556 GARDEN PLANTS. PART II. 



2. B. Neemda. Sir J. Paxton says of this : " One of the most 

 beautiful plants of 'India." A shrub of small growth; flowers 

 milk-white, borne densely on long narrow spikes in January. 

 Propagated by cuttings. 



3. B. Madagascarensis. A large shrub of very rampant growth, 

 fit only for the shrubbery or outskirts of the garden ; produces 

 its flowers in January, small, of a bright pale-orange colour, 

 borne in long, loose, drooping clusters, beautiful to look upon, 

 but emitting around a most offensive smell ; should be cut in 

 severely after flowering. Propagated by cuttings. 



4. B. paniculata. A shrub of little merit, with white flowers. 



5. B. globosa. This beautiful plant, so common in the 

 English gardens, with its balls of orange-coloured blossoms, 

 has not, I believe, found its way to India, 



Digitalis. 

 FOXGLOVE. 



The attempt to cultivate this well-known plant in India has 

 never, I believe, proved successful. 



EPIGYNOUS EXOGENS. 

 CAMPANULACE^E. 



Campanula. 



BELL-FLOWEK. 



The perennial Campanulas are very numerous, including 

 among them the old familiar Canterbury Bell and Chimney 

 Campanula. Young plants raised from seed sown in October 

 and kept under shelter till the following Cold season, and then 

 re-potted in fresh soil, may chance to come into blossom ; but in 

 the vicinity of Calcutta they rarely do so. -Dr. Yoigt mentions 

 as many as thirteen herbaceous species blossoming in the Cal- 

 cutta Gardens during the month of June. Not one of these, I 

 believe, is to be met with there now. 



C. Lychnitis. An exceedingly pretty and not uncommon pot- 

 plant ; bears, at nearly all seasons, erect spikes, a foot and a 



