BROWALLIA BOUVARDIA. 



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The Browallia is increased by seeds, which for 

 house plants may be sown the first week in June 

 in a flower border where there is a sunny exposure. 

 When the plants are well started, weed out the 

 weaker ones and water those that are to grow, 

 freely. By the middle of September pot them for 

 the house, and if carefully removed neither the 

 leaves or flowers will suffer. Sunlight and water 

 liberally supplied will keep them in perfection four 

 months. The plant may then be partially cut back, 

 when a new growth will start for renewed bloom- 

 ing. 



Browallia Alba, free-grooving, white. 



B. Elata Coerulea, blue, sometimes attains a height of three 

 feet. 



BOUVARDIA. 



The Bouvardia is named in memory of Dr. Bou- 

 vard, superintendent of the Royal Paris Botanical 

 Gardens, and is a native of Mexico and South 

 America. They are of a shrubby character, bear- 

 ing clusters of delicate and fragrant little tubular 

 flowers whose colors shade from scarlet to 

 white, or from pink to crimson. T\e plant pro- 

 duces an abundance of flowers ana will bloom in 

 the out-door garden from August to cold weather, 

 and if taken in before frost, will continue to bloom 

 all winter. The flower trusses sometimes measure 

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