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GREEN-HOUSE — REPOTTING. [^March. 



JBoitvdrdias, three species. B.Jlava yellow ; B. pallida pale 

 red ; B. tripJiylla is well known among uS; has brilliant scarlet 

 flowerSj and, when well grown, will flower beautifully from 

 May till September. To keep the plants, they should be fre- 

 quently renewed ; otherwise they are liable to grow straggling 

 and become subject to the small white scaly insect. (Soil 

 No. 3.) 



Borbnia is a beautiful genus of New Holland plants, con- 

 tains about nine species ; most of them have been universally 

 admired; the flowers are star-like, rose-colored, and some of 

 them sweet-scented. B. pinnata grows and flowers freely. 

 B. serruldta, foliage serrated and very crowded, bearing the 

 flowers on the extremity of the shoot, and does extremely well 

 in this country; the flowers are bright rose, and sweet-scented. 

 B. aldta has a fine appearance, and grows handsomely. The 

 foliage is winged and pinnate, strong-scented ; of a hardy 

 nature, and easy culture. They are in flower about April 

 and May, and continue a considerable time; are subject to 

 mildew if not frequently syringed : drain the pots well. (Soil 

 No. 8.) 



Brachysemasy two species, both evergreen climbers. B. 

 latifblium has the best foliage, and large purple leguminose 

 flowers. B. und ulatum , lowers yellow, and more plentiful 

 than the former, continuing in long succession. The pots 

 require to be well drained ; very few plants of either in the 

 country. (Soil No. 6.) 



BrugmdnsiuSy four species of strong, coarse-growing plants, 

 requiring great nourishment to flower them well. B. sauve- 

 olens has very large white flowers, about five inches in dia- 

 meter, and sweet-scented. B, sanguinea has flowers with a 

 green thorax ; the brim of the corolla is of a dark orange 

 color. B. Kniglitiiy large half double flowers of snowy white- 

 ness, does well when planted in the open ground. B. flora- 

 hunda^ orange-colored. They must have very frequent re- 

 pottings, and be liberally supplied with water while growing. 

 (Soil No. 18.) 



BruniaSy about ten species; have heath-like foliage, very 

 fine ; generally, on close observation, found to be three-cor- 

 nered. The flowers are white and globular, the plants, when 

 young, are very handsome ; the finest are, B. nodiflbra, B. 

 lanuginosa , B. combsa, B. ahrotanoideSy and B. formosa. 

 They require an airy situation, and, in summer, to be pro- 



