It must be confessed that the specimen figured in the Maga- 
zine would seem to justify the opinion, but it will be seen by 
the plate now given that the peculiar habit which the plant 
acquired in the Edinburgh Garden was not permanent, and 
that under other circumstances it has the well-known appear- 
ance of the original B. triphylla. It is certain that the 
specimen now figured, and that of the Magazine, do really 
represent the same identical plant, because they were both 
taken from the same source; namely, the garden of the 
Horticultural Society. 
The country owes this to George Frederick Dickson, Esq. 
F.H.S. who presented its seeds to the Horticultural Society. 
It is a half-hardy shrub, flowering from May to October, 
if planted out in the American border, or any other favour- 
able place where neat pretty plants are required. The roots 
will live in the open border all winter, but should be pro- 
tected by a hand-glass or a large flower-pot inverted, in order 
to keep them dry; for this, like many Mexican plants, suffers 
more from wet than from cold. 
The best way to treat it, and indeed all the Bouvardias, 
is to plant them out in the American border about the end 
of May; and after flowering in the autumn, or rather when 
partially damaged by frost, to take them up and pot them, 
putting them into as small pots as possible, and then placing 
them under the stage of the greenhouse, or in any dry cellar. 
In fact they may be treated in the same way as the common 
scarlet Geranium, only observing to keep them rather dry 
during winter. In the spring (end of February) they should be 
taken out, fresh potted, and placed in a more favourable place 
for growing, so as to be again ready for planting out. 
It is very easily increased by the roots from the young 
shoots. In the spring, before the plant begins to grow, the 
roots should be cut into pieces about two and a half or three 
inches long, both large and small, and inserted in pots filled 
with any light sandy soil, leaving but a small portion of the 
root above the surface. If then placed upon a moderate hot- 
bed they will soon begin to grow, and will make good plants 
by the end of May. 
