PLANTS FOR lIAN(iIN(l VASK8. 



Foremost iu valuo perhaps, is 



I. The Petunia. — There are many iinproveil varieties, and the list is increasinj:; ; 

 cuftiiijrs of desirable plants should be taken off iu the fall or throu}j;h the winter «o 

 as to be well rooted by spriu<^. They will commence to bloom soon after bein<^ planted 

 in the vase and cuntinucd till the following spring. New plants should be raised every 

 year. 



'2. Neuremhcniia (jraclUs. — The well-known border plant, with pale lilac or lead 

 colored blossoms ; an old vine of great beauty, but which I have not seen for ycars^ 

 X. intermedia, would probably do very well this may also. 



3. Mannettia glabra. — "With shining green leaves, and scarlet tubular flowers, 

 bloinning from August to November, but dying back by spring. The same is to be 

 said of the next — 



4. Boussingaultia baseUoides. — The "Maderia vine," with sub-suculent leaves, 

 and sweet white flowers in densely clustered racemes, does not require much water. 



5. Torenia Asiatica. — Does pretty well this way; but does not like exposure to 

 a very dry atmosphere, yet desires a pretty high degree of heat. Young plants must 

 be raised every year, the old ones usually dying out. 



0. 3Iesembri/anthemum crystallinum. — The common ice plant, and indeed the 

 whole of this family, make admirable basket plants, as do also any of the trailing 

 kinds of Cacti, Sediim, or Crassida, as they take little water, require little pot-room, 

 and seem to flower the more freely for a full exposure to the sun and air. 



7. Bmsclia juncea. — Flowering at various times throughout the season, and is 

 very ornamental. 



8. Pentas carnea. — Though not exactly a drooping or pendulous plant, if grown 

 in pretty rich soil, and supplied with an abundance of water, will hang over the sides 

 of the pot, and form a pretty object when not suspended too high ; as also will 



9. Ileliotropium Peruvianum, with its varieties. 



10. Vei-be7ias do very well in winter and spring; but become very shabby by the 

 summer season. The old "Robinson's Defiance" is one of the best scarlets for the 

 purpose, and "America" amongst the whites. 



II. Iponiea ficifolia. — Has to be kept rather warm to get it to live over the 

 winter, but thrives very well in a greenhouse when once started, and makes a beau- 

 tiful object when in bloom, by the abundance of its rosy, purple flowers. 



12. Solanum Jasminoides. — The jessamine-leaved nightshade will do well. It 

 will succeed even in partial shade, and though its flowers are something like potato- 

 blossoms, it is nevertheless a general favorite. 



13. Cobea Scajidens. — Though somewhat of a straggling habit of growth, by 

 good management might be made to be something of a respectable basket plant. 



14. Maurandia Bai-clayana. — Blue, and the white and pink varieties, cannot 

 perhaps be excelled in their capabilities for aiding in ornaments of this kind. They 

 are best when raised from cuttings or seeds every season. 



15. Lophospermum Hcndcrsoni. — A spotted variety of the scandens^, but with 

 better foliage, makes a fine object suspended from a vase or vaseret. 



