BOUVARDIA 



BOWIEA 



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treatment growth is rapid, and the plants require to grown, are the decoration of the greenhouse or conser- 

 ' frequently pinched back at the points in order to vatory, and, in warm localities, as bedding plants A 

 induce sturdy, well-balanced specimens. If this pinch- selection of some of best varieties is given herewith: 

 ing-back is neglected, the plants will become ill-bal- 

 anced and few flowers will be the result, The time of 

 flowering can be readily regulated by the time of the 



Alfred Neuner. Double, pure white fls.; an old variety of great 

 merit: of good constitution. Bridal Wreath. White, free-flowering, 

 with large loose trusses; one of the best for cut-fla. Bridesmaid. 

 Double, pink fls., brighter than President Garfield. Brilliant. 

 Bright crimson, floriferous, and of easy cult. B. caiididissima. 

 White; an improvement on B. jasminoides. Dazzler. Rich scarlet; 



last pinching back, and a succession of flowering plants 



mav be maintained practically throughout the whole , r . _.. 



I. f v,~ . ohniild hp to free and compact-growing. B. elegans. Scarlet; large truss of loose 



year. Amongst market-growers, the aim snoUJU oe TO B flatescens. Light yellow; distinct; bad habit. B.flavescens 



i . .u * ~1 f, flore.pUno. Double form of last-named. Hogarth. Brilliant scarlet ; 



large truss; a well-known variety. Hogarth flore-pleno. Double, 

 scarlet. B. jasminoides. White; a free-flowering dwarf form, of 



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the bulk of the flowers in the winter period, for 

 which purpose very little pinching of the shoots should 



<f ho,. onrl tho nlnnt* should scarlet. B. jasminoides. White; a free-flowering dwarf form, of 

 be practised after September, and the plants easy cult King of the Scarlets. Light-scarlet; large truss of very 



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then be allowed to grow on until the flowers appear. 



When in flower, the plants should be removed to a 



Mimewhat drier house, and they last much longer if 



kept in a temperature of about 50 F. 



Many growers plant out strong healthy plants upon 



benches under glass, or in favored 



situations outdoors. Under these 



conditions growth is rapid, and if 



carefully watered and attention is 



paid to pinching-back the leading 



growths, fine flowering specimens 



are quickly secured. For the cut- 



flower trade, this method has a 



considerable advantage over pot 



culture. All through the growing 



period, it is absolutely essential 



that the plants should never be 



allowed to suffer for the want of 



water and, when well established, 



they should be fed liberally with 



manure. 



Specimens planted out in the 



open, should be lifted with a good 



ball in early autumn, potted up and 



placed in a" close shaded house until 



the roots again become active. 



These plants will furnish a large 



supply of flowers during the winter 



months. 



After the flowering period is over, 



bouvardias should be kept some- 



what cooler and drier at the roots 

 for a few weeks, after which they 

 should be cut back and start od 

 again in heat and moisture. If kept 

 frequently syringed, they will soon 

 break freely and furnish a good 

 supply of cuttings. These are best 

 removed with a heel when about 

 2 inches long, and placed in 4- or 

 5-inch pots in an open compost of 

 equal parts sand and peat or fine 

 leaf-mold, and placed in a moist 

 and close frame with a brisk bot- 

 tom heat. Roots are soon emitted, 

 when the plants should be potted up singly and moved 

 on into larger-sized pots as required. Most of the gar- 

 den varieties are also readily propagated from pieces 

 of the larger and thicker parts of the roots in spring. 

 These may be cut into lengths of about 2 inches and 

 planted the !$ame as cuttings, leaving a small piece 

 exposed above the soil. Adventitious shoots arc soon 

 formed on these and soon make good serviceable plants. 

 The numerous garden forms are all so distinct in 

 habit, shape and poise of the flowers from all the known 

 >!( ies, that it is difficult to identify any of them as 

 varieties of any one species. It is probable that they 

 are complex hybrids of B. triphylla, B. leiantha, B. 

 illfsii, B. scabra and possibly B. flava, all of which 

 species are more or less villose and scentless. The 

 garden forms are extremely handsome, and useful as 

 cut-flowers, for indoor decoration, also for button- 

 holes and for making up into ladies' sprays, wreaths 

 and so on. Other purposes for which they are largely 



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fine large fls. ; a new variety of great merit. Maiden's Blush. Light 



floriferous and of easy cult. President Garfield. Double, pink; 



floriferous; large truss. Priory Beaut]/. Delicate rose or deep t>ink ; 

 one of the most beautiful; elegant habit; 

 medium and compact truss. Purity. White; 

 fragrant, free, large fls.; loose truss. Sang 

 Lorraine. Bright vermilion-scarlet; double. 

 The Bride. White, tinted with pink; one of 

 the best for bouquets, etc. Thomas Meehan. 

 Double, bright scarlet, with pale rose-scar- 

 let tube; floriferous. Triomphe de Nancy. 

 Double bright orange-red; large truss; dis- 

 tinct. Victor Lemoine. Large, very double 

 fls.; brilliant scarlet. B. Vreelandii (B. 

 Davidisonii). Pure white; extremely flori- 

 ferous; a favorite variety in gardens, and 

 of very easy cult. Vulcan. Scarlet; medium- 

 sized truss. White Bouquet. Pure white; 

 exceedingly dwarf and compact. 



C. P. RAFFILL. 



BOWENIA (bears the name of 

 Sir Geo. F. Bowen, once Governor 

 of Queensland). CycoMcex. Zamia- 

 like plant, grown to some extent in 

 Florida and hardy in the central 

 part. 



Bowenia, a monqtypic genus, dif- 

 fers from Macrozamia in foliage 

 characters and in the absence of a 

 point on the cone-scales; and from 

 Zamia largely in its bipinnate Ivs. 

 B. spectabilis, Hook. Trunk thick, 

 scarcely rising above ground, plant 

 glabrous: Ivs. 3-4 ft. long, loosely 

 bipinnate, each pinna or 1ft. 1 ft. 

 or more long, the 9-20 segms. ovate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, oblique or fal- 

 cate, acuminate: cones short-pedun- 

 cled, the sterile ones 1)^-2 in. long 

 and half as thick, the fertile ones 

 3-4 in. diam., and the scales ex- 



Cded between the seeds into a 

 ad and thick truncate apex. 

 Queensland, Austral. There is a var. 

 semdata. B.M. 5398, 6008. This 

 charming little cycad makes beauti- 

 ful clumps, thriving well under lath houses in Fla., 

 when given proper shade, good supply of moisture and 

 soil rich in humus; the Ivs. are easily broken if the 

 plant is roughly handled. L. u. B. 



BOWIEA (after J. Bowie, collector for Kew). Lili- 

 <;<v,-i. A monotypic genus containing one of the most 

 curious plants in the vegetable kingdom, sometimes 

 grown under glass as an oddity, and as an illustration 

 to students of botany. 



A round, green bulb 4-5 in. thick throws up yearly a 

 very slender, twining fl.-st. 6-8 ft. high, with many com- 

 pound, forked, curving branches below, and numerous 

 small green fls. above. This branched fl.-stalk is green 

 and performs the function of the usually absent Ivs.; 

 somewhat asparagus-like. There are no Ivs. except 2 

 small, linear, erect scales at the apex of the bulb, which 

 quickly vanish. The Ivs. show its relation to Drimia 

 and Scilla. 



620. Bowiea volubilis. 



