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be lifted in the fall, and put under protection. If net done 

 so, plant them in four-inch pots, and repot them into those of 

 six-inch in May. Do not expose them while in flower to the 

 mid-day sun, for it will deteriorate the fine orange-colour. 

 (Soil No. 9.) 



Magnolias. There are four species that require the pro- 

 tection of our green-houses; all the others are hardy. M. 

 fuscdta and M. annoncpfblia are very similar in foliage and 

 flower ; the young branches and leaves of M. fuscata are 

 covered with a brown, rusty-like down ; the other by some 

 is considered merely a variety ; flowers small, brown, and 

 very sweet-scented. M. pumila is very dwarf-growing; leaves 

 large and netted ; flowers semi-double, white, pendent, and 

 exceedingly fragrant. They are natives of China. We have 

 several others from the East, but being deciduous are perfectly 

 hardy. M. odoratissima, now Talduma Condolii, is a native 

 of the Island of Java, and considered odoriferous, but it is 

 very rare even in Europe; said to have a straw-coloured 

 Bower. (Soil No. 9.) 



Mahernia ; a genus of dwarf plants, with yellow, orange, 

 or pink flowers. M. odorata is extensively cultivated for the 

 fragrance of its bell-shaped blossoms, that hang in great pro- 

 fusion early in spring. Foliage small, crenulated, and heart- 

 shaped. (Soil No. 17.) 



Manettia; a genus of pretty climbing plants, producing a 

 profusion of scarlet flowers, especially M. glabra (of Don), or 

 cordifblia (of Paxton), which is a complete mass of flowers 

 from July to October, and is a lovely object when turned into 

 the borders during the summer. M. bicolor, red and yellow, 

 blooms through the winter, and is a charming climber in that 

 dull period of flowers; they are of the easiest culture in soil 

 No. 17. 



Melaleucas, above thirty species, and a beautiful genus of 

 New Holland plants, of easy culture; flowers come out of the 

 wood-like fringes. M. elliptica, M. fulycns, scarlet, M. de- 

 cussdta, M. hi/pericifdlia, M. squarro'sa, M. linarifdlia, M. 

 incdna, M. tetrayonia, M. thymifo'lia, are all Very fine species, 

 and flower freely if they have been grown from cuttings ; the 

 singularity of flower and diversity of foliage make them gene- 

 rally admired. (Soil No. 1.) 



Meldstoma nepalensis is a good green-house species, flower- 

 ing freely during winter, of a pale blush colour, and is of the 



