il922.] BOUGAINVILLAEAS. 121 



To those who are not famiHar with all ths Bougainvillaeas referred 

 to, it should be stated that it is not advisable to plant the different 

 varieties in close proximity as the colours do not harmonize. 



Mr. W. N. Sands, late Superintendent of Agriculture in 

 St. Vincent, took a great interest in Bougainvill eas and made several 

 successful artificial crosses between the above-named species and 

 varieties. Records of his work will be found in the Annual Report 

 of the St. Vincent Agricultural Department for the years 1918 and 

 1919. So far two of his hybrids are recorded as having flowered, viz.: 

 " Lady Watts " a plant described as having bracts between a dark 

 terra-cotta and salmon-pink colour and " Master Norman " possessing 

 flowers with small magenta bracts less than half the size of those oi 

 most Bougainvillaeas. 



Plants of both are now in the plant collections of the Botanic 

 Gardens. A Bougainvillaea new to Trinidad is now established over 

 the front entrance to Government House. In habit it is very similar 

 to the crimson Bougainvillaea but the bracts are smaller and of a 

 •delicate pink colour. It was introduced from Ecuador by Mrs. J. B. 

 Rorer in January 1 923. The late Mr. W. Buthn stated that it is a very 

 common plant there and flowers very abundantly. 



A very rare Bougainvillaea is one similar to B. glabra but 

 wita variegated leaves. It is a small anaemic looking plant with 

 green and cream-coloured variegated leaves, or occasionally m some 

 shoots the green colour is altogether absent. 



This reminds one of the much talked of but elusive "white 

 Bouga'nvillaea." So many inquiries have been made from time to 

 time of the Department regarding this plant that inquiries were 

 instituted to discover whether such a plant was actually in existence. 

 A lady from Rangoon volunteered the information that a white 

 Bougainvillaea was in cultivation in the province of Burma, but the 

 Director of Agriculture of that province states that " none of the 

 Botanists or Agriculturists in the province have heard of or seen the 

 plant in Burma. 



The Superintendent of the Agri-Horticultural Gardens of 

 Rangoon does not know of the variety. 



The help of the Chief Conservator of Forests of Burma was 

 ■asked in the matter and he reports that his research staff does not 

 know of the white variety. 



I would therefore assume that ths white Bougainvillaea does 

 not exist in Burma. 



In the course of the above inquiries it would appear that 

 someone had seen the white variety in Mauritius and perhaps you 

 would like to take up ths hunt there." 



