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three and four inches long, bright orange scarlet, margined 

 with yellow. It blooms during the end of summer and 

 beginning of autumn. Native of New Holland. 



B. nobilis. — This fine plant has existed in our gardens 

 since the commencement of the. present century, but is far 

 too little known. It is one of the most effective greenhouse 

 plants that can be grown. The flowers are pendulous, and 

 produced in large terminal clusters ; colour rich orange, the 

 margins shading off to bright yellow, and they are in full 

 beauty during June and July. Native of Australia. 



BOMABEA. 



This is a small genus allied to AUtrcmneria, belonging to 

 the natural order Amaryllidac'ecB. They will be found very 

 useful climbing plants for planting out in conservatories 

 against walls or pillars. They thrive well in a compost of 

 rich fibrous loam, leaf mould, and sand. 



B. Carderii. — A very beautiful species, producing its 

 flowers from the extremities of the growths in pendulous 

 umbellate cymes. The flowers are beU-shaped, of a light 

 rosy pink, spotted with purplish brown. Very showy. 

 Native of New Grenada. 



B. conferta. — This superb species produces umbels con- 

 taining as many as thirty to sixty flowers each, which are beU- 

 shaped, 2 to 2^ in. long, brilliant crimson. This makes a 

 grand companion to B. Carderii, Native of New Grenada. 



BOBONIA. 



A very pretty genus of plants, some of which should be in 

 every collection. They belong to the Rutacem, a very in- 

 teresting and extensive order, but which contains a rather 

 heterogeneous assemblage of plants. The present genus con- 



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