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opposite the palace in Kensington Gardens, is quite hardy ; as is Meny- 

 dntkes trifoliafa, the common buck-bean. These are all common ; but 

 Thalia dealhata, a curious black and white plant, and Trapa nutans, 

 the water caltrops, also curious, are more rare. 



For the plants not aquatics, but which will thrive when they have 

 their pots plunged in water, are the white A^rum {Cdlla cethiojnca), the 

 tall scarlet Lobelias, and all the kinds of MImulus. As a companion to 

 the little Alusk plant, I may recommend the Myosbtis palustris, the true 

 Forget-me-not, and Houstbnia cceriilea, a pretty little plant, with very 

 pale, star-like flowers. 



The following bulbs will also grow and flower splendidly with their pots 

 half plunged in water : — Crimcm capense, the white striped, and purple 

 Cape CHmuns ; Amariillis speciosa, sometimes called Hippedstriim pur- 

 jmi'eum, and sometimes Vallbta picrpurea, wth dark crimson, lily-like 

 flowers; Pancratium mexicanum ; and Calostemma purpihra, C. hltea, 

 and C. alba. All these are half-hardy bulbs, and require protection 

 during winter. 



SUNDRIES. 



Under this head I propose to give a fe .r lists of plants suitable for par- 

 ticular purposes, which I think it may be useful for amateur gardeners to 

 know, in order to be able to select what may be required for any par- 

 ticular purpose. Thus I have given lists of roses to aid the amateur to 

 select from the long catalogues profi'ered by nui-serymen. There are many 

 plants which may be planted in pots, and brought forward in a hot- 

 house, or by plunging m a hot-bed, so as to flower much earlier than in 

 their natural season ; while other plants may be killed by similar treat- 

 ment. It is therefore useful to know what plants will bear to be unnatu- 

 rally stimulated with heat ; and I have given a list of those usually 

 forced by the London nurserymen, so as to flower in February, March, 

 and April. As many kinds of Cape Heaths are very ornamental in their 

 flowers in winter, I have subjoined a list of those that flower about 

 Chi-istmas ; and I have added other lists of different kinds which have 

 been suggested to me, in the hope of rendering this little book as useful 

 as possible. 



Lists of Eoses. 



For general culture : Duchess of Sutherland, Madame Laffay, William 

 Jesse. — Brilliantly -coloured Roses: Greant des batailles. Feu brillant, 

 Rouge de Luxembourg, Beauty of Billiard. — Cup-shaped or glohidar : 

 Comte de Montalivet, Coup d' Hebe, Baronne Prevost, General Alleard. — 

 Striped. Roses : Rosa mundi, Perle des Panaches, Village Maid. — Spotted 

 or marbled Roses : Madame Campan, Renoncule punctue. Superb mar- 

 bled. Yelloiv Roses : Harrisoni, Persian Yellow, Elise Sauvage, Safi-ano. 

 Ruf Roses. Jaune Desprez, Jaune abricotee. Fortune's yellow, Yellow 

 Bauksian. — Large fioivered Roses : Madame St. Joseph, JSTiphetos, Devo- 

 niensis, LaReine. — iJ/mi'a^in-e i^oses .• Dwarf Burgundy, DeMaux, Fairy, 



