GEEEN-IIOTJSE PLANTS FOR 'WINTER BOQUETS. 





Xame. Time of FUywering. 



Cyclamen coutn, Dec. to Feb. 



Epacris impressa, " " 



*nabrothamnus elegans, Oct. to March. 



*Plumbago rosea, Feb. and March. 



Polygala oppositifolia, Jan. to March. 



'' nij-rtifolia, " " 

 Primula sinensis, d'ble purple, Sept. to Dec. 



BLUE AND LILAC. 



*neliotropium Yoltairaneuin, Sept. to April 



Salvia patens, 

 Viola arborea, 



" Keapolitana, 

 *Pentas carnea, 

 Ageratum ccelestinum, 

 Ceanothus rigidus, 

 Xeirembergia gracilis, 

 Plumbago capensis, 



Sept. to Dec. 

 Oct. to Feb. 

 Dec. to Feb. 

 Sept. to April. 

 Oct. to Feb, 

 March and Ap'l. 

 Jan. to April. 

 Sept. to April 



l^ame. 

 Tropseolum azureum, 

 Veronica Andersonii, 



SCAIiLET AND 

 *Euphorbia jacquina?flora, 

 *Poinsetta pulcherrima, 

 Cuphea platycentra, 

 Bouvardia triphylla, 

 " leiantha, 



*Epacris grandiflora, 

 Hoitzia coccinea, 

 *Ruellia forraosa, 

 Salvia splendens, 

 *Aphelandra Ghiesbrechtii, 

 *Geissomeria elegans, 

 *Hibiscus rosa sinensis, 

 Russelia juncea, 

 Tropajolum tricolorum, 



Time of Flowering. 

 Kov. to Feb. 

 Sept. to Dec. 



RED. 

 Nov. to March. 



Sept. to March. 

 Sept. to ISTov. 

 Sept. to April. 

 March and Ap'l. 

 Feb. to April 

 Nov. to April 

 Oct. to Feb. 

 Dec. and Feb. 



Sept. to Feb, 

 Sept. to Nov. 

 Jan. to April 



All of these will do perfectly well in a green-house. Those marked *, do best kept a 

 little warmer than the others. They are all of the easiest possible culture, and come 

 into flower between the periods named — different modes and circumstances making a 

 slight difference. 



Having procured these plants early in the spring, we next proceed to their culture 

 for our purposed object. The tuberous-rooted section, comprising Tropceolums and 

 Cyclamens, will be nearly or quite out of flower, they will require but an occasional 

 supply of water, say once or twice a week, till the leaves are decayed, when the pots 

 containing the plants should be set on a shelf where they can be kept nearly dry till 

 the end of August, when they may be taken out and replaced with fresh sandy loam 

 in the same pots as before, watered sparingly until they have an abundance of foliage, 

 then to receive an abundant supply. 



Another class, comprising Acacia, Ci/tisics, Chorizema, Daphne, Correa, and Poly- 

 gala, — if the pots are full of roots, as they often are on being received from a nursery, 

 — should be shifted into pots a size larger, in a soil consisting for the most part of 

 tuify loam, with a small quantity of turfy peat or half-rotten sticks, added to it. They 

 will, of course, receive regular watering through the summer, and during the hot 

 season be jilaced where for six hours or so, during midday, they can be protected 

 from the sun. 



The whole of the other plants may be turned out into a half-shaded border, which 

 has previously been deep dug and lightly manured, till the end of August, when all 

 but Spircea, Deutzia, Weigela, Jiibes, and, in short, all but deciduous shrubs, should 

 be prepared for lifting into pots. This preparation consists in giving them a thorough 

 soaking with water a few hours previous to taking them up, without which they will 

 suft'er materially under the operation. Put them in as small pots as possible, place 

 them in a situation where they will get only the morning sun for some days, and 

 during that time sprinkle them every iew hours with water through a fine-rosed water 



