NOVEMBER 91 



the east side. I took up the tiles and dug a bed close to 

 the north wall, which is against the drawing-room chim- 

 ney, and another bed on the west side of the small 

 square. These beds make the difference between a green- 

 house and a conservatory. When I speak of a bed I 

 mean that, though the floor of the greenhouse is tiled, 

 the plants are planted in the ground. This is very es- 

 sential in any conservatory, whether large or small. On 

 the north side, facing south, is planted out what has now 

 grown into a huge plant of Henry Jacobi. It has been 

 there some years, and is cut down very severely about 

 this time every year. Next to it is a quaint plant, one 

 of the Platyceriums, growing on a piece of board hung 

 on the wall, which requires nothing but occasional 

 watering. Below that are two French flower- pots that 

 hang flat against the wall and are filled with Maidenhair. 

 A plant of the sweet yellow Jasmine and a plant of pale 

 Heliotrope, both in the ground, are all the wall will hold 

 on this side. In the middle of the other bed next the 

 west wall, and also planted out, are a large sweet-scented 

 double-white Datura ; a white Niphetos Rose, which 

 runs up a pole to the glass roof ; a common Passion 

 Flower, to make shade in summer ; and a blue Plum- 

 bago capense. By the side of the door, growing up a 

 wire, is a dark green Smilax, that has been there for 

 many years and gives no trouble. The other things are 

 in pots, and are constantly changed and moved. I grow 

 both Pancretiums and Crinums; th*ey are indeed worthy 

 of every attention, and ought to be in all carefully se- 

 lected collections. They are so sweet, so delicate, and 

 so lovely ! all that we prize most in single flowers. 

 There are a great many kinds of both Pancretiums and 

 Crinums. (See Johnson's 'Gardener's Dictionary.') 

 Even the hardier Crinums in pots require heat at the 

 growing time, and they often have to be grown for sev- 



