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Domestic Notices. — England. 



Bonapartea juncea (of the Gar- 

 dens.) — Dear Sir, "Agreeably to 

 your request, I have much pleasure 

 in offering you the following short 

 account of the plant Bonapartea 

 juncea, {fig. 50.) In July and Au- 

 gust, 1814, I travelled through 

 Holland and part of France to 

 Paris, and visited by the way most 

 of the gardens of importance, pur- 

 chasing a variety of plants. The 

 above is one of them, and might 

 then, judging from its size, be be- 

 tween three and four years old. I 

 have had it in various situations, 

 but principally in the hot-house ; 

 it will also do well in the green- 

 house, and in summer in the open 

 air. It is a native of Peru, and 

 was introduced to this country in 

 1800. The flower stem made its 

 first appearance about the middle 

 of August last, and for about six 

 weeks it made the rapid growth of 

 about four inches in the twenty- 

 four hours, since which, with the 

 decrease of the day, its growth has 

 been more moderate ; it is now 

 about fourteen feet high, and has 

 i846 flowers in various stages of 

 progress. It appears to delight in 

 an equal proportion of heath mould 

 and loam. I understand this is 

 not the oldest plant in England, 

 and therefore I am led to think its 

 flowering may have been promoted 

 by the plant having been disrooted 

 about eighteen months ago. 

 " I am, dear Sir, &c 



" Josh. Knight. 

 " Exotic Nursery, 

 King's Road, Chelsea, 

 lith Nov. 1826." 



The flower is green without, and 

 of a greenish yellow within, and 

 by no means conspicuous ; but the 

 general effect of the plant, espe- 

 cially where it now stands in the 

 centre of Mr. Knight's lofty cur- 

 vilinear conservatory, is very im- 

 posing. This plant has had no 

 fewer than seven names. By some 

 considered an Agave ; but it is now 

 Lyttcea geminiflora. It seeds rea- 

 dily, and M. Soulange Bodin has 

 in his garden upwards of 1000 

 plants so raised. — Cond. 



