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required, we will suppose an old tub three feet across to be sawn 

 down to a depth of two feet, so as to provide a two feet depth of 

 wooden wall three feet in diameter. This would require to be well 

 pitched inside and out, and be placed wholly underground to enclose 

 the roots of the plant, which it would do effectually until its decay 

 enabled them to push through it. 



Spiraea venusta and S. palmata are superb plants, requiring a 

 deep, damp, rich soil. 



Statice latifolia will suit for a small clump raised above the level. 

 There should be half-a-dozen plants at least in the clump to produce 

 an effect. 



Thalictrum aquilegieefolium is stately and handsome, though by 

 no means showy. 



Tritoma uvaria, and all other tritomas, are first-rate lawn plants, 

 not only for their dashing flowers in the summer, but their hand- 

 some dark green leaves all winter, which the frost rarely injures. 



Tupa feuillei is a stiff-growing plant, five feet high, producing 

 in summer grand spikes of scarlet flowers. It is probably too 

 coarse for a conspicuous position, but is so distinct and showy that 

 it needs an open spot of grass to display it effectually. 



Veratrum nigrum is undoubtedly a fine thing for our purpose, 

 and to make a nice clump halt'-a-dozeu plants would be required. 



Yucca gloriosa is well known for its solemn nobility. Y. recurva 

 is more elegant. Y. plicata is a pretty little thing that flowers 

 freely. The variegated Yuccas are sumptuous lawn plants, but 

 they are not quite hardy, and we are endeavouring to confine this 

 list to plants that may be left out all the winter. When Tuccas 

 are planted out, precautions must be taken to secure them against 

 the injurious effects of stagnant moisture. To accomplish this, it 

 is not alwavs necessary to raise them above the general level, though 

 they usually appear to better advantage when raised. A good loamy 

 soil with about a fourth part of broken bricks added will suit 

 them better than the poor sandy stuff they are usually planted in. 



S. H. 



CULTIVATION OF THE BOUGAINVILLEA IN POTS. 



BY J. W. SILVER, 



Head Gardener, The Laurels, Taunton. 



|iHE cultivation of this magnificent stove plant has already 

 been described in these pages, and it may appear almost 

 unnecessary to again advert to it; but its adaptability for 

 exhibition, and its usefulness in establishments where 

 plants of large size are required for decoration pur- 

 poses, has induced me to make a few remarks relative to its manage- 

 ment in pots. 



It is simply impossible to convey an adequate idea of the splen- 

 dour of the Bougainvillea when well grown and properly trained. 

 The principal condition necessary for the production of large well- 



