March."] GREEN-HOUSE REPOTTING. 209 



they are all easy of culture, and bloom freely from Feb- 

 ruary to May. The pots must be well drained and shaded 

 from the sun during summer, though the tops of the plants 

 do best to have the full rays, to which we have them fully 

 exposed, and find that by such treatment they are every 

 year completely covered with their flowers, and grow more 

 stiff in habit than when the whole plant is shaded. They 

 should be repotted as soon as done flowering in soil No. 6, 

 when they are flowering plants, and in soil No. 5, when 

 young plants. 



Bdnksias. There are about thirty-two species, all curi- 

 ous in flower, and handsome and various in foliage ; flowers 

 in large heads of cone shape, anthers mostly green, and 

 continue a considerable time in flower ; produces a cone in 

 shape of a pine, but not imbricate. The substance is as 

 hard as bone, and contains many seeds. A cone of B. 

 grdndis in our possession weighs one pound and twelve 

 ounces, and contains about one hundred and seven seeds. 

 Those most admired for the foliage are, B. dentdta, B. 

 xmula, B. serrala, B. latifdlia, B. grdndis, which is 

 the largest. B. spedosa has the longest foliage. B. 

 Cunninghdmii, B. spinulose, B. palluddsa, and B. repens, 

 these will afford a good variety. B. verticilldta is entirely 

 different in appearance from the others. 



They must be well drained, and placed in an airy part 

 of the green-house. Great care should be taken that thev 

 do not get too dry, for they seldom recover if allowed to 

 flag for want of water. This genus is named in honour of 

 Sir Joseph Banks, a distinguished promoter of the study of 

 natural history. (Soil No. 6.) 



Barosmas, above ten species of pretty plants, separated 

 from Diosma. B. serratifolia, white ; B. pulchella, pur- 

 ple ; B. fcetidlssima, blush ; B. odordta, white ; and B. 

 dioica, pink, are the finest. (Soil No. 8.) 



Beaufortias, only two species. B. decussata is splen- 

 did ; the flowers come out of the wood with stamens in fine 

 parcels, colour bright scarlet, foliage decussate, oval, and 

 many-nerved, bloom persistent, and much esteemed. B. 

 spdrsa, in flower similar to the other ; colour light pink, 

 foliage scattered, both of easy culture, and flower abun- 

 dantly. (Soil No. 8.) 



Begonias, a few species, are desirable for the green- 



