. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. BRUXFELSIA the mouth of the tube ; calyx large, as long as the curved tube of the corolla. Brazil. Gn. 40:815. âA handsome plant, flowering in succession most of the year. The commoner species in cult. B. confertimra. ramosissima.â5. elimia, Bosse =B. macrophylla.â B. orandifldra, Don. Fls.
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. BRUXFELSIA the mouth of the tube ; calyx large, as long as the curved tube of the corolla. Brazil. Gn. 40:815. âA handsome plant, flowering in succession most of the year. The commoner species in cult. B. confertimra. ramosissima.â5. elimia, Bosse =B. macrophylla.â B. orandifldra, Don. Fls. large (2 in. across), greenish, in terminal corymbs.âi>, Lindeniana, Nicholson. Fls. 3 in. across, i-iolet-mauve.â B. viacrophylla, Benth. Pis. 2-12^2 in. across, deep purple: Ivs. longer and duller than those of F. calyeina.â.B. raiiioslssima, Benth. Fls. large, in crowded corymbs, deep violet-purple : foliage One of th» best; may be grown cooler in winter than the other species. L. H. B. BEUNSVlGIA (after the Duke of Brunswick). Ama- rytliddcece. Tender flowering bulbs from S. Afr., with umbels of large, numerous, brick-red fls. The bulbs must be thoroughly rested from the time the Ivs. fade until the scape appears, or from May to Aug. Bruns- Tigias are hard to flower. They require rich, sandy soil, plenty of heat and sunlight. When growing, give water and liquid manure freely. They propagate by offsets. J. G. Baker, Handbook of the Amaryllide», p. 96. A iis \tia]> ihaped JosephlnsB, Ker Gawl Bulb 5-6 m thick Ivs 8-1(1 strap shaped gl>u<oiiv 11 ..n mish thick tloseh ribbed 2-3 ft long 1 II i I I ,| 1 in tin k 1'.. ft long fls 2(1- n 11 iiiiil I 1 h Is â ft long ientAhs Ecklon) Bulb ^el} large Ivs about 4 tongue shiped closelv ribbed 3-5 m broad usually un der 1 ft long scipe red or green a flngei s thickness fls 20-30 in an umbel paler than in B gigantea and less numerous pedicels stout strongly ribbed 4-6 m long B M 1619 as B mulhfo^a B f
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