CATALOGUE OF GREEN-HOUSE PLANTS. 115 



in a green-house, will produce their beautiful purple, yel- 

 low, and white blossoms, from January to April. 



Melaleucas. A beautiful genus of plants, natives of New 

 Holland; the diveisity of their foliage and singularity of 

 flowers, some of which are scarlet, and shoot from the 

 wood like fringes, render them worthy of good cultiva- 

 tion. 



Menettia. This is a desirable" climber, of which there 

 are several species ; some produce variegated flowers, others 

 bright scarlet, and the variety cordiflora is curious as well 

 as beautiful. 



Mesembryanthemum. A genus of succulent plants, con- 

 sisting of hundreds of species and varieties, chiefly natives 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. They vary greatly in their 

 forms, attitudes, and habits of growth ; some are upright, 

 others procumbent ; some are thick, others cimeter or slen- 

 der-leaved. They are all singular, and many of them beau- 

 tiful. The colours of the flowers, which are of every shade, 

 are great ornaments from May to August ; some species and 

 varieties are cultivated as annuals in the flower garden, 

 where they prove a great acquisition. 



Metrosideros. A genus of Australasian shrubs, some spe- 

 cies of which are willow and others spear-leaved, producing 

 their cones of scarlet or white flowers from March to May. 



Myrtus, Myrtle. A genus of dwarf evergreen shrubs, 

 of which there are several species and varieties ; the foliage 

 is chiefly glossy and fragrant, yielding numerous small flow 

 ers. There are some species known as Cape Myrtles, or 

 Marsines, which also yield abundance of white and purple 

 flowers from March to May. 



Nandina domestica, Japan Nandina. A half-hardy ever- 

 green shrub ; leaves supra-decompound, with entire lanceo- 

 late leaflets ; a kind of foliage that is very rare. 



JYerium, Oleander. A well-known and admired shrub, 

 yielding clusters of rose-like flowers from May to Septem- 

 ber. The Nerium splendens is* the most esteemed of the red 



