PLANTS FIT FOR FORCING 143 
Honeysuckles may be forced if grown in eight-inch 
pots, and of the last season’s growth. They should be 
well ripened and trained at nearly full length on a wire 
trellis, or by means of three or four sticks, inserted in 
the pot so as to form a cylinder, when they may be 
trained round them. 
Nerium, or Oleander, is a splendid shrub to force. 
This plant requires a strong heat, and an abundance of 
water. 
Magnolia of various sorts. 
Genista canariensis, a free and beautiful flowering 
plant. 
Guelder Rose, or Viburnum Opulus. This is a re- 
markably fine mop-flowered plant, having large balls 
of white flowers, but it must be grown in pots for the 
purpose. 
Peonia Moutan is a fine genus for forcing, as ure 
also the herbaceous Pzeonias; all of which must be 
grown in pots for the purpose. 
Leucopogon Cunninghamii, a beautiful waxy-white 
flowered evergreen shrub. 
There are likewise a number of other shrubs which 
may be forced; besides numerous bulbous and tuber- 
ous-rooted plants, all of which should be well rooted in 
the pots before they are subjected to a brisk heat. 
Some will establish themselves in the pots in the course 
of a few weeks, while others will require a few months, 
and some will take even twelve months to do so before 
they can be introduced into heat. Asa rule, all succulent 
and fast-growing plants, such as Hyacinths, the Nar- 
cissus, the Spiraeas, Lachenalias, Crocuses, Snowdrops, 
&c. will establish themselves in the pots within two 
months; while others, like the Rose, will require from 
