OKEEN-lIOl :!ii:S, AND TIIEIH MANACJKMKNT. 



in a nutshell — keep your fires and syringe going. With a good heat, you can Bjningo 

 till' house almost every bright, sunny morning; wherea-s, if y(»ur house is kept at a low 

 tempt'rature, and you give min'li moisture, you will find tliat the loliiige will turn yel- 

 low, and fall. 



My readers will understand that the above dircetionB are given for the maTiagement 

 of a mixed collcetion of jdants; but I would recommend, in all cases where it can be 

 done, \o divide your house into two compartments ; and in that case you can keep the 

 green-house at 40° or 45°, and the hot-house at Uo", niinimum. 



Another very important matter, and one without which all y(nir other trouble will 

 be of no avail, is the selection of the proper kinds of jdants, and also the proper pro- 

 portion of each kind, as some kinds are nuich more used in making boquets than 

 others. I subjoin a list of plants which are almost indispensable for winter bloom, and 

 are yet so easily propagated, and at so little cost, that they come within the reach of 

 almost every one. 15y getting a plant or two, or a package of seeds, of each kind, in 

 the spring, you can by fall propagate a sufficient number to fill your house. 



A LIST OK PLANTS SUITABLE FOR WINTER BOQUETS, WITH THE rROPOKTIONS OF EACH KIND. 



25 Eupatorium elcgans, 

 25 " Balicifolium, 



25 Stevia serrata, 

 25 " paniciilata, 

 25 Sweet Alyssum, 

 25 White Candytuf;, 

 25 Heliotropes, 

 25 Mignonette, 

 25 Chinese Primrose, 

 25 Verbenas, of sorts, 

 25 Neapolitan Violets, 

 25 Bouvardia leianthus, 

 25 Poinsettia pulcherrima, 

 25 Euphorbia jaequina-flora, 

 25 Roses, 

 10 Wall Flowers. 

 10 Siock Gillies, 

 10 Scarlet Geraniums, 

 10 Cinerarias, 

 10 Fuchsias, 

 10 Ilabiothamnus, 

 10 Oak-leaf Geraniums, 

 ' 10 Epiphyllum truncata. 



Fro;n cuttings. 



From seed. 



From cuttings. 

 From seed. 



From cuttings. 

 From offsets. 

 From cuttings. 



Cut'ngs & seed. 

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I'rom cuttings. 

 Seeil &, offsets. 

 From cuttings. 



10 Sparmannia Africana, From cuttings. 

 10 Spirtca prunifolia, " 



10 " Reevsii, " 



5 Weigela rosea, " 



5 Ce-trum aurantiaciim, " 



5 Abutilon venosum, " 



5 Pentas caruea, " 



5 Petunia, Cut'ngs A seed. 



5 Vinca rosea, " " 



5 Laiitanas, Fio n cuttings. 



6 Maheriiia odorata, " 

 6 Salvia splendens, " 



5 Calla Ethiopica, From offtets. 



5 Acacias, of sorts, Seeds <fe lajers, 



5 Daphnes, From cuttings. 



5 Rhododendrons, of sorts, Cut'ngs <t seed. 



6 T.aurustinus, From cuttings. 

 5 Pittospomms, " 



10 Azaleas, of sorts, " 



25 Camellia Japonicas, of sorts, 



A few Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus, and Oxalis, 

 and a Passiflora alata and Bignonia venusta 

 planted in the ground and trained up the rafters 



The eleven varieties first mentioned in the above list, are indispensable for forming 

 the ground work or filling up of a boquet, and consequently a larger quantity of them 

 are required. The Spira'a prunifolia and Reevsii, and Weigela rosea, should be kept 

 out of doors, and two or three brought in to force every two or three weeks. The 

 former can be forced into bloom in thiee weeks. The Rhododendrons, Laurustinus, 

 Pittosporums, Azaleas, and Camellias, should be planted in the coolest and shadiest 

 of the house, 

 ou will perceive that I have excluded from the above list nearly every plant 



