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. Greenhouse and Stove Plants. 
BROWNEA., 
disposition to bloom. If in such a position 
provision can be made to plant them in an 
outside border as vines are usually planted, 
taking the stems inside, low down, and 
there is enough room for the head to extend, 
the effect they produce when covered with 
their large flowers is very fine. Brug- 
mansias increase freely from cuttings made 
of the points of the shoots about three or 
four inches long taken off in spring. They 
should be put singly in small pots filled 
with sand and loam, and placed in heat, 
where they make roots in a few weeks. 
Then they should be moved into pots two 
or three sizes larger, with good ordinary 
loamy soil, to which a moderate quantity 
of rotten manure is added. After the plants 
get to growing freely treat in every way as 
for ordinary greenhouse stock, giving a 
moderate amount of air in the day with 
plenty of water and a free use of the syringe 
daily through the growing season. By the 
end of June they should have made enough 
progress to require moving into 8 or 10 
inch pots. The usual way of growing them 
is in the form of small standards on stems 
from 4 to 5 feet in height: the first season 
the growth should be directed so as to form 
this erect stem, and to get them up to a 
handsome size without loss of time. In 
the autumn when growth has ceased give 
less water, using no more through the 
winter than is sufficient to keep the soil 
from getting quite dry ; during this time 
warmth such as is kept up in an ordinary 
greenhouse will suffice. About the begin- 
ning of March turn them out, remove all 
the loose soil, and put them in 12 or 138 
inch pots, cutting the point of the stem 
back to induce their breaking several shoots 
so as to form a head. When they push 
into growth remove such shoots as are not 
well placed. Keep the plants in a green- 
house through the spring and summer with 
plenty of light and air, syringing overhead 
daily ; they may be expected to flower 
about the beginning of August and Sep- 
tember, when they can be placed in a 
conservatory, where they will be attractive 
for some weeks. Brugmansias are gross 
feeders and must have plenty of water 
whilst growing, and during the time they 
are in flower. Through the winter treat 
as before ; each spring turn them out of the 
pots, reduce as much of the ball as can 
be done without disturbing the roots, 
replace it with new, and give larger pots 
or tubs as the plants increase in size. 
Every spring before growth begins the 
branches should be well cut in so as to keep 
the heads within a size proportionate to the 
place they are to occupy. When they are 
to be planted out it is better to grow them 
for the first year in pots, turning them out 
the following spring before growth begins, 
and cutting back the stem to induce the 
formation of shoots. These latter must 
subsequently be stopped and trained as 
required to furnish the space destined to 
be covered. 
The undermentioned are all fine kinds:— 
B. bicolor. Flowers red ;a large grower. 
Peru. 
B. floribunda. 
South America. 
~ B. Knightii. A very handsome white 
flowered kind. 
B. suaveolens. Has immense, drooping, 
white, trumpet-shaped flowers, which it 
produces freely. A native of Peru. 
B. Waymanii. A dwarf-growing, white 
and purple flowered kind. From South 
America. 
Insects.—Red spider, aphides, and most 
of the other leaf parasites that prey on 
plants, will thrive on Brugmansias ; much 
will be done to keep red spider and aphides 
down by the regular syringing already 
advised. If mealy bug or scale make their 
appearance, sponge and wash with insecti- 
cide. 
Orange-coloured flowers. 
BROWNEA. 
These are among the finest of all ever- 
ereen stove shrubs. One of the finest of 
the species, however (B. Ariza), attains the 
height of a moderate-sized tree. Their 
large dense heads of flower are almost 
equal in size to the trusses of the finest 
of the Rhododendrons ; they are only 
suitable for a large house, where they have 
room to show their true character. They 
may be grown in large pots or tubs, but 
are better turned out in a prepared bed. 
They succeed in a mixture of half peat and 
loam of a good turfy nature. 
Cuttings of the current season’s shoots, 
in a nearly mature condition, put singly in 
small pots filled with sand, in autumn, and 
kept moderately close and moist in a tem- 
perature of about 60°, will callus over, 
and make roots during the winter. When 
well rooted, remove the glasses, and stand 
near the light. In spring increase the 
heat in the night to 65°, letting it rise pro- 
portionately more in the daytime. The 
plants should now be moved to larger pots, 
and as the sun gets powerful shade in the 
middle of the day, giving air at the same 
time. Syringe overhead in the evenings. 
Continue to treat thus until the autumn, 
when lower the temperature by night 
to 60°, at which keep them through 
the winter. Give larger pots in spring ; 
the plants, if all has gone well, will 
