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CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDEXIXG. 



six inches long, toothed at the edges, deexD green ; 

 flowers yellow. 



B. Solanclri. — A fine hold kind, with hroad deeply- 

 lohed leaves, upper side dark gTeen, silvery-white 

 beneath ; flowers scarlet. 



B. speciosa is one of the most charming species in 

 the family ^ leaves six or more inches long, divided 

 to the midrib into semi-circular lobes ; deep green, 

 tinder side silvery-white, the young growths and 

 midribs clothed with a chestnut-brown tomentum ; 

 flowers yellow. 



IBeaufortia. — Handsome evergreen flowering- 

 shrubs, belonging to the IMyrtle family, all natives 

 of Australia. They should be potted in a mixture of 

 three parts fibrous peat and one of sandy loam. 

 Ordinary green-house treatment suits them. 



B. decussata. — Leaves opposite, ovate, dark green ; 

 the flowers sj)ring from the axils of the leaves near 

 the points of the shoots ; bright scarlet, very showy. 

 Maj^ and June. 



B. imrpurca. — Leaves at base narrowly lance- 

 shaped, becoming cordate near the points where 

 the globose heads of purple flowers are produced. 

 Summer months. 



B. spJendens. — Leaves small, oval, light green; 

 flowers bright scarlet, style much exserted. Summer 

 months. 



Bignonia. — A genus of handsome climbing 

 plants, bearing large panicles of irregular bell-shaped 

 flowers. They are admirably adapted for covering 

 pillars and rafters in gTeen -ho use or conservatory 

 when planted out, but under pot-culture they are 

 seldom satisfactory. 



Plant them in two parts good rich loam and one 

 part peat and sand. 



B. GhamherJaymi jjroduces large, trumpet-shaped, 

 rich yellow flowers during the whole of summer. 

 Brazil. 



B. speciosa is a beautiful companion to the pre- 

 ceding, its large clusters of lilac flowers forming a 

 nice contrast. Spring months. Uruguay. 



B. venusta. — This plant should find a place in every 

 green-house, its charming large deep crimson flowers 

 rendering it most effective. It blooms nearly the 

 whole summer and autumn. Brazil. 



Boronia. — These are pretty green-house shrubs, 

 with opposite pinnate leaves, more or less show}-, 

 producing their pink and white flowers in spring 

 and early summer ; they should be potted in good 

 peat and a little turfy loam in the proportion of two to 

 one, to which add a little sand. Boronias naturally 

 form bushy shrubs, but if not looked after are apt to 

 get bare at the bottom, and present an unsightly 



appearance ; theiet'ore, after flowering, all the shoots 

 should be cut back, in order to encourage lateral 

 growths, which, if not producing the largest plants in 

 the shortest time, produces much the best specimens. 

 Boronias require strict attention in the matter of 

 water ; they like a copious sui)ply, but at the same time 

 the drainage must be free. They also require tho- 

 rough ventilation, but avoid cutting winds ; again, 

 they should not be in the open air exposed to the sun 

 during summer ; it causes the foliage to turn bro'mi, 

 which remains as a permanent disfigurement. 



B. JJrummondll. — Leaves pinnate, bright green; 

 producing in abundance its charmy rosy-pink 

 flowers in April and May. 



B. Brummondii alba. — As its name implies, the 

 flowers of this variety are white. 



B. elatior. — One of the freest-growing sj)ecies, and 

 a charming plant when in bloom ; leaves pinnate, 

 dark green ; flowers large, numerous, deep rosy- 

 purple. Xew Holland. 



B. heterophylla, the most recent addition to this 

 genus, and perhaps the most beautiful. It is an erect 

 shrub, producing numerous slender branches ; the 

 leaves are of various shapes, simj)le or trifoHate, but 

 always narrow. The flowers are globose, pendent, 

 freely produced, and bright carmine-scarlet in coloui-, 

 very fragrant. Spring months. Swan River dis- 

 trict, "Western Australia. 



B. mcgastigma. — A very slender-growing plant, 

 with line-like divisions to its pinnate leaves ; flowers- 

 freely produced, drooping, the outside dull pui'ple, 

 greenish-yellow inside. This is by no means showy 

 when in flower, yet no green-house should be without 

 the plant on account of the delicious violet-like frag- 

 rance which it diffuses. It flowers during spring and 

 early summer. King George's Soimd, 1868. 



B. plnnata. — Elowers pink, with a fi-agrance re- 

 sembling Hawthorn ; produced in April and May. 

 Eort Jackson, 1794. 



B. serridata. — This species differs from all the 

 others in having simple and not pinnate leaves; 

 they are somewhat trapeziform in shape, and bright 

 green in colour ; flowers cherry-red, with a fragrance 

 like that of the Rose. May and June. New South 

 Wales, 1816. 



B. tetrandra. — This j)lant bears some resemblance 

 to B. pinnata ; it is, however, a smaller grower; 

 flowers pink. March to May. Swan River, 1824. 



Bossioea. — A- genus of Pea-flowered Australian 

 shrubs, of great beauty when in bloom; they re- 

 quire careful attention in the matter of water, and 

 should be potted in about three parts peat and one 

 of loam, to which add sufficient sand to make the 

 whole feel sharp to the hand. 



B. cordifolia. — A compact-growing species, the 



