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6. B. purpurea. A large stout tree ; bears in November, in 

 racemes, numerous very large deep rose-coloured flowers. 



7. B. triandra. A large tree ; bears in November racemes of 

 large white flowers. Dr. Roxburgh says : 



" This when in flower is one of the most beautiful species of 

 Bauhinia 1 have yet met with ; and as it blossoms when so low as 

 three feet, and when not more than one year old, is particularly 

 well adapted for the conservatory." 



Dr. Wight expresses himself as all but convinced it is no 

 more than a variety of B. purpurea. 



8. B. variegata Kuchndr. A rather large tree ; an object of 

 great splendour when, in February, it becomes one entire mass 

 of purple and white blossom, the large handsome flowers having 

 a strong resemblance to those of a Pelargonium. 



9. B. Candida. A variety of the last, bearing flowers with 

 white and pale yellow petals. 



10. B. corymbosa. Native of China ; a small scandent, and, 

 irrespective of its flowers, most charming shrub ; with exceed- 

 ingly slender stems, and very small pretty leaflets, the pairs not 

 at all adherent, as in other species ; bears in April middle-sized 

 rosy-white, fragrant flowers. 



11. B. diphylla. A very pretty scandent shrub, somewhat 

 similar to the last, but of stouter growth ; bears in June and 

 July middle-sized pure-white flowers. 



Cercis. 



C. Canadensis and C. Siliquastrum JUDAS-TREE. Mrs. Loudon 



says : 



" Few trees are more ornamental in a shrubbery than these two 

 species; but C. Siliquastrum is decidedly the handsomest. The 

 leaves are curiously shaped, and the flowers, which are of a 

 beautiful pink, grow out of the bark of the stem and branches; 

 not, like those of other plants, among the leaves. The flowers 

 fried in batter make excellent fritters." 



Dr. Voigt states that C. Canadensis had been in the Calcutta 

 Botanical Gardens sixteen years without flowering. 



Gleditschia. 

 G. triacantha HONEY-LOCUST. u Though of American origin, 



