LUCULIA GRATISSIMA.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 137, 11 June 1932, Page 6 (Supplement)

LUCULIA GRATISSIMA.

This exquisitely fragrant subject is not by any means a recently introduced subject; it has been known and cultivated for many years, in fact, since 1823, when it. was introduced from the temperate Himalayas. It seems, however. t o b« considered a " mitTy '• sort of' .shrub, ami for this reason is Very seldom seen. The Lnculia yields its inflorescence at > ;i season when choice and fragrant flowers! are none too plentiful, namely, from May to ,l,"ly. The flowers resemble i bouvardin, but arc mwh lar<rer. both! the individual blooms and the trus*?. Th? i soil best suited to it is a well drained I loam, to which there i< :t large quantity of leaf soil and sand added. It is not a ' coarse growing shrub, and i- one well fitted for the sniaJl garden, and is worth a place in such, no matter what the size. 1 , The plant should have a position in full Him. a* it abhors dampness in any form whatever. As the piant flowers "at the end? of t.hc current year's growths it ehould be cut fairly bard back immedi-' mow after bloomui".