DOUBLE BRUGMANSIA. 



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THE DOUBLE BRUGMANSIA. 



To THOSE amateurs who like bold and showy 

 plants, there are few novelties, among the 

 exotics lately introduced to our gardens, 

 more attractive than the Double Brugman- 

 sia, known among botanists as B. Knightii. 

 The above cut is a portrait of a fine spe- 

 cimen, presented us this summer by Mrs. 

 Edward Livingston, of Montgomery Place, 

 on the Hudson. It is a native of Chili, and 

 is quite distinct from, and much more showy 

 than the old and well known B. arborea, 

 (^Datura arhorea, W.,) of the green-houses. 

 The flowers are pure white, long, and 



trumpet-shaped, and in this species (?) are 

 double, — one tube being inserted within 

 the other. The immense size of the flow- 

 ers — each about nine inches long, and the 

 curiously raffled appearance of the lower 

 part of the corolla, make it a most conspi- 

 cuous object when in full bloom. 



The Double Brugmansia is a green-house 

 plant ; that is, it requires protection from 

 frosts in winter; but, when grown in a pot, 

 or tub, it requires one of large size, with 

 an abundance of rich soil, and plentiful 

 waterings, to grow it in perfection. 



