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Height r -L-„ Perioa oi 



in Feet. Coloul - Blooming. 



Thalictrum formosum 2£ dark purple . . June to Oct. 



Tigridia pavonia, B 1$ orange and red . . ,, 



,, conchiflora, B .... 1* dark yellow and red ,, 



Trifolium rubrum (Trefoil) ... 1^ red June to Sept. 



Tradescantiavirginica .... 1 blue , , 



Tradescantia rosea 1 rose > , 



Valeriana rubra -i red , ■> 



, , coccinea scarlet .... ,, 



"Verbena ckamaedrifolia .... i scarlet, and mime- June to Nov. 



rous hybrids. 



* , , Tweediaua scarlet and nume- , , 



rous hybrids. 



* , , venosa lilac-purple . . . , , 



, , teucroides white, rose, lilac . ,, 



Veronica chamsedrys grandiflora . i blue May to Sept. 



incana 2 



2 



3 > 



incisa 



montana 1 >>••••• » i 



grandes 2 white .... . , 



glabra alba - , , .... , , 



,] elegans 2i pink May to Aug. 



Viola odorata plena \ double blue, double Mar. to May. 



white, double pur- 

 ple, double flesh, 

 and single of each 

 , , tricolor (Heartsease) ... £ numerous . . . Mar. to Nov. 

 All the above are handsome flowering plants, the best we have seen of the 

 various genera, and if properly grown will not fail to give satisfaction. Those 

 thus marked * require protection in winter in a cool frame or otherwise. There 

 are many fine flowering plants might be added to the above list, which are 

 termed greenhouse plants, also new half-hardy and hardy annuals, but we have 

 omitted them, in order to give a list of such in our next number, not wishing to 

 occupy too much room in this. Conductor. 



On destroying Cockroaches.— On looking over a late Cabinet, I see a re- 

 ceipt for the destruction of cockroaches. The most simple method I can assure 

 the readers, from experience, is to procure a hedgehog, and keep it confined 

 near where they are troublesome, feeding it with bread and milk occasionally, 

 and they will disappear. James Roiaihs. 



FLORICULTURAL CALENDAR FOR DECEMBER. 



Flint Stove.— Roses, Honeysuckles, Jasmines, Persian Lilacs, Azaleas, 

 Rhododendrons, Carnations, Pinks, Primroses, Mignonette Stocks. Aconites, 

 Persian Irises, Crocuses, Cyclamens, Rhodoras, Cinerarias, Hyacinths, Ribeses, 

 Sweet VioWts, Lilv of the Valley, Correas, Deutzias, Mezereums, Hepaticas, 

 Gardenias, &c, required to bloom from January, should be brought in early in 

 the present month. The plants should be placed at first in the coolest part ot 

 the house ; never allow them to want water. Pots or boxes containing bulbous- 

 rooted flowering plants, as Hyacinths, Narcissus, Persian Irises, Crocuses, &c, 

 should occasionally be introduced, so as to have a succession oi boom. Cactus 

 Plants that have been kept out of doors, or in the greenhouse, should occasionally 

 be brought into the stove for flowering, which gives a succession It any ot the 

 forced plants be attacked with the green fly, a syringe with diluted tobacco- 

 water will destroy them. It the leaves appear bit, and turn brown (the effect 

 Of damage by red spider), a syringe of soap-suds at the under side of the leaves 



