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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 336 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BOUVARDIA , a genus of handsome See also:

EVERGREEN

evergreen greenhouse shrubs, belonging to the natural See also:

order See also:

RUBIACEAE

Rubiaceae, and a native of tropical See also:

AMERICA

America. The See also:

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers are in terminal generally many-flowered clusters; the corolla has a large See also:

TUBE (Lat. tuba)

tube and a spreading four-rayed See also:

LIMB

limb. The cultivated forms include a number of hybrids. The See also:

PLANTS

plants are best increased by cuttings taken off in See also:

APRIL

April, and placed in a brisk See also:

HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat in a propagating See also:

FRAME

frame with a See also:

close See also:

ATMOSPHERE (Gr. fir µ6r, vapour; orkaipa, a sphere)

atmosphere. When rooted they should be potted singly into 3-in. pots in fibrous See also:

PEAT (possibly connected with Med. Lat. petia, pecia, piece, ultimately of Celtic origin; cf. O. Celt. pet, O. Ir. pit, Welsh peth, portion)

peat and See also:

LOAM (O.E. lam; the word appears in Dut. leem and Ger. Lehm; the ultimate origin is the root lai-, meaning " to be sticky," which is seen in the cognate " lime," Lat. limus, mud, clay)

loam, mixed with one-See also:

FOURTH

fourth See also:

LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf-See also:

MOULD

mould and a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good sprinkling of See also:

sand, and kept in a temperature of 70° by See also:

NIGHT

night and 8o° during the See also:

day; shade when required; See also:

SYRINGE (Gr. ovpryE, reed, pipe)

syringe overhead in the afternoon and close the See also:

house with See also:

sun-heat. The plants should be topped to ensure a bushy See also:

HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit, and as they grow must be shifted into 6-in. or 7-in. pots. After midsummer move to a cool See also:

PIT (O. E. pytt, cognate with Du. put, Ger. Pfutze, &c., all ultimately adaptations of Lat. puteus, well, formed from root pu-, to cleanse, whence gurus, clean, pure)

pit, where they may remain till the See also:

MIDDLE

middle of See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September, receiving plenty of See also:

air and space. They should then be removed to a house, and some of the plants put at once in a temperature of about 70° at night, with a few degrees higher in the daytime, to bring them into See also:

flower. Others are moved into heat to See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply flowers in See also:

SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession through the See also:

winter and See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

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