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curious in flower, and handsome and various in foliage; 

 flowers in large heads and cone-shaped anthers, mostly 

 green, and continue a considerable time in flower ; pro- 

 duces 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 twelve ounces, and contains about 107 seeds. 

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

 cemula, B. serrdta, B. latifblia, B. grdndis, which is the 

 largest. B. specibsa has the longest foliage. B. Cun- 

 ninghdmii, B. spinulbsa, B. palludbsa, and B. repens, these 

 will afford a good variety. B. verticilldta is entirely dif- 

 ferent in appearance from the others. 



They should be well drained, and placed in an airy 

 part of the Green-house. Great care should be taken 

 that they 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 promo- 

 ter of the study of natural history. 



Bignbnias. Those of this genus belonging to the 

 Green-house have been divided to Tecbma, and there are 

 only three for this department. T. austrdlis known as 

 B. Pandora ; T. grandiflbra, known as B. grandiflbra, and 

 has large and magnificent clusters of orange-coloured 

 flowers, flowering from May to October. 



Tecbma capensis is a very pretty climbing shrub, a free 

 grower, and flowers abundantly; fl6wers in dense pan- 

 icles, colour orange and red, continues for several weeks 

 in succession from April to August, greatly esteemed 

 in Europe where it is known ; being now in a few of our 

 collections, will soon be generally admired. 

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