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Planted in full sun they soon give a liberal display of flowers which is 

 kept up more or less all the year round. Propagation is easily effected 

 by cuttings of young ripened wood. 



The following are the best species for garden purposes : — 

 Allamanda Schottii. Is perhaps the largest flowered and strongest 

 grower of the group. The flowers are large yellow with the throat 

 beautifully striped with rich brown. The leaves are oblong, acumin- 

 ated and arranged in whorls of four, quite glabrous. A native of 

 Brazil. Given good soil and position this plant soon forms large bold 

 masses and flowers freely. 



Allamancla neriifolia. Is a South American species of more shrub- 

 by habit. Flowers golden yellow T streaked with orange, bell shaped, 

 tube wide and about one inch long, borne on many flowered panicles. 

 Leaves oblong, acuminate, on short petioles and glabrous. A very free 

 flowering and useful kind. 



Allamancla grandiflora. Is a tine blooming sort from Brazil with 

 large bright yellow flowers and shiny foliage. This is one of the best 

 for climbing or, if kept pruned, for bedding purposes. 



Allamancla Williamsii. Is a variety of cathartica resembling 

 grandiflora but of more bushy and upright habit. 



Allamancla violacea. Is a Brazilian species and as far as I know 

 the only species having purple flowers. It is of upright growth and 

 shrubby habit and owing to its distinct coloured flowers should be 

 more widely grown. In constitution it is not so robust as its confreres 

 and requires more careful treatment. 



All the Allamandas are easily propagated by cuttings or ripened 

 shoots inserted in almost any kind of soil. 



Acalypha Sdhderi. Is a striking and ornamental shrub probably 

 introduced here from Amboina. It is often met with under the name 

 of Acalypha hispida. 



The flow T ers are bright red in drooping tassel-like spikes from one 

 foot to eighteen inches long. The leaves are light green, large and 

 luxuriant. As a shrub this plant will reach a height of ten or fifteen 

 feet. If periodically pruned and kept dwarf it is one of our finest 

 plants for ornamental bedding. As a pot plant it cannot be beaten. 



Cuttings should be made, preferably from the ends of shoots, 

 from well ripened wood and inserted in sandy soil. They root readily 

 and soon form good sized plants. 



Bcloperonc oblongata. Is a pretty shrub with rosy-purple flowers 

 in axillary spikes and oblong-lanceolate opposite leaves. It is of easy 

 culture and can be used for any purpose and in any position. Prop- 

 agated by cuttings of half ripe shoots. 



Bignonia magnified. Is a magnificent shrub from Columbia with 

 large flowers varying from delicate mauve to rich purplish crimson 

 with a splash of primrose in the throat. The inflorescence is a large 

 branching panicle. The leaves are broadly ovate and opposite. Cor- 

 rectly speaking this plant belongs to the climbing section but can also 

 be grown as a shrub in large bold masses when it is seen to the best 



