Being dwarf in habit, the bor-onias are some of the most valuable of greenhouse plants for those whose accommodation is limited. They are of elegant appearance, floriferous, and usually very fragrant. In every point except that of fragrance - in which it is surpassed by B. megastigma - B. heterophylla takes rank as the finest of all. About nine years ago Miss Marianne North, to whose genius and munificence the gardens at Kew are indebted for a beautiful and invaluable collection of botanical paintings, found this plant in west Australia. She sent seeds to Kew, where they grew and eventually flowered. From Kew it was distributed two or three years ago, and after industrious propagating and exhibition by the trade firms, bids fair to become a popular plant. It is certainly one of the most lovely of recently introduced plants. The flowers are bell-shaped, ½ inch in diameter, and pro. duced in clusters of four to six at each leaf-axil. They are of a rich rosy carmine and pleasantly fragrant.