PLANTS FIT FOR FORCING. 143 



Honeysuckles may be forced if grown in eight-inch 

 pots, and of the last season's growth. They should be 

 well ripened and trained at nearly full length on a wire 

 trellis, or by means of three or four sticks, inserted in 

 the pot so as to form a cylinder, when they may be 

 trained round them. 



Nerium, or Oleander, is a splendid shrub to force. 

 This plant requires a strong heat, and an abundance of 

 water. 



Magnolia of various sorts. 



Genista canariensis, a free and beautiful flowering 

 plant. 



Guelder Rose, or Viburnum Opulus. This is a re- 

 markably fine mop-flowered plant, having large balls 

 of white flowers, but it must be grown in pots for the 

 purpose. 



Pseonia Moutan is a fine genus for forcing, as are 

 also the herbaceous Peeonias ; all of which must be 

 grown in pots for the purpose. 



Leucopogon Cunninghamii, a beautiful waxy-white 

 flowered evergreen shrub. 



There are likewise a number of other shrubs which 

 may be forced ; besides numerous bulbous and tuber- 

 ous-rooted plants, all of which should be well rooted in 

 the pots before they are subjected to a brisk heat. 

 Some will establish themselves in the pots in the course 

 of a few weeks, while others will require a few months, 

 and some will take even twelve months to do so before 

 they can be introduced into heat. As a rule, all succulent 

 and fast-growing plants, such as Hyacinths, the Nar- 

 cissus, the Spiraeas, Lachenalias, Crocuses, Snowdrops, 

 &c. will establish themselves in the pots within two 

 months ; while others, like the Rose, will require from 



