LIST OF GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 177 



bring out the plants, and turn them out of their pots carefully 

 without breaking their balls. In arranging the colours a good 

 taste is requisite to produce the best effect. In general it may be 

 said that striking contrasts should be avoided, as for instance, a 

 bright yellow and a brilliant scarlet should not be directly in con- 

 tact, but intermediate shades should be placed between them, so as 

 gradually to blend and form a soft harmonious whole. The her- 

 baceous species may either be planted in front of the more robust 

 Bhrubby species, or what I prefer, be planted in beds by themselves, 

 and if so, of course the same attention must be paid in arranging 

 the colours. In consequence of the slender stems and heavy pani- 

 cles or thyrses of flower, they must be particularly well tied up to 

 sticks, or heavy rain and wind will disfigure and break them, the 

 branches being very brittle. 



No doubt a many of the above directions and observations will 

 by some be- thought trifling, unimportant, and tedious, and not at 

 nil necessary in culture. To such objections I would answer, they 

 are necessary to perfect success. To accomplish any object, a cer- 

 tain portion of pains must be called into action, and in the success- 

 ful cultivation of beautiful and delicate plants, scarcely too much 

 pains can be bestowed. 



T. Appleby. 



ARTICLE III. — A List of handsome Flowering Green.' 

 house Plants.— No. I. By J. C. H. 



In compliance with a Correspondent's wish, Vol. II. page 164, 

 1 forward a list of handsome flowering Greenhouse Plants, the 

 systematic and English name of which I have been careful to se- 

 lect from the best authors, for the information of S. C. A., and 

 others of your readers. There are many other kinds omitted, some 

 vt'iy .;,,,« un) i j ea)) \ mi t ] 10sc i gj vx . t j ie jj st f mav De procured 



onable charge ; and as colour and month of blooming is 



• n, a smaller selection than what I give can be readily made, so 



a* to suit the variation of colour, and to comprise the various sea- 



■ona of the year. Those in the Li^t marked with an asterisk are 



n* J.C. H. 



Hurt,,,,, 1830. 



vol. in. a k 



