244 Notes and Gleanings. 



A Selection of Chamber-Plants. — The following is a list of plants 

 which will live in a room through the year, if the frost is kept out, and due at- 

 tention is given them in various seasons, according to their requirements. All 

 are handsome, some of them pre-eminently so : — 



Lomatia elegantissima. Aralia Sieboldi. 



,, ferruginea. „ ,, variegata. 



„ silacifolia. ,, trifoliata. 



,, polyantha. „ several other species. 



Nerium splendens. Ficus elastica. 

 Dracaena terminalis. ■ Rhopaia Australis. 



,, ferrea. Arundo Donax variegata. 



„ Cooperi. Begonias, of sorts. 



,, gracilis. Palms ,, 



Aralia leptophylla. Ferns ,, 



Many other things would be quite as tractable in a room, and far more graceful 

 than Ficics elastica: orchid.s, for example, such as, — 



Barkeria Skinneri. Leptotes bicolor. 



jErides Warneri. Lycaste Skinneri. 

 Brassavola Digbyana. ,, aromatica. 



Calanthe vestita. Mormodes aromatica. 



Chysis Limminghi. Oncidium ampliatum. 

 Cypripedium barbatum. „ flexuosum. 



„ venustum. „ divaricatum. 



,, insignis. ,, cnpreum. 



Dendrobium nobile. Pleoine maculata. 



„ pulchellum. Sophronites cernua. 



Epidendrum vitellinum. „ violacea. 



Robert Btillen, in Floral World. 



Early Tulips. — These are the most showy of the whole family, and are 

 sufficiently bright to light up the most sombre collection of plants ; and are par- 

 ticularly useful early in the season on that account. They are best grown three 

 in each pot, and should be brought into the conservatory immediately they begin 

 to show color ; for they last but a short time in good condition after the flowers 

 are fully open. As they can be bought for a trifle, I should recommend them to 

 be grown rather extensively, and brought into the conservatory in batches of 

 about a dozen pots at a time : I don't care for too many at once. The following 

 are all good for early forcing ; but Due Van Thol, both single and double, and 

 Tournesol, are the best for growing in quantity for early work. Of the single 

 varieties, select the following : Bride of Haarlem, crimson and white ; Chryso- 

 lora, yellow ; Cottage Maid, rosy-pink, striped with white ; Due Van Thol, in its 

 various colors of scarlet, white, and yellow ; Fabiola, rosy-purple and white ; 

 Keizerkroon, yellow and red, one of the very best ; Pottebakker, in its three 

 varieties of pure yellow, white, and red and yellow ; Proserpine, dark rose, very 

 dwarf, and an early flowerer ; Rose Luisant, rosy-crimson, edged with peach ; 

 Thomas Moore, orange ; Vermilion Brilliant, rich vermilion. The best of the 

 doubles are. Due Van Thol, red ; Duke of York, red and white ; Rex Rubrorum, 

 red ; Tournesol, red and yellow ; Tournesol, new, yellow, very distinct. The 

 following are a dozen good single varieties for growing in pots for enlivening a 

 cold-house : Belle Lissette and Canary Bird, bright yellow ; Donna Maria, white 

 and crimson ; Florida, purplish violet ; Imperator and Gris de Lin, mauve, 

 striped with white ; Queen Victoria, white and crimson ; Roi Pepin, white and 

 rose ; Superintendent, violet-purple, feathered with white ; Van der Neer, pur- 

 plish violet ; Yellow Prince, yellow. — Floral World. 



