AUGUST. 159 



ERYTHR1NA. 



"Whilst Erythrina o'er her tender flower 

 Bends all her leaves and braves the sultry hour." 



The Erythrina, or Coral tree, is deciduous, and 

 a dwarf species of a magnificent tropical genus, of 

 which some attain the size of forest trees. It makes 

 strong shoots about three feet long, and terminated 

 by very splendid spikes of scarlet flowers, twelve 

 inches long and upwards : it should be kept dry in 

 winter after the leaves fall, cut down in spring, re- 

 potted, and brought into a higher temperature. 



TUBEROSE. 



"The Tuberose with her silvery light, 

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 Is called the mistress of the night." 



The Tuberose is a native of India, and in this 

 climate rarely produces flowers for a second sea- 

 son ; the bulbs are therefore annually imported, (from 

 Italy,) though it has sometimes happened that they 

 have flowered in two successive seasons, with 

 more trouble than they are worth. The double 

 variety is chiefly cultivated, and highly valued for 

 its grateful fragrance, one or two plants being suffi- 

 cient to perfume an entire green-house. 



The bulbs may be put down in March, in pots 

 filled with a compost of sand, leaf-mould and loam, 

 placed in a hot-bed, until they are nearly in flower, 

 when they should be removed to the green-house 

 or the drawing-room. 



