498 Notes on Greenhouse Plants, S^c. 



almost unpleasing. Painters avoid this effect by half-tints ; 

 the gardener must do the same. Thus, lilac may be advan- 

 tageously placed by the side of the scarlet. All the plants 

 mentioned bloom freely, and flourish all the summer and 

 autumn. The plants selected are such as form a regular 

 progression in height, from the centre to the circumference, 

 and are all of easy propagation and culture." (Gardeners^ 

 Journal, 1852, p. 267.; 



Art. V. Notes on Greenhouse Plants, Soil, Potting, Wa- 

 tering, ^c, 4*c. By HoRTus. 



(Concluded from page 304.^ 



Routine Management of the House. — It has often, oc- 

 curred to us in reading articles on the cultivation of plants, 

 that the writers premise their readers are furnished with every 

 accommodation in the way of cold and warm pits, frames, 

 hothouses, and so forth, — a supposition that tends to lessen 

 the value of the advice, inasmuch as those who have none 

 of these conveniences naturally suppose they are indispensa- 

 ble, and accordingly are deterred from acting upon the advice 

 given. In the early portion of these papers we have enumer- 

 ated a few plants that can be successfully cultivated in a 

 greenhouse without the assistance of any additional structure. 

 To keep a constant succession of flowers throughout the 

 season, requires discrimination and forethought in selecting 

 and managing the plants, so that the one will take the place 

 of the other as their flowering periods terminate. At the 

 risk of recapitulation, the following monthly routine is in- 

 tended to place in a more concise and illustrative view the 

 system here alluded to, and furnish an idea of the periodical 

 arrangement of the plants. Of course, there is room for many 

 modifications and improvements. Although not so suitable 

 for our purpose, yet, for the sake of simplicity, we will com- 

 mence with the first month of the year : 



