OF BUDS. Mi 



99. t. 6', a Jamaica sbjub, was for a luiniber 

 of years cultivated in the English stoves, and 

 propagated extensively by cuttings, each 

 plant growing many feet in length every sea- 

 son, from abundance of moisture and nourish- 

 ment, without showing any signs of fructifi- 

 cation. At length a pot of the Solandra was 

 accidentally left without water in the dry 

 stove at Kew ; and in consequence of this 

 unintentional neglect, the luxuriant growth 

 of its branches was greatly checked, and a 

 flower came forth at the extremity of each. 

 By a similar mode of treatment the same 

 effect has since frequently been produced. 

 Several plants, especially with bulbous roots, 

 which blossom abundantly in their native 

 soils, have hitherto defied all the art of our 

 gardeners to produce this desirable effect ; 

 yet future experience may possibly place it 

 within our reach by some very simple means. 

 In general, whatever' checks the luxuriant 

 production of leaf-buds, favours the forma- 

 tion of flowers and seeds. That variety, or 

 perhaps species, of the Orange Lily, Lilium 

 hulbiferum, which is most prolific in buds» 

 seldom forms seeds^ or even those organs 



