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huts, for furniture both domestic and rural, for fences, 

 boats, boxes, paper, &c. It is frequently used as pipes to 

 convey water. The species thus useful is B. arundindcea, 

 which grows tt> a great height. We do not mention it as 

 interesting in beauty, but as a valuable plant for the many 

 useful purposes to which it is applied. It requires to be 

 kept wet. (Soil No. 15.) 



Banisterias, a genus of about fourteen climbing ever- 

 green plants. Three of them are esteemed, B. Julgens, 

 yellow flowers in racemose spikes, leaves subovate and 

 downy beneath. B. chrisophylla has beautiful foliage, as 

 if covered with a shining gold-coloured dust; leaves large, 

 oblong, acute. B. splendens, flowers in spikes of a yellow 

 colour ; foliage large and silvery-like ; the pots should be 

 well drained. (Soil No. 9.) 



Barringtonias, two species. B. speciosa has produced 

 a great excitement among cultivators, and is one of the 

 handsomest plants produced within the tropics. The 

 leaves are large, oblong, acute, shining, with fleshy nerves, 

 tinged with red; the flowers are large, full of stamens 

 with four petals ; opens in the evening and fades at sun- 

 rise ; colour purple and white ; grows freely in strong heat. 

 (Soil No. 9.) 



Beaumontias are strong growing climbing plants, with 

 large foliage. B. grandiflora is said to have beautiful 

 large white flowers approaching the Oleander. (Soil No. 

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Bletias, a genus of about eight species, all beautiful 

 flowering plants. B. Tankervilfise is most superb, a small 

 plant, now (Jan.) in bloom, has upward of fifty full-blown 

 flowers, besides many buds they are brown, white, and 

 purple, and about two inches in diameter. When out of 

 flower, and the roots become dormant, place the pots in a 

 shady situation ; allow the soil to become dry, until the 

 roots begin to grow: as soon as this is observed, repot the 

 plants arid expose them fully to the sun, giving plenty of 

 water while growing. B. SheppHerdii is a fine pink, and 

 requires similar treatment. (Soil No. 13.) 



Brmvneas, five species of splendid plants, but scarce in 

 collections. B. coccinea has scarlet flowers in pendulous 

 bunches, corolla semi-double, foliage bipinnate, in three 

 pairs. B. rosa, mountain rose of Trinidad. B. grandi- 



