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It is from 3 to 4 feet high, has wide- 

 spreading branches, and blooms from 

 the middle of July till frost sets in, 

 the flowers white, tinged with mauve ; 

 from 4 to 6 inches across, showy and 

 sweet, but the leaves emit a disagree- 

 able odour. 



The plants hitherto known as Brug- 

 mansia are now considered to belong 



should be given early in the spring, 

 and they should be kept within bounds. 

 Under glass the chief enemy is green 

 fly, but fumigation soon disposes of 

 this. The propagation of these plants 

 is simple, the young shoots being 

 merely taken off in spring and struck 

 in a gentle heat, one cutting in a small 

 pot. Grow them on as fast as possible 



D. cornigera, (Brugmansia Knighti) in the flower garden. 



to Datura. They are of easy cultiva- 

 tion, and soon make large plants. The 

 best way of growing is as standards, so 

 that their long drooping flowers may 

 be better seen. In the flower garden a 

 sheltered but sunny position should be 

 chosen. The plants may be safely 

 put out about the end of May in good 

 warm soil. When in a house, either in 

 tubs or in the border, an annual priming 



keeping them to the one stem until of 

 good height. They will yield a few 

 flowers the first autumn when planted 

 out, but as they get older they flower 

 more profusely. D. suaveolens, another 

 good white variety, is a profuse 

 bloomer, its flowers being perhaps 

 larger than those of D. cornigera, but 

 single. D. sanguined has flowers of a 

 deep orange-yellow tinged with green 



