BROWNEA — BURBIDGEIA — BURCHELLIA. 



these flowering during the summer, and frequently lasting in good condition till October 

 Bougainvillcas are liable to attacks from most kinds of insect pests, red spider, and 

 green fly, if not kept down by syringing and fumigating, causing the leaves to drop 

 prematurely. 



brownea. — Apart from botanical collections, neither Brownea nor its near ally 

 Amherstia nobilis is met with in British plant stores. B. grandiceps, Caraccas, is the 

 only species catalogued by some of 



the leading nurserymen. It is an 

 evergreen shrub, and if properly 

 treated produces dense spikes of red, 

 pea-shaped flowers in July. In its 

 native home the tree attains a great 

 height, and is very beautiful when 

 in bloom. Cuttings of ripened wood, 

 inserted in pots of sand and plunged 

 in moist heat, will emit roots, and 

 the plants should be potted in a 

 mixture of loam, peat, and sand. 

 They require to be grown in a high 

 temperature with a moist atmo- 

 sphere, and must be watered very 

 carefully during the winter, an 

 excess then being highly injurious. 



burbidgeia. — B. nitida, N. W. 

 Borneo, is an herbaceous stove- 

 flowering plant, allied to, and re- 



quiring much the same treatment Fig. 138. Burchf.lma oapensis. 



as, Hedychium, page 192, Vol. II. 



Height 2 to 4 feet. Flowers orange scarlet, summer. It is increased by division of the 

 roots in April, and succeeds well in a mixture of equal parts loam, peat, and leaf soil, 

 allowing ample root room. Supply water freely during the growing season, but some- 

 what sparingly when the plants are at rest. 



BURCHELLIA. — A single species, B. capensis, Cape of Good Hope, represents this 

 family. It is an evergreen shrub, which attains a height of 3 to 5 feet. Flowers 



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