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BlUXFKLSIA 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS 



oxlr»>niely easy cult., and readily tniiiiod into fino 

 siHvimens. Keadily oonfoniis to pot cultuio. Shoulil 

 Ih' kept slightly on the drv side during the winter, but 

 not enounh to eause it to lose the Ivs. 



ramos(ssima, Henth. Lvs. oblong to nearly laneco- 

 late. aonininate or obtuse, glabrous or rarely slightly 

 hairy above and hairy or villous beneath: (is. large, 

 in lax cymes, deep violet-purple, the corolla-tube twice 

 longer than the calyx. — One of the best, with luxuriant 

 foliage: may be grown cooler in winter than the other 

 siHH'ies. Probably a form of B. calycina. 



Hope&na, Benth. (Fninriscen Hopediin, Hook. F. 

 unitlora, Pohl). A slender twiggy free-branching shrub: 

 lvs. lanceolate-oblong, thin in texture, rich dark green, 

 paler beneath: fls, small but freely produced, solitary 

 or in pairs all along the leafy growths; limb light violet- 

 blue on first opening, fading to almost pure white with 

 age; tube very slender, curved upwards, nearly white, 

 1 in. long; calyx ^4in. long, teeth obtuse. Brazil. VV. 

 Indies. B.M.2S29. L.B.C. 14: 13.32. 



latifdlia, Benth. (Frnncicccn Inlijblia, Hook.). Habit 

 dwarf with slender spreading branches: Ivs. elliptic, 

 2-4 in. long, acute or obtuse, glabrous above, slightly 

 pubescent beneath: fls. in terminal clusters or short 

 axillary, few-fid. cymes; corolla Ui in- diam., pale 

 violet, with white center, changing in a day or so to 

 white, sweetlj- scented; tube IJi in. long, slender, 

 slightly curved; calyx erect, campanulate, Join, long, 

 teeth acute. Trop. Amer. B.M. 3907. 



AA. Fls. white or yellow. 



americana, Linn. Habit dwarf, branches slender: 

 lvs. glabrous or nearly so; lamina elliptic-ovate, acute; 

 petiole '2-1 in. long, stout: fls. solitary and axillary, or 

 in terminal few-fid. clusters, pure white shading with 

 age to pure yellow and sweetly scented, especially at 

 night; petals obtuse; calyx green, campanulate teeth 

 spreading, nearly equaling the length of the tube. 

 Trop. Amer. B..\l. 393. — Of very ea.sy cult., and thriv- 

 ing and .seeding freely under the conditions of an 

 ordinary greenhouse. In Fla., grows 4-6 ft. high; the 

 very fragrant fls. are much prized. 



Var. pubescens (.4. fallax, Hort.). Resembles the 

 type, but hairy in all its parts, and rather more 

 fiofiferous. 



undulita, Swartz. A strong-growing evergreen 

 -hrub or small tree, reaching to 20 ft. in its native 

 habitat and flowering freely when quite small: lvs. 

 ovate-lanceolate, margins slightly wavy, light green in 



ilor, acute, variable in size up to 7 in. long and 2 in. 



in. long: fls. on the 

 upper parts of the 

 sts. solitary or in 

 pairs in the axils 

 of most of the ter- 

 minal lvs. forming 

 terminal clusters; 

 calyx cyme green 

 h2~'H"^- '"ng, cam- 

 panulate ; corolla 

 white changing to 

 creamy white with 

 age; lobes broadly 

 ovate or orbicular 

 in outline and with 

 beautiful wavy 

 margins. .Jamaica. 

 H. M. 8422. — A 

 magnificent free- 

 flowering species 

 and a great acquisi- 

 tion to any garden. 

 Requires subtropi- 

 cal conditions. 



671. Brunfelsia calyctna Tar. 

 macrantha. ( x H) 



jamaicensis, Griscb. (li. nitida var. jnmnicinsis, 

 Hook.). .\n erect, shrub or small tree, spar.sely branched 

 in the young state: sts. woody, with the Ivs. more or 

 less tufted at the ends of each year's growths: lvs. 

 elliptic or lanceolate, up to 7 in. long, but often small 

 and borne on short lateral tufted growths, glabrous or 

 nearly so; petiole very short: fls. crowded on the apex 

 of the current year's growth, solitary (occasionally in 

 pairs) and axillary; pedicels J^-join. long, slender, 

 erect or spreading; calyx erect, lain, long, campanulate 

 teeth spreading, acute; corolla erect, white, changing 

 with age to primrose-yellow. \V. Indies. B.M. 4287. — ■ 

 A very fine s))ecies for the warmer parts of the S., but a 

 somewhat shy-flowering plant unless the growth is 

 thoroughly well ripened up. There is a general resem- 

 blance between this species and B. nilida and B. undu- 

 liiln and it is possible that they are forms of one 

 polymorphic species. l, h. B. 



C. P. Raffill. 



BRUNSDONNA. A cross between Brunsvigia and 

 Amaryllis Belladonna has recently been given the 

 garden name Brunsdonna Sonderx alba; it has the 

 umbel resembling typical A. Belladonna, and one-sided 

 rather than globular: fls. white. See Amaryllis Bella- 

 donna var. Parkeri, which is a similar cross. 



BRUNSVIGIA (after the Duke of Brunswick). 

 Amaryllidacese. Tender summer- or autumn-flowering 

 bulbs. 



Umbels of large numerous brick-red fls.; corolla 

 funnelformed, 6-parted, deciduous, its scgms. nearly 

 equal, recurved at the tip. — Species 9. S. Afr. 



The bulbs must be thoroughly rested from the time 

 the leaves fade until the scape appears. Brunsvigias are 

 hard to flower. They require rich, sandy soil, plenty of 

 heat and sunlight. When growing, give water and 

 liquid manure freely. They propagate by offsets. For 

 fuller instructions, see Amaryllis. 



A. Lvs. strap-shaped. 



Josephinae, Ker. Bulb 5-6 in. thick: lvs. 8-10, 

 strap-shaped, glaucous or greenish, thick, closely ribbed, 

 2-3 ft. long, 1)2-2 in. broad: scape 1 in. thick, 1)-^ ft. 

 long; fls. 20-30, rarely .50-60, in an umbel; pedicels 

 J^-1 ft. long: caps, smaller than in B. gigantea, less 

 conical and less strongly angled. B.M. 2.578. F.S. 

 4:322. — Named after the Empress Josephine, who 

 purchased the original bulb after it flowered at 

 Malmaison. 



AA. Lvs. tongue-shaped. 



gigantea, Heist. (Amarijllis gigantea, Van Marum. 

 A. orientdlis, Ecklon). Bulb very large: lvs. about 4, 

 tongue-shaped, closely ribbed, 3-.'5 in. broad, usually 

 under 1 ft. long: scape red or green, a finger's thickness; 

 fls. 20-.30in an umbel, paler than in B. gigantea, and less 

 numerous; pedicels stout, strongly ribbed, 4-6 in. long. 

 B.M. 1G19 (as B. midtiflora). 



B. falcata. Ker=Ammocharis falcata. — B. magnlfica, Lind. Fla. 

 20-2.') in a cluster; corolla short; the segnis. white, with medium 

 stripe of red or purphsh red; lvs. 1-2 ft. long, 3-3^2 in. wide, re- 

 cumbent. — Thought by Baker to be Crinum Forbesianum or near 

 that sp-eies. jj_ TAYLOR.f 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS. I'ig. 672. A form of the 

 cabbage tribe, grown for the globular buds or "sprouts" 

 produced along the stout upright stem. 



The garden varieties of brussels sprouts represent 

 one of th(! many interesting variations that have taken 

 place in the cabbage family. This plant, while in its 

 seedling stage and during its early life, closely resembles 

 the ordinr.ry cabbage, but later in its development the 

 axillary buds, instead of renuiining dormant as is the 

 ca.se with the comirion cabliage, tlevelop into miniature 

 heads similar in their make-up to an ordinary head of 

 cabbage but very small. 



The soil to which the sprout is adapted is, in general, 

 the same as that for late cabbage; in fact, the plant is 



