Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1884 — The Antigonan Leplopus. [ARTICLE]

The Antigonan Leplopus.

The Antigonan leptopns is a beautiful climber, native of Nicaragua, and : belongs to the natural order I'olygouj aca:; it is a splendid greenhouse plant, | rivaling the Bougainville in the abund- | ance and color of its blossoms. It is of slender juid elegant habit, the leaves are from three to five inches long, deep-lobed at base. The flowers avU'rtfSh-tfolored, prodnesiL m large terminal or auxiliary, clusters, and in such profusion that there is scarcely a leaf to be seen. The chief attraction of the flowers is afforded by the sepals, which are half an inch long, of a bright rose color. As the flowers are produced in such abundance, the plant, in its season of flowering, presents a brilliant and extremely cheerful appearance. Of this plant Dr. Seernan, its i discoverer, says: “I am well acquainted with the contents of our gardens and ! the vegetation of most parts Of the world, but I have no hesitation in giving it as my deliberate opinion that there is no more graceful or beautiful climber than the Antigonan letptopus.” —Floral World.