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yellow, which, in its turn, blends withthe green below it. This species wasraised in 1833, from imported seeds, atHayes’ Place, Kent, the seat of MissTrail. “One of the plants survived thewinter in the open border; and this hashappened to be the first to flower, whichit didin October, 183*. The rest of theplants began to blossom soon after, andall apparently varying in the degree ofintensity of colour. In a sheltered bor-der, with a southern aspect, we have nodoubt of its flowering quite as well as ifretained in the conservatory.” [Brit. Fl.
Gard.) This very beautiful plant welldeserves trial against a wall, more espe-cially in the south of England, where itis almost certain to succeed.
B. suavlolens Wilid. Enum., Daturaarbbrea Hort., is a well known ornamentof the green-house; and, being decidu-ous, may be taken up in the autumn,when the wood is ripe, and the leaveshave dropped, preserved in a cellar or pitthrough the winter, and turned out againin spring. Fig. 1120. will give an idea ofthe beauty of this plant; respecting whicha great variety of information will befound in the Gardener's Magazine, particularly in vol. xii., at p. 589. An instance is there given ofa plant being turned out into the open border on the 1st of June, with its ball entire; and, after ithad grown a month, and the roots had been cut all round, close to the old ball, it was surroundedwith a quantity of rotten manure, in consequence of which it grew sovigorously, that, from the middle of May to the end of September, itexpanded 1050 flowers, each of which measured 50 square inches. In Ger many it may frequently be seen splendidly in flower in the open border,the plants being taken up and preserved in dry cellars during winter.
Solandra. grandifidra L. is a ramblingJamaica shrub, with large pale yellowflowers, which, being deciduous, mightbe tried with the same kind of treat-ment as that recommended for Brug-mfinsfa suavSolens. (See Gard. Mag.,
7 vol. ii. p. 4,8., and vol. ix. p. 107.)
I C dstrum noctUrnum L., Dill. Elth.,f p. 153. t. 185., and our Jig. 1119., is ashrub, a native of the East Indies,where it grows to the height of 6 ft. orf7 ft., and produces its white flowers inOctober and November. Though ge-nerally kept in the stove, it has been/*found to stand the winter in the Hor-ticultural Society’s Garden, with no otherprotection than that of a wall.
C. P&rqui L., Bot. Mag., t. 1770., andour fig- 1122., is a native of Chili, with §pale yellow flowers, which are producedin June and July. It stands out in theChelsea Botanic Garden, and flowersfreely every year. The circumstanceof two species of a genus composed^ _ _.. „ - , almost entirely of plants from hot cli-
mates succeeding so well in the open air, is an encouragement to try allstove plants whatever in that way; since many of them,hitherto kept in istoves, are, doubtless, as hardy as Cestrum. J
Vestia. lycio'ides Willd.; Cantua figustrifblia Juss., Bot. Beg., t. 299.; and our Jig. 1121.; is a Chili
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