154 GUIDE TO THE CONSERVATORY. 



BARLERIA PURPUREA. 

 Class, Didynamia. Order, Angiospermia. 



Acanthace^e. 

 Native of the East Indies, 1814. — Propagation, 

 seed, cuttings. 



A plant of easy cultivation, requiring the heat 

 of the flower-house. It grows well in any rich 

 light soil, and from the freeness of its flowering 

 should not be omitted in any collection. 



BRACHYSEMA LATIFOLIUM. 

 Class, Decandria. Order, Monogynia. 



Leguminos^:. 

 Native of New Holland, 1803. — Propagation, 

 seed, cuttings. 



The fine flowers and foliage of this plant render 

 it worth the care of every collector. It should be 

 kept in the greenhouse all the year. 

 Soil. — Peat, with a little cally sand. 



DOMBEYA FERRUGINEA. 

 Class, Monadelphia. Order, Dodecandria. 



Byttneriace.e. 

 Native of the Mauritius, 1815. — Propagation, 

 cuttings. 



A dwarf shrub possessing singular beauty both 

 in its flowers and foliage ; it blooms nearly all the 

 summer and autumn months, but should have the 

 advantage of the flower-house heat. 



Soil. — Peat, with a little cally sand. 



