THE GARDENERS' MONTHLY 



[January, 



Dieffeubachia Bauinaiiii 



Dracaena tcnninalis 

 " Sli'ephenlii 

 " ferrea 

 " Cassanova 

 " rcKina 

 " Ouilfoylei 

 " Hcnilersonii 



Diplacus f^randiHurus 



Euterpo edulis 



Euphorbia Rplendens 



I^pafit-ria rosea 



I^atania borbonica 



Musa Cavendishii 



Mediiiilla iiiagnifica 



Meyenia erecta 



Mimosa ptidica 



Myrsiiihylluni asparagoiib- 



.Nfaraiita Zebrina 

 '• Mackoyana 

 " tubispatha 

 " rosalineata 



" Jacquini.TBflora Nepenthes hylirida niacidata 



Eucharis Candida " Rajah 



" f^randillora Pilea muscosa 



Erica liyenialis I'assiflora princeps 



" antiunnalis •' (luadrangularis var. 



Eugenia albiflora Pandanus Veitchii 



Epiphylluin, C sorts Phyllantlius rosea picta 



Ficus elastica Phoenix dactylifera 



" repens Peperoiua argyreia 



Gardenia florida Paniciiin variegata 



" Fortunii . Plumbago capensls 



Gloxiniag, many sort Reedia glaucescens 



Hoya carnosa Russelia juncea 



Habrothamnus elegans Rivinia tinetoria 



Hibiscus rosea sinensis Rhynchospermum j asm i n - 

 Imantophyllum miniatuni oides 



Ipomaea Horsfalliie Seafortliia elegans 



Isolepis gracilis Stephanotis floribunda 



Ixora Lobbii Sarraeenia Drummondii allia 



" Javanica Tillandsia zebrina 

 " purpurea " leopardinuni 



" cuneifolia Teconia jasminioides 



" accuminata Tradescantia zebrina 

 " amabilis '• discolor 



Jasminium grandifloruni " lucida var. 



" de Bitean Thyrsacanthus rutilans 



Kalosanthes coccinca Valletta purpurea 



Luculia gratissima Yucca recurva 

 Libonia floribunda 



ORCHIDS. 



brides japonicum Epidendrum vitellinum majus 



Brassia verrucosa Ltelia autumnalis 



Broughtonia sanguinea Maxillaria picta 



Calanthes Veitchii Oncidium flexuosum 



" vestita " sphacelatum 



Caelogjnie cristata Odontoglossum maculatuni 

 Cattleya citrina " Rossi majus 



Cypripedium insigne " pulchellum 



" Harrisianum Peristeria elata 



" vennstum Phajus grandiflora 



Dendrobium nobile Stanhopea tigrina 

 Epidendrum fragrans 



FERNS. 



Acrolepteris nidus avis Lomaria ciliata 



Adiantum Farleyense Nephrolepis davallioides 

 " Capillus veneris " exaltata 



" graclUinium Polypodium orleanum 

 " macrophyllum " cambricum 



" pentedactylon Pteris cretlca albo-lineata 

 " pubescens " hastata 



" concinnum latum •• longifolia 

 Athyrium filix-fccmina ■' scaberula 



Asplenium viviparum •' serrulata 



Blechnura Brasliensis Selaginella Wildenovii 

 Cibotium regale " caesia 



Davallia canariensis " caulescens" 



Qymnogramnia chrysophylla " japonicum 



" Wettershallianum " Mertensii 



Lomaria gibba " viticulosa 



" " crispa Woodwardia radicans 



Exclusive of this collection, we have a good as- 

 sortment of cactus, camellias, azaleas and most 

 of the nursery adjuncts for floral gaiety. And I 

 now ask, is it not a good twelvemonth's work to 

 bring this lot together? Palms from Astoria, 

 pitcher plants from South Amboy, camellias from 

 Waterbury, cactus from Utah, hlies from Hono- 

 lulu, century plants from Mexico and Achimenes 

 from England beyond the seas. 



1 would go more into the appearance, arrange- 

 ment, &c., of many of these plants, but am induced 

 to keep reticent on that matter, lest some of your 

 readers might think I craved for egotistical fame. 

 My maxim is " Honor to whom honor is due," 

 and as a gardener and a lover of all belonging 

 thereto, 1 could not let the efforts of my employer 

 in the furtherance of my calling pass unnoticed. 



GARDENING NOTES FROM NEW ORLEANS. 



BY MR. M. H. LESTER, NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



Having a few spare moments I thought a few 

 notes might be interesting to some portion of your 

 readers. 



Owing to the example of some people of taste, 

 gardening has assumed very respectable propor- 

 tions in this city in the last few years, and several 

 gardens " up town" will compare favorably with 

 those of any city in the Union. 



Some people have got the impression because 

 orange and magnolia are used here for sidewalk 

 trees that everything else will grow quite easily ; but 

 the sooner that impression is modified the better. 

 Some things of course do better than in other places, 

 Pittosporum tobira, Cycas revoluta, Hedychiums, 

 Crinums, all the Ficus, including Parcellii, palms 

 and roses — teas and hybrid teas, all do well in the 

 open ground, and splendid specimens of each are 

 to be met with. 



Here, on this place, bulbs, such as hyacinths, 

 anemones, ranunculus, and oxahs have the space 

 allotted to them nearly covered ; iris and gladiolus 

 well up and will be all cleared away to make room 

 for something else before you can break the ground 

 with a crow-bar in the North. This class of stuff 

 was scarcely known here a few years ago. 



Seeds, In spite of all that has been said and 

 written concerning them, are still inclined to be 

 mean, particularly if they are choice, and you have 

 only a few. They mostly came up splendidly, but if 

 they get too dry one will probably lose them ; if 

 they get water at the bottom we are liable to lose 

 them ; and if they get water at the top we are sure 

 to lose them ; and when one does happen to get 



