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of air at all times, and should be kept constantly moist, though 

 never saturated, with frequent stopping, to keep them close and 

 dwarf. 



Next to these is the Genista, with its splendid corymbs of bright 

 yellow blossoms ; these require rich turfy loam to grow in, plenty of 

 air and water, and but very little pruning, being naturally close, com- 

 pact-growing plants. 



The BoroniaSj too, are charming plants ; though not quite so early 

 to flower as some others, yet in April and May they are fine objects ; 

 the prevailing colour in their flowers is a rich rosy red. They should 

 be grown in peat, loam, and sand, and make rapid progress when 

 grown in large pots. 



Oxylobium retusum and ohoratum are two fine plants, afifording a 

 pleasing variety among the other plants named, from their more robust 

 habit and larger foliage. The flowers are papilionaceous, of a bright 

 orange and red : fibrous peat suits them best. 



Among these we have nearly every colour except blue, and this 

 may be had in Kennedia monophyJla, a lovely climbing plant, bearing 

 copiously racemes of blue and white pea-shaped flowers. It delights 

 in peat and loam, and should be trained upon a wire trellis. It 

 requires but very little pruning. 



Leclienaultia formosa is a delicate low-growing plant, rather 

 difficult in its management, but when seen in good order, a most 

 lovely object, being densely covered with small bright red flowers. 

 It requires to be potted in fibrous peat with nearly an equal quantity 

 of silver sand ; a few rough pebbles mixed in the soil will induce it 

 to root more readily. An abundant supply of air and water should 

 be given it during summer, reducing the quantity of each on the 

 approach of winter. 



The above selection, with the assistance of a few azaleas, camel- 

 lias, and rhododendrons, would render a greenhouse all that could be 

 desired for the first three months of the returning season, when 

 they would be succeeded by the pelargoniums and other summer- 

 flowering plants. P. 



THE ANGULAR PEICKLY SHIELD PEEK 



[HIS beautiftil hardy fern may be found in every choice 

 garden, and is frequently valued as a greenhouse plant, 

 but is not much known in gardens where fernn have only 

 casual or accidental notice. It is remarkable lor richness 

 of character, freshness of colour, and distinctness, and 

 it is so accommodating in constitution that a very little care is needed 

 to insure a vigorous growth. The principal features of the Angular 

 Prickly Shield Fern, Polijstichum angulare, are the following : — A 

 thick, tufted, scaly, and sometimes semi-treelike caudex ; fronds two 

 to four feet high, usually lax, spreading, the stipes and rachis densely 

 scaly, and a rich brown colour ; iiinncB numerous, linear-lanceolate, 

 those near the base usually diminishing, but sometimes enlarging 



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