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but for general use smaller examples are 

 l)refeial)le, and in most cases it will be 

 found best to propagate fresh stock either 

 all or in part yearly. The following are 

 all fine kinds : — 



B. Alfred Neuner. A double variety, 

 with pure white flowers, jiroduced freely. 



B. candidissima. A pure white kind. 

 Very' sweet scented. 



B. Dazzler. Intense scarlet, a fine variety. 



B. elegans. Scarlet, brighter than B. 

 Hogarth. 



B. fiavescens. Flowers pale yellow. 



B. Hogarth. Scarlet, makes large trusses. 



B. Humboldtii corymbiflora. Pure white ; 

 very sweet scented. The largest-flowered 

 kind. 



B. jasminoides longiflora. Pure white ; 

 a free grower. 



B. longiflora. Pure white ; a large- 

 floweied sort. 



B. President Garfield. A distinct, hand- 

 some, pale pink, double variety. A. sport 

 from B. Alfred Neuner. 



B. Vreelandii. A dwarf-growing, pro- 

 fuse-flowering, white kind. 



Insects. — Thrips are easily kept down 

 by the regular syringing that the plants 

 should have through the growing season. 

 If scale or mealy bug happens to trouble 

 them, they must be kept under by spong- 

 ing and syringing freely with tepid water ; 

 all affected plants should be discarded after 

 they have flowered, and propagation efl"ected 

 from clean stock. 



BRACHYSEMA. 



Evergreen greenhouse climbers, possess- 

 ing some merit, but not often met with. 

 They are increased by seeds : the method 

 of sowing and the subsequent treatment 

 should be as advised for Bomareas, which 

 see. They may also be pi'opagated by 

 lavers. 



The following are the most efl'ective 

 kini.ls : — 



B. acuminata. Flowers red, a spring 

 bloomer. From the Swan River. 



B. hijhrida. A hybrid variety with 

 crimson flowers ; blooms in the spiing. 



B. latifolia. Flowers crimson, produced 

 in spring. From New Holland. 



BRAHEA. 



A small genus of stove Palms that attain 

 a modei'ate size ; sevei'al of the siaecies are 

 sufficiently distinct from those belonging 

 to other genera to make them desirable. 



For propagation and cultivation, see 

 Palms, general details of culture. 



B. filameidosa. This species forms 



quantities of thread-like fllaments on the 

 leaves, which give it a decidedly remarkable 

 appearance. It comes from California. 



B. nitida. A handsome species, with 

 moderate-sized leaves, it is not a very fast 

 grower, neither does it require so much 

 head - room as most kinds. South 

 America. 



BRAINEA INSiaNIS. 



This, which apjjears to be the only 

 kno-\vn species of this genus of Ferns, is a 

 very desirable stove kind, and should be 

 much more generally cultivated than at 

 present. It is a dwarf Tree species 

 forming a moderate-sized head on a com- 

 paratively short well-proportioned stem. 

 In appearance it comes nearest to some of 

 the Lomarias, such as L. cycadifolia. 

 Introduced from Hong-Kong. 



For propagation and cultivation, see 

 Ferns, general details of cultiu'e. 



BREXIA. 



These are stove plants that grow to the 

 size of small trees, but since fine-leaved 

 subjects came so much into fashion one 

 or two of them have been cultivated for 

 theii' handsome foliage. They can be 

 struck from cuttings and gi'own on in the 

 Avay advised for Theophrastas, which see. 

 Their leaves are distinct and handsome. 



The follou-ing are worth a place where 

 room is not limited : — 



B. chrijso2)hylla. An evergreen species 

 from the Mauritius. 



B. sptnosa. A distinct evergreen kind 

 from Madagascar. 



BRUGMANSIA. 



Amongst floweringgreenhouse plants that 

 grow to a large size the Biugmansias 

 stand conspicuous. Strong and vigorous 

 in habit they require a considerable 

 amount of root-room unless the olijectis to 

 restrict their size, a course of treatment to 

 which they submit better then most plants 

 that grow large naturally. They produce 

 large funnel-shaped flowers varying in 

 colour from the white B. Knightii to B. 

 bicolor, the flowers of which are sanguine 

 red. They can be grown so as to bloom 

 well in pots or tubs, but they are seen 

 to advantage Avhen planted out so as to 

 form a standard, or, still better, where thei'e 

 is room for the growth to extend, as at the 

 end of a large greenhouse or conservatory 

 where the light they get through the glass 

 to which the shoots are in el se contact 

 matures the wood and induces the freest 



