

OREEN-nODSE PLANTS FOR WINTER B0QUET8. 



GKEEN-liuUSE PLANTS FOR WIXTKli BOQUETS. 



BY THOMAS MEEIIAN, rilll.ADKLrillA, I'A. 



YoiR correspondent "Querist" "built last year a small green-bouse, witb tbe view 

 of baving cut-flowers regularly tbrougb tbe winter, for a center-table." lie " was 

 very niucb disappointed, and, under present circumstances, wisbes lie bad bis eitrlit 

 bundred dollars back again." His case is a common one. Many will ibank bim fur 

 bringing it tbus prominently forward ; and I trust I sball not be the only one of your 

 "practical correspondents" wbo will proffer bim a beli)ing band, as tbe subject is so 

 extensive, and at tbe same time so wortby of consideration, tbat tbe little we bave 

 been taugbt by experience only leads tbe wisest of us to understand bow very much 

 of it tbere is yet to learn. 



In tbis article I confine myself entirely to plants adapted to form material for 

 boquets and baskets. Tbey are in all cases sucb as I bave myself used for tbis pur- 

 pose, and all of tbem are easily to be bad from most florists. 



Tbe spring of tbe year is tbe proper season to make arrangements for a stock of 

 winter-blooming plants. I will suppose tbat we bave notbing to commence witb, and 

 bave to order a stock of green-bouse plants to form tbe nucleus of a permanent collec- 

 tion. I sbould select tbe followiuir : 



YELLOW. 



yame. 



Acacia armata, 



" verticillata, 



" linearis, 



" pubescen?, 



" pulehella, 

 Coronilla glaiica, 

 Jasmiuum revoliituni, 

 " nudiflorum, 



Mrthernia odorata, 

 Cytisus racemosus, 



Time of Flowering. 

 Feb. and March. 



Dec. to March. 



Feb. and March. 

 Dec. to January. 



OK AXGE - COLOKED. 

 *Abutilon striatum, Oct. to April. 



Chtirauthus Jlarshallii, 

 Chorizenia variuin, 

 " cordata, 



*Cestrum aurantiacum, 

 *Mannettia bicolor, 

 *Lantana cracea, 

 Trop;eo"ura Loblaanum, 



WHITE. 

 Alaj'sia citriadora, 

 C'j'clamen Pe:sicum, 

 Daphne indica album, 



Dec. to Feb. 

 Kov. to March. 

 Jan. to 3Iarch. 

 Oct. to Feb. 

 Oct. to March. 



Nov. to Feb. 

 Nov. to March. 

 Feb. and March. 



2>'ame. Time of Flowering. 



Epacris paludasa, Feb. and March. 



" nivalis, Jan. and Feb. 



Eupatorium canescens, Nov. to Jan. 



Fabiana imbricata, Feb. and March. 



Jasminum grand! florum, Sept. to Dec. 



*Jasminum azoricum, " " 

 Primula sinensis, d'ble white, Sept. to JIarch. 



Solanum jasminoides, " " 



Stevia serrata. 

 Viburnum tinns. 

 Gardenia florida, 

 *Gardenia radicans, 

 Spirrea prunifolia, 

 Deutzia gracilis, 

 " Bcabra, 

 Eupatorium elegans, 

 Sparmannia Africana, 



Oct. to Jan. 

 Oct. to March. 



Feb. and March. 



Dec. and Jin. 

 Dec. to Feb. 



PINK AXD PURPLISH. 



*Begonia inearnata, 

 Ribes sanguinea, 

 Weigela rosea. 

 Fuchsia serratifolia, 

 Correa speciosissima, 

 C3'clamen Europeum, 



Dec. to March. 



Feb. and jNIareh. 



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Jan. to March. 

 Sept. to Dee 



