GREENHOUSES, SMALL. 



231 GREENHOUSES, SMALL. 



house or cool greenhouse. It occupies an 

 intermediate position between the conser- 

 "vatory which is simply a glazed structure 

 generally attached to the dwelling-house, 

 and merely used as a receptacle for plants 

 that have been brought on to flowering 

 point in the greenhouse, forcing - pit or 

 stove, and are kept in the conservatory 

 until they have done flowering and the 

 stovehouse, or hothouse, in which a much 

 greater heat is obtained, and, indeed, re- 

 quired than in the greenhouse. 



Greenhouses, Small, Furnish- 

 ing of. 



Among the thousands of villas and neat 

 cottages which surround all our large 

 towns and cities many have their small 

 greenhouse or conservatory, and trim little 

 garden back and front, capable of growing 

 a concentrated selection of the most choice 

 plants on a small scale. It may be that 

 the garden has to be planted with half- 

 hardy plants. The greenhouse, however 

 small, then comes in very useful for keep- 

 ing a supply both for the garden in summer 

 and the window and rooms during winter. 

 A stock of geraniums, verbenas, petunias, 

 lobelias, are struck in the months of July 

 and August, and stored away for planting 

 out the following season After this is 

 accomplished, a small collection of fuchsias 

 will make the house lively ; and as these 

 are very easily cultivated, and may be 

 stowed under the stage of the house during 

 the winter, till the house is emptied in 

 May, nothing is better for the purpose. As 

 sorts are continually changing, on account 

 of the hybrids that are now brought fresh 

 into the market yearly by the principal 

 growers, it is useless to give lists of any 

 particular species of (lower or plant. As the 

 house will have to be stocked in the first 

 instance, a visit to the nearest seedsman 

 and florist will put the buyer in possession 

 of the names, not only of the best, but of 



I the newest sorts, but of as many of them 

 as he may wish to acquire for stock. 



If it be desired merely to maintain a 

 succession of plants in bloom during the 

 year, it is advisable to select plants for the 

 time in which they flower. Thus half a 

 dozen azaleas, which flower in May ; 

 pelargoniums flowering in June ; fuchsias 

 in the three following months ; then a few 

 chrysanthemums, followed by Primula 

 sinensis and heaths. A few dozen of 

 bulbs will present a succession of flowers 

 till May. By this simple process, which is 

 easily managed, a continuous show of 

 flowers can be obtained. Good plants for 

 a small collection may be chosen from 



Abutilons. 



Acacias lophantha, 



Armata, Rotun- 



difolia, Virgata. 

 Azaleas. 

 Camellias. 

 Clianthus, or Glory 



Pea. 



Coronillas. 

 Corraeas. 

 Daphne japonica. 

 Deutzia gracilis. 



A selection from such as these will give 

 satisfaction. A few geraniums might be 

 added, and some plants of Primula 

 sinensis and cinerarias. 



Calceolarias of the herbaceous kinds 



! are well worth cultivating, and where 

 grown in a small way, had best be sown 

 in July, covering the seed-pots or pans 

 with a piece of glass, and placing them in 

 the shade. A few bulbous-rooted plants 

 would be found very useful. Liliiun 



! alburn^ punctatiim^ and rubrumi Oxalis 

 tubiflora variabilis, Rosea-flava t Ixia 

 aurantica, Lachenalia tricolor. Cyclamen 

 Cou>n y Persicum, 'JSurvf&uM t are still 

 very attractive in their season, giving them 

 a season of dry rest soon after the bloom 

 is over. 



A few useful chrysanthemums foi 

 autumn-flowering also might be purchased, 

 a selection being made from each variety. 



Diosmas. 



Epacrises. 



Encases. 



HeHchrysums. 



Linums. 



Mesembryanthe- 



mums. 

 Myrtles. 

 Pimeleas. 



Plumbago capensis. 

 Solanums. 

 Veronicas. 



