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then you will soon be repaid by numerous clusters of bright, sweet-scented 



flowers. 

 Our list of varieties, by constant improvement, has become quite excellent, 



but originally there were only two principal varieties, B. leiantha and Hogarth 



Angustifolie has flowers of a very rich orange scarlet, a dwarf growth and neat 

 foliage. It blooms constantly during the summer. 



Hogarth^ bright scarlet, long tube, and splendid raceme, a very vigorous grower, 

 and fine habit. 



Elegans, a sport from the Hogarth, light scarlet carmine, wjth the novelty and 

 merit of flower trusses, of immense size, sometimes measuring 4 to 5 inches 

 in diameter. Comes true from root cuttings. 



Leianthe, bright dazzling scarlet ; an old, well known, and desirable variety. 



Jasminoides, a most valuable acquisition, discovered in a private collection of 

 plants in London, England, origin unknown, but supposed to have been 

 produced from seeds sent from South America. Its merits consist chiefly 

 in its ease of propagation. By cutting, its growth is rapid, yielding an abun- 

 dance of flowers of waxy whiteness, said to resemble the jasmine in appear- 

 ance and fragrance. 



For bouquets and baskets of cut flowers florists esteem it invaluable. 



Vreelandiiy a sport from Hogarth, pure white, a compact and vigorous grower, 

 profuse bloomer, bearing tresses of largest size, readily propagated from root 

 or top cuttings ; considered by many to rank at the head of the white 

 varieties. 



fasminoidcs compaeta, dwarf habit, white flower, yields a very agreeable fra- 

 grance, and quite a profuse bloorner. Both this and the Jasminoides are 

 very valuable for vases and drawing room boquets. 



Mdhernia. 



A delicate little plant, always pleasing with its freedom of bloom. It is more 

 properly called Hermannia, named in honor of Hermann, a Dutch Botanist, yet 

 among florists its popular name of Mahernia is still retained. Nothing can be 

 more lovely than a pot of it in full bloom, thickly hung with its lemon-colored 

 bell-shaped flowers, which possess the most delicious odor, resembling that of 

 the Lily of the Valley. 



It is easily raised by cutting started in damp sand, and when they have 

 struck, transplanted to pots filled with a peaty loam. 



It likes moisture, but not too much of it, and an application of liquid manure 

 should be made once a week or so. The odornta is the variety usually grown, 

 although there are other kinds, Hector and Diana, orange and pink. If too 

 luxuriant, pinch in unsparingly. 



