CHAP, i.xxxiv. 



1275 



1120 



yellow, which, in its turn, blends with 



the green below it. This species was 



raised in 1833, from imported seeds, at 



Hayes' Place, Kent, the seat of Miss 



Trail. " One of the plants survived the 



winter in the open border ; and this has 



happened to be the first to flower, which 



it did in October, 1831. The rest of the 



plants began to blossom soon after, and 



all apparently varying in the degree of 



intensity of colour. In a sheltered bor- 

 der, with a southern aspect, we have no 



doubt of its flowering quite as well as if 



retained in the conservatory." (Brit. Fl. 



Gard.) This very beautiful plant well 



deserves trial against a wall, more espe- 

 cially in the south of England, where it 



is almost certain to succeed. 

 B. suavtolens Willd. Enum., Datiira 



arborea Hort., is a well known ornament 



of the green-house; and, being decidu- 

 ous, may be taken up in the autumn, 



when the wood is ripe, and the leaves 



have dropped, preserved in a cellar or pit 



through the winter, and turned out again 



in spring. Fig. 1120. will give an idea of 



the beauty of this plant ; respecting which 



a great variety of information will be 



found in the Gardener's Magazine, particularly in vol. xii., at p. 589. An instance is there given of 



a plant being turned out into the open border on the 1st of June, with its ball entire ; and, after it 



had grown a month, and the roots had been cut all round, close to the old ball, it was surrounded 



with a quantity of rotten manure, in consequence of which it grew so ^ ^ ^ 



vigorously, that, from the middle of May to the end of September, it 



expanded 1050 flowers, each of which measured 50 square inches. In Ger- 

 many it may frequently be seen splendidly in flower in the open border, 



the plants being taken up and preserved in dry cellars during winter. 



Soldndra. grandiflbra L. is a rambling 

 Jamaica shrub, with large pale yellow 

 flowers, which, being deciduous, might 

 be tried with the same kind of treat- 

 ment as that recommended for Brug- 

 m&nsiVz suavdolens. (See Gard. Mag., 

 I vol. ii. p. 48., and vol. ix. p. 107.) 



Ct 'strum nocturnum L., Dill. Elth., 

 p. 153. t 185., and our fig. 1119., is a 

 shrub, a native of the East Indies, 

 where it grows to the height of 6 ft or; 

 7ft., and produces its white flowers in 

 October and November. Though ge- 

 nerally kept in the stove, it has been, 

 found to stand the winter in the Hor- 

 ticultural Society's Garden, with no other 

 protection than that of a wall. 



C. Parqui L., Bot. Mag., t. 1770., and 

 our fig. 1122., is a native of Chili, with 



Calc yellow flowers, which are produced 

 i June and July. It stands out in the 

 Chelsea Botani'c Garden, and flowers 

 freely every year. The circumstance 

 of two species of a genus composed 

 almost entirely of plants from hot cli- 

 mates succeeding so well in the open air, is an encouragement to try all 

 stove plants whatever in that way; since many of them, hitherto kept in 



stoves, are, doubtless, as hardv as Cestrum. _ 



Vest\a. \ycioidcs Willd. ; Cantua /igustrifblia Jim., Bot. Reg., t. 299. ; and our fig. 1121. j is a Chili 



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