. 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. BRUNPELSIA BRYANTHUS 185 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. confertiflbra, , ramosissima.âB. eximia, Bosse =B. macrophylla.âJ?, grandif
. 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. BRUNPELSIA BRYANTHUS 185 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. confertiflbra, , ramosissima.âB. eximia, Bosse =B. macrophylla.âJ?, grandifldra, Don. Fls. large (2 in. across), greenish, in terminal corymbs.âif. Lindenidnat Nicholson. Fls. 3 in. across, violet-mauve.â B. inacrophylla, Benth. Fls. 2-2j^in. across, deep purple: Ivs. longer and duller than those of F. calycina.â.B. ramosissima, Benth. Fls. large, in crowded corymbs, deep violet-purple ; foliage luxuriant. One of the best; may be grown cooler in winter than the other species. L. jj. B. BBTJNSVlGIA (after the Duke of Brunswick). Atna- rylUddcem. Tender flowering bulbs from S. Afr., with "umbels of large, numerous, brick-red fls. The bulbs must be thoroughly rested from the time the Its. 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 AmaryllideEB, p. 96. A. Ijvs. strap'itjiaped. Josephlnae, Ker-Gawl. Bulb 5-6 in. thick : Ivs. 8-10, strap-shaped, glaucous or greenish, thick, closely ribbed, 2-3 ft. long, lK-2 in. broad : scape 1 in. thick, IK ft. long: fls. 20-30, rarely 50-60, in an umbel: pedicels K-1 ft. long : capsules smaller than in S. gigantea, less conical and less strongly angled. 2578. 4:322. âNamed after the Empress Josephine, who purchased the original bulb after it flowered at Malmaison. AA. Jyus. tongue-shaped. gigante
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