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which the researches of botanists have brought to notice, and 

 inany of which are so pecuharly adapted for summer orna- 

 ments of the greenhouse. The gorgeous Japan UHes, the bril- 

 liant achimenes, the superb fuchsias, and the elegant tribe of 

 gloxinias and gesneras, then mostly unknown, will alone enrich 

 and render the greenhouse as attractive in summer as at any 

 other season of the year. 



Desirous that our amateur friends should enjoy the treat 

 which has been of so much gratification to us, we have ven- 

 tured to devote a page or two to a recapitulation of some of 

 the plants, which will enable them to attain the desired object. 

 We do not intend to enter into a full account of the growth 

 and management of the plants, leaving that to another oppor- 

 tunity, but merely to give a full list of such as we have, for 

 two or three years, cultivated in the greenhouse throughout 

 the summer months, or the interval from June to September, 

 when it usually presents only a "beggarly account of empty 

 benches." 



JAPAN LILIES. 



The Japan lilies are, par excellence, the gems of the sum- 

 mer ornaments of the greenhouse. Perfectly hardy though 

 they may prove to be, the entire success which attends their 

 cultivation in pots, — aside from the delicate tints of some, 

 as well as the gorgeousnes3 of others, which would scarcely 

 withstand exposure to the winds and storms, — will always 

 render them the most prominent objects of attraction. No de- 

 scription of them would be adequate to their merits, and, to be 

 fully appreciated, they must be seen in flower. There are 

 several species and varieties ; but those which are especially 

 splendid are the following : — lancifolium dlbum, 1. punctatum, 

 1. roseum, and 1. rubrum ; testaceum and Brownu. They 

 commence blooming the latter part of June, and continue in 

 flower till September. 



ACHIMENES. 



Next to the lilies should, perhaps, be ranked this beautiful 

 family, though some might dispute its claim over the Gloxin- 

 ias. There are about a dozen species and varieties, though 

 we have only cultivated nine, as follows : — A. longiflora, 



