ON THE GENUS BIGNONIA. 
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B. jasminifolia and B. jasminoides are both beautiful, the 
first a white flowering species of rather smaller habit, requiring 
the stove to produce it in perfection ; it was brought from Ori¬ 
noco in 1826. And the latter having purple flowers, will succeed 
very well in a common greenhouse, being a native of Moreton 
Bay, whence it was imported in 1830. 
B. picta, the subject of our present illustration, is supposed 
to be a native of Buenos-Ayres, or the adjacent parts of South 
America : though the history of its introduction is very obscure, 
the year 1823 may be set down as the date of its first appear¬ 
ance. It did not produce flowers until last season (1843), when 
it first appeared in the stove at Messrs. Rollinson’s Nursery, 
Tooting, whence we obtained the flowers which form our draw¬ 
ing, and where about a month or six weeks since it was producing 
freely its fine lilac and purple striped flowers. They are borne 
in pairs, on nearly all parts of the plant, standing forward 
from among the foliage, on short lateral branches. The 
habit of the plant is of a less rambling character than is usual 
among the species, being compact, neat, and interesting, too 
large for a moveable trellis, but particularly adapted to the bot¬ 
tom of the rafters or front of the house : although growing at 
present in the stove, there appears to be every probability of its 
succeeding as well or better in a cooler temperature ; indeed it has 
been conjectured from its natural habitat, that it will prove as 
hardy as B. capreolatci; but if we take an intermediate station 
for it in the greenhouse, where it will be a fine acquisition, there 
is no doubt of its succeeding. 
Besides the climbing kinds, there are one or two species which 
assume a more arborescent character, and are worth attention: 
the first of them, B. Leucoxylon , is a stove evergreen tree, pro¬ 
ducing large pink trumpet-shaped flowers. It is a very old 
plant, though nearly out of cultivation at the present time, 
having been brought from the West Indies in 1759. 
B. serratifolia , another fine shrub-like species, has very 
handsome yellow flowers which contrast prettily-with its bright 
green serrated foliage: this too requires a stove treatment, having 
been brought from Cuba in 1822. 
B. suberosa , syn. Millingtonia hortensis, is an interest¬ 
ing plant, attaining a considerable size ; the flowers are white, 
agreeably scented, and produced copiously when the plant is 
allowed a sufficient degree of heat. Being a native of the East 
