Chap. XV.] 



WINTER GARDENS. 



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Heaths of the sub-alpine region ; and it is at this height that the 

 magnificent Alsophihis spring up. 



More than thirty kinds of Palm now flourish in our cool houses. 

 A great number grow in the cold regions of tropical mountains, 

 such as the Ceroxylon andicola, which is found at 10,000 feet and 

 upwards. Oreodoxa frigida, and several kinds of Chamaedorea, 

 reach as high as the Pine region ; x\reca humilis reaches to 8,000 

 feet in Java ; Chamferops Martiana to 7,800 feet in Nepal ; 

 Phoenix humilis to 6,000 feet ; without reckoning Chamaerops 

 excelsa of China, Ehapis flabelliformis of Japan, Corypha 

 australis, and others. 



Let us now proceed to plant a cool house on the plan already 

 used in the case of a winter-garden. By the aid of the same series 

 of numbers on the plan, we can at once show the diflerent types of 

 vegetation that may be used in each case. We will first give a list 

 of climbing-plants, without which no such structure can bo 

 properly adorned : — 



1 . Ehynfbospcrmum jas- 



minoides 

 4. riunibago scandens 

 7. Passifloru crerulea 

 9. Mikania scandcns 

 12, 13. Solanum jasiiiin- 



oides 

 17. Cohasa scaiidens varic- 



gata 

 21. Thunborgia laurifolia 

 2:^. Keuuedya violacea 



25. iVrundcvillii suavcolens 

 27, 28, 30, .SI. Scnecio 



niikanioidos 

 33. Tropffiolum Si)itfirc 

 36. Passiflora cdulis 

 38. Akebia qninata 

 41. Aristolocbia scmpcr- 



virens 

 44. Cliantbus puniceus 

 46. Fucbsia cocci iiea 

 49. Lapageria rosea 



53,54,58. Aristolocbiaciliosa 

 60. KLnnedya Maryattno 



62. Tropaiolum sptciosuin 



63. Tropajoluin pentaphyl- 



luin 

 65. Bignonia Cbcrtre 

 6S, 71, 72. Tacsonia Van 



Volxemii 

 74. Lapageria alba 

 77. Hoya carno?a 

 80. Cliantbus Dampieri 



It must here be observed that, for a conservatory of the size 

 named, the number of plants given would be too extensive, and 

 would darken the house too much during winter. "We only give 

 the list entire for the use of a conservatory large enough to 

 contain them ; for example, from 100 to 150 feet in length, with 

 a proportionate width and height. 



The following is a list of plants with noble leaves, and of stately 

 port, that thrive well in a cool house : — 



67. Cbainncrnps staura- 



cantba 

 15. Cbnmajrops excelsa 

 32. Corypha austr.ilid 

 56. Jubffiit spectubilid 

 102. Sabal palmetto 



10.5. Phccnix reclinnta 

 95. Khapis flabelliformis 

 93. Livistona sinensis 

 84. Seafortbia robustii 

 90. Oreodoxa frigida 



173. Plicenix tenuis 



108. Cocos Romanzoffii 



159. Areca siipida 



166. Glaziova elegantLs- 



sima 

 154. Ceroxylon andicola 

 156. Calyptrogjnc elata 



