Identifier: journalofhorticu05hort (find matches)
Title: The journal of the Horticultural Society of London
Year: 1846 (1840s)
Authors: Horticultural Society of London Horticultural Society of London. Proceedings of the Horticultural Society of London
Subjects: Gardening Botany Horticulture Fruit-culture
Publisher: London : Published for the Society, by Longman and Co
Contributing Library: Harvard Botany Libraries
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limb, divided into 5 erect rounded wavylobes. The stamens are declinate, and longer than the corolla. This very curious plant was referred to Quamoclit by Mr.Bentham, but it appears to be perfectly distinct from that genusin its declinate stamens, and curved corolla with a great cam-panulate inflated limb. Whether or not there may be morethan one species is somewhat uncertain. The Calboa vitifolia ofCavanilles, from St. Bias in California, is figured by that authorwith 5 long distinct reflexed segments to its corolla, which is saidto be yellow on the outside, and purplish red in the inside. Ifso, it must be distinct from this. The plant in the Societysgarden is undistinguishable from the Guatemala specimensbrought home by Hartweg, and yet it was raised from Mexicanseeds. This gives rise to a suspicion that Cavanilles account isnot to be trusted, and that there may be only one species; if so,it will bear the name of C. vitifolia. A strong half-woody climber, growing freely in any good
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84 NEW PLANTS, ETC., rich soil composed of loam and sandy peat. It is easily increasedby cuttings of the young shoots, and requires to be kept ratherdry in a cool part of the stove during the winter, but should begrown in a cool airy part of the greenhouse during summer,where it will flower from August to October. Although undoubtedly a fine species, it is only fit for growingwhere there is plenty of room for its tops to spread. It will notflower in a pot, and must therefore be planted in the open Sround- Sept. 13, 1849. 6. Trop^olum Smithii. De Cand., Prodr., i. 684. Bo-tanical Magazine, t. 4385. Tropa?olum peregrinum, Lin-nceus, Sp. Plant., ed. 2, p. 668. From Messrs. Veitch and Son, whose collector, Mr. WilliamLobb, sent it from Peru.

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