. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. HOT-HOUSE OR STOVE PLANTS. 181 rivals; leaves alternate, oblong - obtuse, one to two feet long, thick and fleshy, deep shining green on the upper side, paler below. Moluccas. Beaucarnea.—A genus of large-gTowing plants belonging to the Liliaceous order; they are at once curious and handsome ; the stems are erect, many feet high, and the base is much swollen into a woody bulbif orm mass, the summit being crowned with a very large head of pen- dent ensif orm leaves. Beaucar- neas are all natives of jMexico, and require an abundant supply of water during
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. HOT-HOUSE OR STOVE PLANTS. 181 rivals; leaves alternate, oblong - obtuse, one to two feet long, thick and fleshy, deep shining green on the upper side, paler below. Moluccas. Beaucarnea.—A genus of large-gTowing plants belonging to the Liliaceous order; they are at once curious and handsome ; the stems are erect, many feet high, and the base is much swollen into a woody bulbif orm mass, the summit being crowned with a very large head of pen- dent ensif orm leaves. Beaucar- neas are all natives of jMexico, and require an abundant supply of water during the summer season, but during the winter little or none is required. Pot in rich sandy loam, and drain the pots or tubs well in order to carry off the water rapidly. Temperature of the In- termediate House. B. glauca.—This spe- cies is sometimes called B. stricta; the leaves are pendulous, narrow, about three feet long, and very glaucous; the variety latifolia has broader leaves, and a much stouter stem. B. gracilis.—An elegant, slender-growing plant, with straight narrow leaves, slightly channelled in front, and bright green. Mexico. B. longifoliuni.—This is a magnificent and bold- growing plant, with broad recurved leaves some nine or ten feet in length, bright green in colour. Mexico. B. reeurvifolia, sometimes called B. ticberculata.—It bears a large head of long and tapering recurved leaves of a bright green hue. Bambusa vieidi-glaucescens Begonia.—A genus of plants giving its name to the order (Begoniacece), and it commemorates the labours of M. Begon, a Frenchman, who did verj- much towards the advancement of botanical science. One section of this genus (tuberous-rooted) has been treated as a " florist's flower " in the first volume of this work, and must ne- cessarily be omitted here. Begonias are popularly known as " Elephants' Ears," which name has been given them from the shape of their leaves. It is a very large fami
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