HARDY SHRUBS IN GREENHOUSE 275 



LONICERA (Honeysuckle). As L. fragrantissima 

 flowers naturally out of doors soon after Christmas 

 when the weather is mild, it is evident that no 

 forcing is needed to obtain it at that season, and in 

 a cool greenhouse the little white flowers are remark- 

 able for their delicious perfume. As spring advances 

 the early Dutch may be flowered under glass, while 

 the scarlet Honeysuckle (L. sempervirens minor) is a 

 delightful greenhouse plant, not used so much as it 

 deserves to be for rafters and similar purposes in the 

 greenhouse. 



LOROPETALUM CHINENSE. This Chinese shrub, 

 with its long, pure white, strap-shaped petals, bears 

 much resemblance to the Chionanthus, and is quite 

 as desirable for flowering in pots. It may be either 

 lifted in the autumn or grown altogether in pots. 



MAGNOLIA. The Magnolias can be grown under 

 glass. If allowed to come gradually into bloom in a 

 greenhouse the large flowers will open freely. As a 

 rule they transplant badly, and for that reason, at 

 least the choicer ones, are kept in pots for conve- 

 nience in removal. From this it will be understood 

 that as a rule it is more satisfactory to keep them 

 permanently in pots than to lift them in the autumn. 

 M. purpurea can be grown more easily than any of the 

 others in this form. When grown in pots for the 

 greenhouse, if they get too large for that 'structure 

 they may be planted permanently out of doors and 

 their place taken by smaller plants. Of those par- 

 ticularly valuable for this treatment are the little M. 

 slellata, a charming shrub ; M. Lenne, which has massive 



