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Planted in full sun they soon give a liberal display of flowers winch is 
kept up more or less all the year round. Propagation is easily effected 
by cuttings of young ripened wood. 
The following are the bes't species for garden purposes : 
Allamanda Schottn, 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. 
Allamanda neriifolia. Is a South American species of more shrub- 
by habit. Blowers golden yellow 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. 
Allamanda grandiflora. Is a fine 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. 
Allamanda Williamsii. Is a variety of cathartica resembling 
grandiflora but of more bushy and upright habit. 
Allamanda 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 Sanderi. Is a striking and ornamental shrub probably 
introduced here from Amboina. It is often met with under the name 
of Acalypha hispida. 
The flowers 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. 
Beloperone oblongata. Is a xmetty shrub with rosy-purple flowers 
in axillary spikes and oblong-lanceolate opf>osite 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 magnifica. Is a magnificent shrub from Columbia with 
large flowers varying from delicate mauve to rich purplish crimson 
with a splash of iDrimrose 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 
