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 g< ow, and will make good plants 

 by the end of May. 



