GEEEN-HOUSE PLANTS FOR WINTER BOQUETS. 



items, cleanliness, careful watering, open porous soil, and well-drained pots, and we 

 have the sum total that will give satisfaction. 



To succeed with winter-flowers, it is most essential that all plants be well estab- 

 lished in the pot some time before wanted for use. Roses, to bloom from November, 

 ought to be kept in the pots all summer, and placed in larger ones, if requisite, without 

 removing the ball of earth, in September ; or they may be removed from the open 

 ground not later than October, if a stock has not been previously prepared for the 

 purpose. Ilyacinths, Tulips, and the like, should be potted at the same time, or even 

 earlier, if they can be procured, and be kept in a cool place, out of doors, covered with 

 rotted leaves, sand, or other loose material .of a similar nature, until frost sets in. 

 Mignonette, Sweet Alyssum, Nemophyllas, Schizanthus, and other like annuals, if 

 sown in pots in September, and kept in a cool green-house near the glass, will furnish 

 a great addition. Oranges, Gardenias, Burchellia capensis, Deutzia gracilis, Spircea 

 Heevesii, and S prunifolia p)lcnus, Persian Lilacs, Rhododendrons, and our much 

 neglected Kalmias, may be kept in a low temperature till late in December, and then 

 introduced into the warmer apartment, when they will soon expand their flowers. 

 Azaleas with plump flower-buds, will be in bloom by New Year, if placed in the warm- 

 house in October. Pinks, if potted in Sej)tember, and kept in a cold frame, freely 

 exposed to the air and light, will succeed, if placed in the warmer apartment, near 

 the glass. A few pots may be introduced at intervals of a week, from the middle of 

 December, and will produce flowers from the middle of February. This rich-scented 

 and lovely flower is too seldom seen in the forcing-house, yet nothing is more easy to 

 manage. If cuttings of Heliotrope are rooted in August, they will make strong 

 plants, and will bloom all the season, if freely exposed to the sun, in a heat of 55*^. 

 Wall-flowers, Ten-week, or Intermediate Stocks, do best in an airy, cool situation ; a 

 few may be put in the cooler house to bloom through winter, and others kept in a 

 cold frame for spring flowers. Neapolitan, Tree, and Double White Violetr, Primroses, 

 Polyanthus, Auriculas, Forget-me-nots, Daisies, Pansies, &c., should also be grown in 

 frames. 



If Camellias are subjected to too much heat, or a parched atmosphere, the buds 

 are very liable to drop, and the general health of the plants is sure to be impaired ; 

 40° to 45° at night is quite sufficient. A judicious supply of fresh air, avoiding cold 

 drafts, is also indispensable. The following are twelve of the best, and cheap kinds : 

 Double White, white. Ahby Wilder, white, striped with pinks. Wildcrii, rose. 

 Bealii, red. Imhricata, crimson, sometimes marbled with white. Henri Lefevre, rosy 

 red. Binneyii, crimson. Landrethii, pink. Incarnata, or Lady Jlume^s Blush, light 

 flesh color. Saco de Novo, light rosy pink. Sarah Frost, light crimson. Dunlup''s 

 Imhricata, marbled rose and white. 



To bloom Roses well through winter, choice should be made of the free and con- 

 tinual bloomers, as Tea, Bourbon, and China ; and even in these classes there is much 

 difference for this purpose. The plants ought likewise to be kept near the glass, in a 



by night of 55°, allowing it to rise to TO or 75° by sunlight. The folio 

 election, under favorable circumstances, will continue to furnish an abundance 



