470 AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. 



PLANTS OF SMALLER GROWTH FOR THE GREEN-HOUSE. 



TWENTY KINDS. 



1. ALOYZIA CRITIODORA, Lemon Plant. A well-known old 

 favorite. The lemon fragrance of its foliage has given it a 

 name. Its flower is simple, but pretty. Increased by layers ; 

 or cuttings of the last year's growth root freely, with or with- 

 out glass, particularly if taken before they start in the spring 

 from plants that have rested from growth through winter. 



2. AMARYLLIS FORMOSISSIMA, Jacobean Lily. A fine deep 

 scarlet lily, blooming freely potted in compost No. 3 ; bulbous. 



3. BEGONIA SANGUINE A, &c., Crimson-leaved Begonia. A 

 peculiar soft-stemmed plant, with red leaves or leaf- veins, and 

 delicate pink or flesh-colored wax-like flowers. Increased by 

 offshoots or cuttings. 



4. CALCEOLARIA, Purse Flower. There are many varieties 

 of this plant, some of which are herbaceous, others woody. 

 They all bear flowers of a peculiar bag form, and in general are 

 finely colored or spotted. Pretty in green-house or garden, but 

 do not bear exposure to a strong sun. Increased by seeds or 

 cuttings. 



5. CALLA ETHIOPICA, Lily of tJie Nile. The well-known 

 pure white funnel-formed Ethiopian Lily. Increased freely by 

 offshoots if kept moist. 



6. CINERARIA. A numerous family of very showy house 

 plants, which bear profusely their star-like flowers, generally 

 edged with various shades of crimson, and purple, and lilac 

 around a white centre. Increased by cuttings, and in some 

 varieties freely by offshoots. 



7. DIELYTRA SPECTABILTS, Beautiful Dielytra. A hardy 

 plant, but making one of the finest ornaments of the green- 

 house. See page 462. 



8. FABIANA IMBRICATA. A delicate heath-like plant, cover- 

 ing itself with small white tubular blossoms. Cuttings root 

 freely under bell-glass in the shade. 



9. FUCHSIA, Ladies' Ear-drop. Of this old and favorite 

 house-plant there is now a large number of new varieties, some 

 of them very beautiful, some only peculiar, and some coarse end 



