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OKEENMIOUSE PLANTS FOU WINTKU BOQIKTS. 



flowers from November to May : Common China, pink. Cramoisi Superieur, dark 

 crimson. Jlcrmosa, ]>iiik. ^fl•s. Bosanquct, blush. White China, white. Le Puc- 

 tole, light yellow. Louis Phillij)pe, crimson. La Si/lphidac, tawny wliite. Souvenir 

 dc hi Mdlniaitiou, fle-shy pink. Lamarquc, white. Bomjcre, salmon. It is best not 

 to attempt too nuK-h variety in this case ; and the above list, though limited as to 

 quantity, contains a variety of colors. They arc also, with the exception of the Com- 

 mon and White China, all good-formed flowers, and have the extra advantage of 

 being handsome in the bud. To enumerate all that may be done, and exactly how to 

 do it, would occupy a volume, so we must be content to give a rough draft for the 

 present, with the hope that these few remarks may be of use to your correspondent 

 and others who may be placed in the same predicament. 



The following list, in addition to what is mentioned above, contains some of the 

 best adapted, most suitable, and handsome plants, which bloom through the winter 

 and spring months : 



*Abutilon striatum, 



* " venosuni, 

 *Eupliorbia splendens, 



* " jacquiniflora, 

 *Poin?ettia pulchcrrim.a, 



Jasmiuum granJiflorum, 

 " nuiltiflorum, 



" revohitum, 



* " Sambac, 



" odoratum, 



*Bouvar(3ia leiantha, 

 *Pentas carnea, 

 *Manettia bicolor, 



Pelargonium, Lady Compton, 

 *Begonia fuchsioides, 



* " insignis, 



* " hydrocotylifolia, 



* " nianicata, 



* " coccinea, 



* " serapcrnorens, 

 Daphne odora, 



*Justicia coccinea, 



* " speciosa. 



Juiticia elongata, 



* " bicolor, 

 *Aplielandra cristata, 

 *Cj-rtocerus rcflexa, 

 *Ruellia formosa, 

 *Blctia Tankervillrea, 



Olea fragrans, 

 Pol^-gala cordi folia, 

 Kennedia monopliylla, 

 " Marrj-attaj, 



*Inga pulcherrima, 

 Illicium floridanum, 

 Erica acta;a, 



" meditteranea, 

 *rlumbago rosea, 



* " capensis, 

 Cupliea platycentra, 



*Salvia splendens, 

 " leiicanthcra. 

 Pelargonium, Tom Thumb, 

 and all the other scarlets, 

 Stevia sevrata, 

 Eupatorium elegans, 



Ageratum Mexicanum, 

 *Allamanda neriifolia, 

 *Eranthemum pulcbellum, 

 *Fransisea latifolia, 



* " llopeana, 

 Gardenia radicans, 



" Fortunea, 

 " florida, 

 Cestrnm aurantiacum, 

 Buddloa Jladagascariensis, 

 *Habrothamnus elegans, 

 *Bignonia venusta, 

 *Epiphyllum truncatum, 



* " crcnatum, 



* " Ackernianii, 



* " Fielderii, 

 *Ccren3 speciosissimus, 



Fabiana imbricata, 



Metrosideros floribundus, 

 *Xematanthes longipes, 

 *Columnea Sheidiana, 



"Weigela rosea, 



Spira?a prunifolia, 



The above list might be considerably enlarged, but there are enough enumerated 

 to furnish a fine display, and enable your correspondent not only to come up with 

 " contemporaneous boquets," but also give him a return profit, in the w^ay of gratiS- 

 cation. 



