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THE YEAR-BOOK OF AGRICULTURE. 



with, and have to order a stock to form the nucleus of a permanent collection, 

 select the following: 



I should 



YELLOW. 



Name. 



Acacia armata, 

 " verticillata, 

 " linearis, 

 " pubescens, 

 " pulchella, 

 Coronilla glauca, 

 Jasminum revolutum, 

 " nudiflorum, 

 Mahernia odorata, 

 Cytisus racemosus, 



Time of flowering. 

 Feb. and March. 



Dec. to March. 



Feb. and March. 

 Dec. to January. 



ORANGE-COLORED. 



*Abutilon striatum, 

 Cheiranthus Marshall!!, 

 Chorizenia varium, 

 " cordata, 



*Cestrum aurantiacum, 

 *Mannettia bicolor, 

 *Lantana cracea, 

 Tropaeolum Lobbianum, 



Oct. to April. 

 Dec. to Feb. 

 Nov. to March. 

 Jan. to March. 

 Oct. to February. 

 Oct. to March. 



Alaysia citriadora, Nov. to February. 



Cyclamen Persicum, Nov. to March. 



Daphne indica album, Feb. and March. 



Epacris paludasa, Feb. and March. 



" nivalis, Jan. and Feb. 



Eupatorium canescens, Nov. to January. 



Fabiana imbricata, Feb. and March. 



Jasminum grandiflorum, Sept. to Dec. 



* Jasminum azoricum, " " 

 Primula sinensis, double white, Sept. to March. 

 Solanum jasminoides, " " 

 Stevia serrata, Oct. to January. 

 Viburnum tinus, Oct. to March. 

 Gardenia florida, " " 



* Gardenia radicans, " 

 Spiraea prunifolia, 



Deutzia gracilis, 

 " scabra, 

 Eupatorium elegans, 

 Sparmannia Africana, 



Feb. and March. 



De.c. and Jan. 

 Dec. to Feb. 



PINK AND PURPLISH. 



Name. Time of flowering. 



*Begonia incarnata, Dec. to March. 



Ribes sanguinea, Feb. and March. 



Weigela rosea, " 4.. " 



Fuchsia serratifolia, Jan." to March. 



Correa speciosissima, " " 



Cyclamen Europeum, Sept. to Dec. 



" coum, Dec. to February. 



Epacris impressa, " " 



*Habrothamnus elegans, Oct. to March. 



*Plumbago rosea, Feb. and March. 



Polygala oppositifolia, Jan. to March. 



" myrtifolia, " " 

 Primula sinensis, double purple, Sept to Dec. 



BLUE AND LILAC. 



*Heliotropium Voltairaneum, Sept. to April. 



Salvia patens, 

 Viola arborea, 



" Neapolitana, 

 *Pentas carnea, 

 Ageratum coelestinum, 

 Ceanothus rigidus, 

 Neirembergia gracilis, 

 Plumbago capensis, 

 Tropaeolum azureum, 

 Veronica Andersonii, 



Sept. to Dec. 

 Oct. to February. 

 Dec. to February. 

 Sept. to April. 

 Oct. to February. 

 March and April. 

 Jan. to April. 

 Sept. to April. 

 Nov. to Feb. 

 Sept. to Dec. 



SCARLET AND RED. 



*Euphorbia jacquinaeflora, 

 *Poinsetta pulcherrima, 

 Cuphea platycentra, 

 Bouvardia triphylla, 

 " leiantha, 

 *Epacris grandiflora, 

 Hoitzia coccinea, 

 *Ruellia formosa, 

 Salvia splendens, 

 #Aphelandra Ghiesbrechtii, 

 *Geissomeria elegans, 

 *Hibiscus rosa siensis, 

 Russelia juncea, 

 Tropaeolum tricolorum, 



Nov. to March. 

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Sept. to March. 

 Sept. to Nov. 

 Sept. to April. 

 March and April. 

 Feb. to April. 

 Nov. to April. 

 Oct. to Feb. 

 Dec. and Feb. 

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Sept. to Feb. 

 Sept. to Nov. 

 Jan. to April. 



All of these will do perfectly well in a green-house. Those marked * do best kept a little 

 warmer than the others. They are all of the easiest possible culture, and come into flower 

 between the periods named different modes and circumstances making a slight difference. 

 Having procured these plants early in the spring, we next proceed to their culture for our 

 proposed object. The tuberous-rooted section, comprising Tropceolums and Cyclamens, will 

 be nearly or quite out of flower ; they will require but an occasional supply of water, say 

 once or twice a week, till the leaves are decayed, when the pots containing the plants should 

 be set on a shelf, where they can be kept nearly dry till the end of August, when they may 

 be taken out and replaced with fresh sandy loam in the same pots as before, watered sparingly 

 until they have an abundance of foliage, then to receive an abundant supply. Another class, 

 comprising Acacia, Cytisus, Chorzemia, Daphne, Correa, and Polygala, if the pots are full of 

 roots, as they often are on being received from a nursery, should be shifted into pots a size 

 larger, in a soil consisting for the most part of turfy loam, with a small quantity of turfy 

 peat or half-rotten sticks added to it. They will, of course, receive regular watering through 

 the summer, and during the hot season be placed where, for six hours or so, during midday, 

 they can be protected from the sun. 



The whole of the other plants may be turned out into a half-shaded border, which has 

 previously been deep dug and lightly manured, till the end of August, when all but Spiraea, 

 Deutzia, Weigela, Ribes, and, in short, all but deciduous shrubs, should be prepared for lifting 



