“ The increased taste so largely manifested of late years 
in all the various branches of gardening, is a gratifying and 
remarkable feature of the age. In no particular part of this 
delightful pursuit has this increased taste been more con- 
spicuous than in the grouping and effective disposition of the 
various coloured plants in geometrical Flower Gardens, where 
it is so desirable to produce judiciously contrasted masses of 
bloom during the summer and autumn months. Every addi- 
tion to our Flora calculated for this purpose is eagerly sought 
after by the possessors of such gardens. Bouvardias are all 
beautiful, but the present subject, being a novel one, is a new 
and desirable feature of the genus, rendering it very appro- 
priate for small beds in the Flower Garden. It strikes 
rapidly by cuttings, and may therefore be increased to any 
extent; and with me it blooms profusely in the cutting-pot, 
and grows freely in any good garden soil. 
Mr. Van Houtte’s directions for its cultivation are these; 
‘ If this species is to be grown in all the perfection of which 
it is susceptible, it should be taken out of the greenhouse 
early in the spring, and placed in a shady well-aired situation. 
It would be better still to turn it out into the open ground. 
Great care must be taken not to force it at that time ; for if 
that is done its flowers become small, and half of them are 
abortive. In order to make it bloom abundantly, it should 
be cat back when it is repotted or replanted.” He adds, 
that it will grow three feet high. 
