AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. 



ered with a bell-glass. Seedlings are also raised in sand and 

 peat under a bell-glass with care. 



3. BIGNONIA VENUSTA, &c., Beautiful Bignonia. A fine, 

 tender trumpet flower for a green-house climber. Increased 

 by layers or cuttings. 



4. CAMELLIA JAPONIC A, Japan rose. The varieties of this 

 splendid flower are without number. A pretty full assortment 

 of them would require a large green-house. If only a few are 

 desired, Alba plena, the old double white ; imbricata, crim- 

 son and white ; Jejfersonii, bright crimson ; Washington, deep 

 crimson ; and Americana, blush dashed with rose, all of fine 

 form and free bloomers, may do well for a beginning. Camel- 

 lias are capable of bearing slight frosts with but little, if any 

 injury. They are increased by layers, cuttings, and seeds 

 sown as soon as they are ripe, or by tongue grafting, or inarch- 

 ing upon stocks of single-flowering kinds provided for the pur- 

 pose. ~.c '>> 



5. CITRUS, Orange, Lemon, &c. See page 362. 



6. CYTISUS RACEMOSUS, &c. A pretty class of bushy, 

 small, yellow, pea-blossomed shrubs. Increased by layers, off- 

 shoots, and cuttings. 



7. DAPHNE ODORA, Sweet Daphne. A shrub of which the 

 flowers are very fragrant. Increased by cuttings under glass. 



8. DEUTZIA SCABRA, D. GRACILIS. Hardy shrubs abound- 

 ing with pure white blossoms, either potted in the green-house 

 or set in the open garden. Increased by offshoots, layers, or 

 cuttings. 



9. GARDENIA FLORIDA, Florida jasmine. A shrub with 

 white fragrant rose-like flowers. Increased by layers or cut- 

 tings under glass. 



10. HOYA CARNOSA, Wax-plant. Quite a pretty and pe- 

 culiar climber, with panicles of wax-like honeyed flowers, and 

 thick, fleshy leaves, which root when planted as cuttings. It 

 is also increased by ordinary cuttings, layers, or offshoots. 



11. LAGERSTREMIA INDIC A, Crape Myrtle. A shrub which 

 at the South is hardy, bearing abundance of clear pink blos- 

 soms, delicately fringed or cut, with a crinkled, crape-like ap- 

 pearance. It is improved by pretty close winter pruning. In- 

 creased by cuttings under glass. 



