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GAEDEN MANAGEMENT. 



§ 10.— Small Greenhouses. 



1475- Among the thousands of villas and neat gentlemanly cottages which 

 surround all our large towns and cities many have their small gi'eenhouse or 

 conservatory, and trim little garden, back and front, capable of growing a 

 concentrated selection of the most choice plants on a small scale. It may be 

 that the garden has to be planted with half-hardy plants. The greenhouse, 

 however small it may be, then comes in very useful for keeping a supply both 

 for the garden in summer and the window and rooms during winter. A stock 

 of geraniums, verbenas, petunias, lobelias, are struck in the months of July 

 and August, and stored away for planting out the following season. After 

 this is accompHshed, a small collection of fuchsias will make the house lively ; 

 and as these are very easily cultivated, and may be stowed under the stage 

 during the winter, till the house is emptied in May, nothing is better for the 

 purpose. The following sorts would give satisfaction : — 



Bark. 



Elegans. 



Catherine Hayes. 



Autocrat. 



Little Bo-peep. 



Orlando. 



Excellent. 



Tristram Shandy. 



Crinoline. 



Big Ben. 



Sir Colin Campbell. 



lAght. 



Queen of Hanover. 



Schiller. 



Fairest of the Fair. 



Duchess of Lancaster. 



Fair Oriana. 



Clio. 



England's Glory. 



Madame Sontag. 



Princess of Prussia. 



Madame Corneilison. 



Mrs. Stury. 



1476. The three last have white corollse, with red sepals, and make a pretty 



variety. 



1477, If it is desired merely to maintain a succession of plants in bloom 

 during the year, it is advisable to select plants for the time in which they 

 flower'. Thus half a dozen azaleas, which flower in May ; pelargoniums flower 

 in June ; fuchsias flower the three following months ; then a few chrysanthe- 

 mums, followed by Primula sinensis and heaths. A few dozen of bulbs will 

 present a succession of flowers till May. By this simple process, which is 

 easily managed, a continuous, show of flowers can be obtained. Good plants 

 for a small collection are — 



Azaleas,— Indica alba, Model triumphans, 

 Variegata, Halfurdiana. 



CameUiaa,— Old white, Dunklaarii, Chand- 

 leri, Imbricata, Genista racemosa, Al- 

 liance. 



Acacia lophantha, Armata, Kotundifolia, 

 Virgata. 



Erica Bowieana, Cosma rubra, Gracilis, 

 Hyemalis, Pulchella, Wilmorii. 



Epacris odorata alba, Hyacinthiflora, Im- 

 pressa, and several other varieties. 



Myrtus communis tenerifolia. 



Plumbago capensis. 



Helichrysum prolifernm. 



Abutilon striatum, Venosum, 



Veronica Lindleyana. 



Coronllla pentaphylla. 



Deutzia gracilis. 



Daphne japonica. 



Diosma ambigua, Speciosa, Ericoides. 



Pimelea Hendersoni, Decussata. 



Solanum crispum, Capricastrum. 



Witrienia corymbosa. 



Linum trigynum. 



]Metrosideros floribunda. 



Clianthus magnificus. 



Corraea bicolor. 



