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Pot them off as soon as they are well rooted, in order to prevent mat- 

 ting, and consequent destruction of the roots. The following are some 

 of the best : — 



B. cordifdla, a dwarf dense-growing shrub, of pretty good habit, 

 and easily trained by a little attention to pinching during summer 

 into excellent form. The branches are closely crowded with small 

 heart-shaped, sharp-pointed leaves ; the flowers are yellow and purplish 

 crimson, in clusters at the extremities of the previous year's laterals, 

 and they open in April, May, and June, but may be retarded or ac- 

 celerated in opening, according to desire, by management as regards 

 temperature. 



B. heteropliijlla. — A looser-growing kind than the last, but perfectly 

 easy to form into a handsome compact shrub by means of pinching in 

 the growing season. The leaves are narrow egg-shaped, rather broader 

 at the point than the base ; the flowers yellow, produced from early 

 summer to late autumn. 



B. didicUa. — This sort is of somewhat straggling or trailing habit. 

 The leaves are very rigidly arranged in two rows along the branches, 

 with long, rather conspicuous stipules. The flowers are yellow, with a 

 deep-red blotch at the base of the standard or upper petal ; they open 

 in ]\Iarch and continue far into summer. 



Bracliysema. — A small group of greenhouse climbing-shrubs from 

 New Holland, with Pea-flowers, of rather curious shape. So far as I 

 am aware, only two species have any claim to being considered orna- 

 mental. They are free-growing plants, that succeed well in good 

 fibrous loam, rather sandy, and are benefited by a little peat of good 

 quality, when it can be got. They should be allowed to extend with- 

 out summer-pinching, but when flowering is over the branches should 

 be thinned out with the knife, so as to prevent overcrowding. Cut- 

 tings strike freely in a cool propagating-house, in very sandy peat and 

 loam, under a bell-glass ; they should be partly ripe before being put 

 in. They succeed best when planted out in moderate space for the 

 extension of their roots, and should be well drained, so as to have their 

 growth thoroughly under control in the autumn. They are apt to 

 grow too much when the roots are freely supplied with moisture late 

 in the season, and therefore flower badly. 



B. latifolium. — This is a pretty common greenhouse-climber, usually 

 grown in pots, and trained to stakes or a wire-trellis ; but which is 

 much better planted out against the back-wall of a greenhouse or a pillar. 

 The flowers are crimson, and appear in spring and early summer. 



B. laneeoJatinn. — This sort has scarlet flowers, shorter than the last, 

 but not less effective. It is scarcely so free a grower, and is therefore 

 better adapted for pot-culture. Plowers in early summer. W. S. 



