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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



their colours and outlines being almost 

 without equal during their season. There 

 are about fifty varieties, out of which the 

 following six represent the leading shades 

 of colour: — Cupid, white, tipped purple, 

 crimson ; Glowworm, scarlet, shading into 

 yellow ; Little Hermann, pale cerise tipped 

 white ; Little Mistress, dark, brownish 

 violet ; Goldfinch, gold yellow tipped 



scarlet ; Prince of Lillyput, dark brown, 

 shading to maroon, blotched white; 

 Rosette, pale rose ; Little Prince, car- 

 mine, rose edging, white margin ; Lilly- 

 put Bouquet, purplish rose on white 

 ground ; Colihri, nankeen ; Amoretta, pale 

 umber ; Honeycomb, maroon. The prices 

 range frcm one to ten shillings each, and 

 all the leading houses have them. 



BOUGAINVILLE A SPECTABILIS. 



The Chronicle contains some interesting 

 particulars respecting the blooming of this 

 gorgeous American climber. It was in- 

 troduced seven years since from South 

 Brazil, and has never till now justified the 

 original description of it, for it has stub- 

 bornly refused to bloom. At last a 

 wooden box, filled with its blossoms, 

 reached Dr. Lindley, from Mr. Daniels, 

 gardener, at Swyncombe House, Henley- 

 on-Thames. " Imagine,'' says the doctor, 

 " piles of great veiny scales, like those of 

 thefemalehop, dyed with the richest tints of 

 what is now-a-days called mauve : a tint 

 in which crimson, and violet, and purple 

 are exquisitely blended. Assuredly there 

 is nothing in the whole vegetable kingdom 

 more gorgeous than this." Mr. Daniels 

 says no one that has a stove ought to be 

 without it, and nothing grows and blooms 

 more fully when under proper manage- 

 ment. Hi3 plant was grown for one year 

 in a twelve-inch pot, then turned out into 

 a square brick pit, three feet by three, into 



a mixture of leaf mould and loam, with a 

 good proportion of broken bricks and 

 charcoal. The plant is now trained to 

 the roof of a span house, and covers 200 

 square feet ; if allowed it would cover 

 1000 feet. The secret of success is in the 

 temperature. Mr. Daniel's plant began 

 to show bloom after the brickwork had 

 been heated to MO 3 , the roots themselves 

 being at 100'. It will, however, stand a 

 load of air temperature. Mr. Daniel says 

 his house did not average more than 50' 

 last winter, and in October last the plant 

 endured several degrees of frost. Mr. 

 Milroy says he flowers it with great heat 

 at the roots, and then cools it down to 50 1 

 with a dry air for the winter. It has also 

 been flowered at Osmaston Manor, the 

 seat of T. Wright, Esq., under the manage- 

 ment of Mr. Lamb the gardener. It re- 

 quires plenty of room, does best on a brick 

 wall, plenty of light, a dry air, rather con- 

 fined at the roots, and, to flower it, a 

 bottom heat of from 90' to 100°. 



EEMINDEES EOE JUNE. 



Auriculas will want occasional fumi- 

 gating, keep them in a cool place, on a 

 hard bottom and pour water amongst 

 them on the ground surface to cause a 

 moist air. An old light may be rested on 

 pots over them during storms, otherwise 

 let them have the benefit of all showers. 



Asters may now be turned out in the 

 places where they are to bloom ; make the 

 ground rich, and choose showery weather. 

 If the place is infested with snails, plant a 

 few small lettuces behind the back row, 

 which may be pulled up as soon as the 

 asters are well rooted. Those to flower in 

 pots to have a good shift and cold frame. 



Azaleas not yet done growing, keep 

 moist and shaded, but beware not to push 

 the growth too far, as unless they are well 

 ripened and rested there will be few flower- 

 buds formed. There is not much danger 

 of that, however, just yet, except with 

 those forced early. Plants that are leggy 

 are likely to break along the stems if laid 

 on their sides, which will improve them. 



Cinerarias. — Take cuttings of those that 

 have been earthed up. Sow seed in a cold 

 frame. Get ready the compost for next 

 season's plants. 



Da Jil i as. — Plant at once, if not already 

 done. Stake at the same time and shade 



