BUDDLEJA 
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uncertain in gardens generally that it 
is often left to grow and flower in its 
own way. 
All the kinds are of easy culture and 
grow in almost any soil ; planted in 
fertile loam and a sunny position, with 
be grouped in good soil, and pruned 
well back in early spring ; they will 
then make growths of 8 to lo feet in 
a season, arching gracefully under their 
spike-like clusters 1 8 to 30 inches long 
and continued from mid-July into Sep- 
tember. Their increase is simple either by seeds or 
cuttings : seedlings raised in gentle heat will flower 
in their second season. Cuttings of half-ripe wood, 
put in sandy soil under glass in a cold frame or cool 
greenhouse in September, will root in about six 
weeks, and make flowering plants for the following 
year. Fully ripe wood of the current season's 
growth, inserted in the open ground during No- 
vember and December, root more slowly, taking 
till the following autumn before they are fit to 
transplant. 
Buddleias are mainly mid-season shrubs, at their 
best in July and August, and for this reason valu- 
able ; most of them retain their leaves until late 
in winter. All have handsome foliage, and two 
^ kinds, pa7iiciclata and 7iivea^ are well worth g 
row- 
BUDDLEIA GLOBOSA ON A WARM 
House-Front. 
plenty of water at the roots, they grow 
rapidly. They also do well on sheltered 
walls, indeed (save in quite the warm- 
est parts) Ii7idleya7ia will only succeed 
out of doors in this way. In view of 
their strong growth they should always 
have plenty of room. To gain their full 
effect B. variabilis and its forms should 
ing for this alone, their leaves and stems being cov- 
ered with a dense white tomentum. In B. globosa 
the flowers appear as small globular heads, but in 
the other species they are in small flat clusters, 
further collected into long tails or erect spikes 
which appear singly or in panicles at the tips of 
the shoots. In globosa and brasilieTisis they are 
yellow, in 7naciagascarie7jsis orange, in asiatica 
white, in albiflora lilac, and the others in varying 
shades of purple. Rich in honey, the flowers are 
much sought by bees, and so much is this the case 
with variabilis that bee-keepers would 
do well to grow it. Those not so inter- 
ested however should try to keep these 
insects at a distance, for the flowers last 
double the usual time when untouched 
by bees. 
Buddleia albijiora. — This plant has been 
misnamed, for the flowers are Hlac and not 
