CHAT. LXXX1V. 



127. 



1120 



yellow, which, in its turn, blends with 

 the green below it. This species was 

 raised in 1833, from imported seeds, at 

 Hayes' Place, Kent, the seat of Miss 

 Trail. "One of the plants survived the 

 winter in the open border ; and this has 

 happened to be the first to flower, which 

 it did in October, 1831. The rest of the 

 plants began to blossom soon after, and 

 all apparently varying in the degree of 

 intensity of colour. In a sheltered bor- 

 der, with a southern aspect, we have no 

 doubt of its flowering quite as well as if 

 retained in the conservatory." {Brit. Ft. 

 Gard.) This very beautiful plant well 

 deserves trial against a wall, more espe- 

 cially in the south of England, where it 

 is almost certain to succeed. 



B. suaveolens Willd. Enum., Datura 

 arbbrea Hort., is a well known ornament 

 of the green-house; and, being decidu- 

 ous, may be taken up in the autumn, 

 when the wood is ripe, and the leaves 

 have dropped, preserved in a cellar or pit 

 through the winter, and turned out again 

 in spring. Fig. 1120. will give an idea of 

 the beauty of this plant ; respecting which 

 a great variety of information will be 



found in the Gardener's Magazine, particularly in vol. xii., at p. 589. An instance is there given of 

 a plant being turned out into the open border on the 1st of June, with its ball entire ; and, after it 

 had grown a month, and the roots had been cut all round, close to the old ball, it was surrounded 

 with a quantity of rotten manure, in consequence of which it grew so 

 vigorously, that, from the middle of May to the end of September, it 

 expanded 1050 flowers, each of which measured 50 square inches. In Ger- 

 many it may frequently be seen splendidly in flower in the open border, 

 the plants being taken up and preserved in dry cellars during winter. 



Soldndra. grandiflbra L. is a rambling 



Jamaica shrub, with large pale yellow 



flowers, which, being deciduous, might 



be tried with the same kind of treat- 

 ment as that recommended for Brug- 



mansm suavdolens. (See Gard. Mag., 



vol. ii. p. 48., and vol. ix. p. 107.) 



Ctstrum nocturnum L., Dill. Elth., 



p. 153. t. 185., and our fig. 1119., is a 



shrub, a native of the East Indies, 



where it grows to the height of 6 ft. or; 



7 ft., and produces its white flowers in 



October and November. Though ge- 

 nerally kept in the stove, it has been, 



found to stand the winter in the Hor- 

 ticultural Society's Garden, with no other 



protection than that of a wall. 

 C. Parqui L., Bot. Mag., t. 1770., and 



our fig. 1122., is a native of Chili, with 



pale yellow flowers, which are produced 



in June and July. It stands out in the 



Chelsea Botanic Garden, and flowers 



freely every year. The circumstance 



of two species of a genus composed 



almost entirely of plants from hot cli- 

 mates succeeding so well in the open air, is an encouragement to try all 

 stove plants whatever in that way ; since many of them, hitherto kept in 

 stoves, are, doubtless, as hardy as Cestrum. 



Vestia. \ycib\des Willd. ; Cdntua /igustrifblia Juss., Bot. Reg., t. 299. ; and our fig. 1121. ; is a Chili 



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