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flowers are large, trumpet-sha,ped, g,nd' bright yellow in 

 colour. It is a most desirable species. Native of Brazil. 



B. grandiflora. — Although this variety is nearly hardy, it 

 is well deserving a place' in the cool greenhouse. It is either 

 adapted for growing as a shrub, by occasionally pruning or 

 stopping, or, being snb-scandent in habit, it will be found 

 invaluable, if required, for piUars, trellis-work, or qovering 

 walla ; in such positions producing an abundance of magnifi- 

 cent clusters of large orange and scarlet trumpet campanulate 

 flowers. 



B. speciosa. — A free-growing and most distinct variety, 

 producing clusters of large lavender flowers -from the axils of 

 the leaves ; the foliage hght green. This variety is suitable 

 for a cool greenhouse temperature. 



B.- venusta. — This is one of the most gorgeous cUmbers 

 We know, and where space can be afibrded it should by all 

 means find a place ; this variety requires the temperature of 

 a warm greenhouse. The leaflets are oblong-ovate and acu- 

 minate ; the spikes produce many flowers, which are large, 

 trumpet-shaped, and rich crimson in colour. It lasts for 

 several months in perfection, covering the pillar or rafter that 

 it raay be trained to with a complete sheet of colour. Native 

 of Brazil. 



Blandiokdia, 



This genus of plants is nearly allied to HemerocalUs, and 

 consists of several species, all natives of Australia. They 

 have been long out of fashion, so to speak, but plant-lovers 

 and plant-growers are beginning to show their good taste 

 by their appreciation of these and many other plants of great 

 intrinsic merit, which have been cast away, and become lost 

 to us, because they no longer possessed the charm of novelty. 

 Amongst the foremost in this group of reviving interest is 



