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BIGNONIA GRANDIFLOEA. 

 MESSES. D. & G. BAILEY'S NEW BOILER. 



Fig. 1. A plan of the boiler. 2. A perpendicular section through A, B. 



3. The same tlirough C, D. 



XXV. — On Bignonia grandiflora, as an Ornamental Pot 

 Plant for the Greenhouse and Conservatory. By William 

 Wood, Fishergate Nurseries, York. 



(Communicated Sept. 10, 18.51.) 



This noble and somewhat neglected plant is generally known 

 to cultivators as an ornamental greenhouse or conservatory sub- 

 climber, in which capacity its diffuse liabit and ornate clusters 

 of bloom, occasionally seen at an elevation of from 12 to 15 

 feet, render it a striking object in lofty structures. Tlie very 

 few instances, however, in which it is found in any otlier shape 

 than that just mentioned, favours the supposition tliat its adapta- 

 tion for forming an upright standard tree-like slirub is not so 

 generally known as it deserves to be. Being a deciduous plant, 

 and, therefore, with others of a similar character, remaining 



