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Bouvardia (This genus comprises about)

This genus comprises about twenty-six species of herbs and shrubs, mostly Mexican. To the species and hybrids described on p. 207, Vol. I., the following should now be added:

B. scabra (scabrous). fl. bright pink, 1/2in. in diameter, freely produced in dense, corymbose cymes; corolla tube ten to twelve lines long, the lobes elliptic-ovate, sub-acute. January. l. in distant whorls of three or rarely four, ovate, acuminate, narrowed to a very short petiole; lower ones 2in. to 3in. long, 1in. to 1 1/2in. broad, the upper ones gradually smaller. Stems terete, herbaceous, hairy, 1ft. to 1 1/2ft. high.

Hybrids. These choice greenhouse flowers are being more sought for year by year, owing to their great value for late autumn and winter flowering, especially for the purpose of making up small bouquets, and for table decoration. The following are valuable additions:

CANDIDISSIMA, pure white; INTERMEDIA, salmon-pink; ROSALIND, salmon; SANG LORRAINE, vermilion, double; UMBELLATA ALBA, white; VICTOR LEMOINE, bright scarlet, very double.