FLOWER GARDEN

There are pink, scarlet, double pink and double white varieties of Bouvardia, which is a greenhouse shrub bearing fragrant flowers in winter. It is dwarf and bushy, and grows well in a compost of three parts loam, one part leaf-mould, and some sand. Pots of 5 in. or 6 in. diameter will suit it. The plant should be stood in a shady place in the garden, or in a frame during the summer, and brought into a warm house in September. After flowering, the young growths should be cut back to the old wood. New shoots will ripen during the summer, and produce flowers the following winter. Propagation is effected by young shoots inserted in pots in spring.