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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



manured ground as soon as rooted. At the beginning of October, 

 lift them carefully, and pot them in 32-size pots, put them in a cold 

 frame until December, then carry them to the forcing-house. Some 

 of the hybrid or mule varieties may be struck in May, June, and 

 July, and will aftbrd flowers in winter and spring. 



The following are the best varieties for this system of cultiva- 

 tion : — 



An?ta Boleyn, rich crimson ; this and the varieties that have been 

 bred from it are invaluable for forcing. 



Garibaldi, crimson, with violet centre ; fine. 



Most Welcome, pure white, crimson margin. 



JPlato, light violet rose, very fragrant. 



Napoleon III.^ rich crimson. 



Marie Fare, pure white ; fine. 



A SELECTION OE CHAMBER PLANTS. 



ET EOBEET ETJLLEN, 



Curator of the Glasgow Botanic Gardens. 



HE following is a list of plants which will live in a room 

 through the year, if the frost is kept out and due atten- 

 tion is given them in various seasons, according to their 

 requirements. All are handsome, some of them pre- 

 eminently so : — 



Aralia Sieboldi, 



„ variegata, 

 „ trifoliata, 

 ,, several other species, 

 Eicus elastica, 

 Rhopala Australis, 

 Arundo Donax variegata, 

 Begonias, of sorts, 

 Palms „ 



Eerns 



Lomatia elegantissima, 

 „ ferruginea, 

 „ silacifolia, 

 „ polyantha, 



Nerium splendens, 



Dracaena terminalis, 

 „ ferrea, 

 „ Cooperi, 

 „ gracilis, 



Aralia leptophylla, 



Many other things would be quite as tractable in a room, and far 

 more graceful than Eicus elastica — Orchids, for example, such as 



Barkeria Skinneri, 

 JErides AVarneri, 

 Brassavola Digbyana, 

 Calanthe vestita, 

 Chysis Limminghi, 

 Cypripedium barbatum, 



,, venustum, 



ind^nis, 

 Dendrobium nobile, 



„ pulchellum, 



Epidendrum vitellinum, 



Leptotes bicolor, 

 Lycaste Skinneri, 

 ,, aromatica, 

 Mormodes aromatica, 

 Oncidium ampliatum, 

 „ flexuosura, 

 ,, divaricatum, 

 „ cupreum, 

 Pleoine maculata, 

 Sophronites cernua. 

 ,, violacea. 



