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Bouvdrdias, three species. B.Jla va yellow ; B. j)cdUda pale 

 red ) B. trlpltylla is well known among us, has brilliant scarlet 

 flowers, and, when well grown, will flower beautifully from 

 May till September. To keep the plants, they should be fre- 

 quently renewed ; otherwise they are liable to grow straggling 

 and become subject to the small white scaly insect. (Soil 

 No. 3.) 



Bordnia is a beautiful genus of New Holland plants, con- 

 tains about nine species ; most of them have been universally 

 admired; the flowers are star-like, rose-colored, and some of 

 them sweet-scented. B. 2'>^nnata grows and flowers freely. 

 B. serruldta, foliage serrated and very crowded, bearing the 

 flowers on the extremity of the shoot, and does extremely well 

 in this country; the flowers are bright rose, and sweet-scented. 

 B. aldta has a fine ai:)pearance, and grows handsomely. The 

 foliage is winged and pinnate, strong-scented ; of a hardy 

 nature, and easy culture. They are in flower about April 

 and jMay, and continue a considerable time; are subject to 

 mildew if not frerjucutly syringed : drain the pots well. (Soil 

 No. 8.) ^ 



Br achy si mas, two species, both evergreen climbers. B. 

 latifblium has the best foliage, and large purple leguminose 

 flowers. B. undidatum, flowers yellow, and more plentiful 

 than the former, continuing in long succession. The pots 

 require to be well drained ; very few plants of either in the 

 country. (Soil No. 6.) 



Brugrndnsms, four species of strong, coarse-growing plants, 

 requiring great nourishment to flower them well. B. sauve- 

 oleiis has very large white flowers, about five inches in dia- 

 meter, and sweet-scented. B. sangiCinea has flowers with a 

 green thorax ; the brim of the corolla is of a dark orange 

 color. B. Knightii, large half double flowers of snowy white- 

 ness, does well when planted in the open ground. B. flora- 

 himda, orange-colored. They must have very frequent re- 

 pottings, and be liberally supplied with water while growing. 

 (Soil No. 18.) 



Brtuiias, about ten species; have heath-like foliage, very 

 fine ; generally, on close observation, found to be three-cor- 

 nered. The flowers are white and globular, the plants, when 

 young, are very handsome ; the finest are, B. nodijldra, B. 

 lanuginosa, B. comosa, B. abrotanoidcs, and B. formosa. 

 They require an airy situation, nnd, in summer, to be pro- 



