blossoms. Sir William Hooker, noticing a rare chance tosee it bloom in England, observed that the planthad a fashion of raising its leaflets, so as to coverthe flowers at certain periods of the day. It wouldbe interesting to know from Mr. Miller whether ithas the same odd behavior in America.—Ed. G. M.) NEW OR RARE PLANTS. Phrynium variegatum,—This has been intro-duced to the notice of cultivators by Messrs. James 14 THE GARDENERS MONTHLY (January,
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Veitch & Sons, of Chelsea, London. It is an ele-gant stove plant allied to Maranta and Calathea.The leaves have erect foot-stalks about a foot high, Phrynium variegatum. with spreading blades of oblong-lanceolate form,6 to 9 inches long, and 2 to 4 inches broad. Theyare bright pale green beautifully variegated virith l888. AND HORTICULTURIST. cream white, the variegation being extremely ( The dwarf compact habit of the plant, its elegantdiversified, in some leaves the whole area being I contour and cheerful aspect, render it a most valu-white, in others only one-half, in others again it is able addition to the decorative resources of theconfined to the interspaces between two or three of stove. First-class certificate from the Royal Hor-the nerves, while in others it is reduced to a few j ticultural Society, September 7, 1886, under thestripes. 1 name of Phrynium jucundum. Fruit and Vegetable Gardening. COMMUNICATIONS. FRUIT EATING.BY JOSIAH W. LEEDS. Knowing how beneficial good r

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