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the cold house, and even planted out in cold frames ; 

 they make fine specimens, and may be lifted and 

 potted up in autumn. For soil, use a mixture com- 

 posed of peat, 

 loam, and leaf- 

 soil, in about 

 equal parts, a 

 portion of 

 sharp sand be- 

 ing added to 

 keep the whole 

 porous ; drain 

 well, and sup- 

 ply liberally 

 '^vith water. 

 Keep the 

 syringe going 

 frequently 

 amongst them 

 to prevent the 

 ravages of red 

 spider or green 

 fly. The fol- 

 lowing are 

 amongst the 

 most desirable 

 kinds: — 



Alba - odo- 

 rata. — Elowers 

 white, very 

 fragrant. 



Augustifolia. 

 — Bright scar- 

 let. 



Brilliant. — 

 Fiery red. 



Blegans. — 

 Brilliant scar- 

 let. 



Delicata. — 

 Salmon - red 

 and pink. 



So gart h. — 

 Brilliant car- 

 mine. 



Humholdtii 

 corymbifera. — 

 Pure white, 

 the purest and 

 largest variet)', 



but the plant is, unfortunately, rather a shy bloomer, 



Jasminiflora. — Pure white, large flowers. 



Fresident Garfield. — Double pink, very fine. 



Alfred Keuner.—Do-ablQ white, exquisite. 



Vreelandii. — Pure white, very" fine, a most useful 

 variety. 



BouvARDiA (Alfred Neuner) 



Brugmarsia. — The plants comprising this 

 genus were formerly included with Daturas. They 

 belong to the order Solanacsce, and well deserve at- 

 tention when 

 space will al- 

 low of their 

 cultivation. In 

 growing a 



specmien of 

 any of the 

 species here 

 enumerated, 

 the best system 

 is to confine 

 them to a sin- 

 gle stem, until 

 they attain a 

 height of three 

 or four feet ; 

 then the poiut 

 of the shoot 

 should bo 

 pinched out, to 

 encourage lat- 

 eral growths, 

 and these 

 again, when 

 suf&cientlv 



long, must be 

 subjected to 

 the same treat- 

 ment, Tintil a 

 good - shaped 

 head is ob- 

 tained. Brug- 

 mansias are 

 coarse -feeding 

 plants, and 

 should be pot- 

 ted in rich soil, 

 say about equal 

 parts of loam, 

 leaf -mould, and 

 well-decom- 

 posed manure. 

 After flower- 

 ing, which will 

 be towards 

 autumn, the 

 plants may be 



pruned in hard ; this will render them less cumber- 

 some ; and during winter very little water should be 

 given. 



JS. Knight ii. — Flowers large, drooping, double, and 

 pure white ; it blooms in August and September. . 

 £. lutea. — An autumn-flowering species, attaining 



