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showing the flowers off to a greater advantage, it is necessary to 

 prevent their getting broken about, for the wood is so tender and 

 brittle, that the greatest care is necessary in handling them to pre- 

 vent their mutilation. 



The most desirable kinds for general culture are the following : — 



B. roscejlora. — This splendid species was discovered by the late 

 Mr. Pearce, in the Andes of Peru, at an elevation of 12.000 feet. It 

 grows and flowers freely in a cool greenhouse, and there is every 

 reason to suppose that it is very nearly, if not quite, hardy. It is 

 dwarf and stemless, with orbicular leaves borne on red stems, and 

 three to five flowered scapes, the stems of which are also red. 



B. Boliviensis. — A splendid tuberous-rooted species, flowering 

 during the summer. It has a graceful habit of growth, generally 

 attaining a height of two feet. The flowers are bright glossy red, 

 two inches in length, and of a compressed bell-shaped form. This 

 and the preceding species should be repotted in spring, just as they 

 are starting into a fresh growth. 



B. ClarJcei, syn. Weltoniensis. — A beautiful dwarf-growing 

 species, with rose-pink flowers in the way of B. | arviflora. By 

 striking two or three batches of cuttings, this may be had in flower 

 throughout the whole year. It grows freely in a warm greenhouse. 



B. Digsicelliana. — A free-blooming dwarf variety, with pinkish- 

 red flowers ; invaluable for winter decoration. 



B. fucJis bides. — A strong-growing species, with large vermilion 

 flowers ; one of the best for flowering in early spring. 



B. Ingrcmi. — A moderately strong grower, bearing a profusion 

 of reddish-pink flowers ; one of the best winter-flowering kinds. 



B. manicrda. — Pink; a free-growing and free-flowering species. 



B. parviflora. — White ; very dark and bushy in habit, and con- 

 tinues a long time in flower. 



B. Saandersiana. — A moderately strong grower ; flowers bright 

 red, produced very profusely throughout the winter. One of the 

 best for a warm greenhouse. 



B. Sedeni. — A fine new species, similar in habit and in the shape 

 of the flowers to B. Boliviensis ; the flowers are deep rosy red, and 

 very showy. 



B. Veitchi.' — This bears a somewhat close resemblance to B. 

 roscejlora. It has the habit of Saxifraga ciliata, and the flowers, 

 which average two inches in diameter, are of a vivid vermilion 

 cinnabar red. It succeeds admirably in a cold greenhouse, and has 

 been subjected to a temperature of 25° Pahr. in Messrs. Veitch's 

 nursery, without injury. It will probably make a fine border-plant 

 in sheltered situations. Repot in spring. 



B. dwersifolia. — A nearly hardy Mexican plant of the most 

 splendid character, producing large spikes of flow T ers of the richest 

 tint of rosy purple or mauve. 



