. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. ifF, on thesouth coast of the Isle of Wight. Bransvigivsaregenerally described in the text-books as showy t. 2578, and of which we present on illustration omp. I8G. The plmt has made a very large bulb,and will be likely to flower this season if there isas much sunshine as last year. In fig. 73 may be-seen better than in the Supplement the surround-ings amid which the plants are growing, and we-may point out that they are exposed directly to the-se uth, only a very short distance from thesea,whilst-th
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. ifF, on thesouth coast of the Isle of Wight. Bransvigivsaregenerally described in the text-books as showy t. 2578, and of which we present on illustration omp. I8G. The plmt has made a very large bulb,and will be likely to flower this season if there isas much sunshine as last year. In fig. 73 may be-seen better than in the Supplement the surround-ings amid which the plants are growing, and we-may point out that they are exposed directly to the-se uth, only a very short distance from thesea,whilst-the rockery, as well as the general incline of the-ground an I the high cliffs behind, shelter the-plants from the north. Taking into consideration the natural con-ditioas affecting the site of this most interestiog:garden, and also the additional shelter pro-vided by hedges and rockeries, & it would b&difficult to imagine a garden which, being out-of-dojrs, could offer better facilities for theacclimatisiog ot tender species of plants thamexist at Belvedere. The results Fig. 73.—view of a tortion op the rockery in the garden atbelvedere, st. lawrence, (,From a photograph by J. M. Allen, Ventnor.) greenhouse plants from the Cape of Good Hope,and in most situations in these islands theyundoubtedly require the protection afforded by aglasshouse, not only to obtain in them satisfactorygrowth, but to ripen the bulbs sufficiently to produceflowers. It is therefore quite an exceptional circum-stance to have B. multiflora flowering so grandly,as shown in the Supplement, at the base of anoutside rockery in July last. Its effect can bestbe imagined when it is stated that the inflores-cence was 37 inches across. The perianth of thisspecies, which was introduced to Britain in 1707,is rosy-pink inclining to red in colour, and a goodflgure may be seen on reference to the BotanicalMagazine, t. 1619, prepared from a plant whichflowered in one of the hot-houses of
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