THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



DATURA. 



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They need ample space for their full 

 growth, and should be grown in light 

 warm soils. 



The plants hitherto known as Brug- 

 mansia are now considered to belong to 

 Datura. 



They are of easy cultivation, and soon 

 make large plants. The best way of 



came round the growth would be stronger. 

 When in a house either in tubs or in the 

 border, an annual pruning 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. For the open 

 border of a large house a few standards 



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



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. It would be 

 best to pot them into large pots or tubs, 

 and turn them out of these, as thus treated 

 they .would not die back so far in the 

 winter^ and when planting time again 



with stems 8 ft. or so in height make a 

 grand show. Their propagation 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, 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, the growth being 



