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shrub from Western Australia, where it is 

 called " orange thorn," on account of its 

 little orange-coloured fruit. It is a pretty 

 thing to grow for the drawing-room with 

 Solarium capsicastrum, and other berry- 

 bearing shrubs. Culture the same as 

 for New Holland plants generally. 



Correct pulchella. — See former notices 

 of other species. Grow in sandy peat and 

 turfy loam ; warm greenhouse treatment. 

 They are unequalled for winter flowers. 



Cytisus atleeam, elegans, and Eoerestiana 

 are the three best cf the race for early 

 bloom in the greenhouse. They make 

 noble standards, and may be kept dense 

 and bushy by clipping when done bloom- 

 ing ; grown as diffuse bushes, they are 

 best not pruned at all. Soil, equal parts 

 peat, leaf mould, and old cow-dung, and 

 limited pot-room. 



Daphne indica. — "We may use the cus- 

 tomary phrase in reference to this plant 

 without fear of a challenge, and say, "No 

 greenhouse is complete without it." They 

 are, indeed, charming shrubs, and as easily 

 grown as anything that is worth pot-room. 

 The point of chief importance is pot-room ; 

 they must not be cramped or starved at 

 the roots. The next point is not to use 

 more than half peat, the other half turfy 

 loam, the turf well rotted, plenty of water 

 while growing, and, of course, very little 

 when at rest. When we hear of failures 

 in flowering Daphnes, we always first 

 suppose the cause to be pushing thorn on 

 too fast in heat ; they require shelter 

 rather than heat; hut, to be in bio .m 

 now, must be rather skilfully forced. 

 They force better every year, by getting 

 used to it. The plants, after having been 

 forced a few seasons, begin to move natu- 

 rally when the time comes again, and 

 then their flowering should be assisted. 

 The best for a small c Election are 1). 

 Indica, white ; D. Indica rubra, red ; D. 

 odora, pink; D. odora rubra, red ; and 

 D. chinensis, yellow. 



JEcheveria Scheeri. — A pretty pink 

 flowering houseleek from Mexico, requiring 

 the usual treatment of this class, with a 

 little extra warmth while in bloom. 



Echiuni fastuomm is a plant of some 

 pretensions, and one of the giants of the 

 race. Its showy purple flowers are just 

 now beginning to open on plants that 

 were forced last season, and are now in a 

 pit with the first batch of azaleas and 

 camellias. When taken to the conserva- 

 tory, it will make a gay show for some 

 months, if kept warm. All the green- 

 house Echiums like peat and tough turf 

 from a strong loam, with abundance of 

 drainage material in the pots. 



Epaeris nivalis and purpurescens. — 

 There are few greenhouse shrubs that sur- 

 pass the epacrises, and they are among 

 the easiest of subjects to manage. Treat 

 as Ericas, but with more warmth in winter. 

 Put them in turf pits all summer, with 

 the pots plunged in cocoa-nut waste, to 

 keep the roots cool and moist. Prune 

 well in after flowering, and encourage the 

 new growth by the same means as used 

 with Camellias. There can bs no excuse 

 for the long, snaky-looking plants we too 

 often see in private collections, and which 

 attain to their gaunt outlines because left 

 to grow as they please, without any sea- 

 sonal pruning. 



Genera zebrina and splendens. — If 

 these have been managed according to 

 directions previously given, they will now 

 be coming into bloom vigorously. As 

 they will probably be suspended, see that 

 they are not exposed to draughts, or they 

 will suffer. Do not water the leaves. 

 Keep the roots well supplied. 



Globidea hispida. — This belongs to a 

 section of house-leeks, with glandular 

 leaves. They are succulents from the 

 Cape, with white flowers, neat habit of 

 growth, and worth a place where these 

 plants are esteemed. Grow in sandy 

 loam, peat, charcoal, and bricks broken to 

 the size of walnuts, and with the dust 

 sifted out. 



Gossypium Barbadense. — This bien- 

 nial cotton-plant requires a stove tempera- 

 ture and a rich soil ; to have it in bloom 

 now, it should be struck from cuttings in 

 June, and have liberal culture, allowing it 

 to get pot-bound in September. 



Hermannia plicata. — A small shrub 

 of the natural order Byttneriads, from the 

 Cape of Good Hope. It requires the same 

 treatment as Cape heaths. Its yellow 

 flowers are now nearly over. 



Jasminum nudijlorum. — One of the 

 most useful winter-flowering plants, be- 

 cause certain to bloom, very cheerful, and 

 quite hardy. We never saw it suffer by 

 frost, and in the open air it is covered 

 with its golden blossoms long before there 

 are any genuine signs of spring. As a pot 

 plant, it may be grown to almost any 

 shape; and perhaps the best is trained 

 over a small wire umbrella, or taken up 

 by one clean rod tied to a stake, and then 

 allowed to hang down in festoons. 



Lalaye Iwvocfolia. — A pretty fabaceous 

 plant from Australia. It forms a small 

 shrub with hovea-like leaves and yellow 

 platylobium-like blossoms. It requires 

 some skill to grow this plant well. The 

 first necessity is extra good drainage, and 

 the next is plenty of air, and in winter to 



