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GreeH'house and Hot-house PlcifUs 



Am. XVI. List of certain Grcen-hoiise and Hot-house Plants 

 ivhich have stood out dining one or moie JVinters, in the open Air, 

 in the Garden of Robert Mallet, Esq., at Druiyicondra, near 

 Dublin. Communicated by Mr. Mallet, Jun. 



Sir, 

 I SEND you a list of some plants which stand out with me, 

 at Drumcondra, near DubHn. Those marked with an asterisk 

 have been out lor two years or more, the others only one. 



Aquaticx, 



*Richar(l/rt (Calla) aetliiopica. In 



water, :i ft. deep ; out three years ; 



flowers every 3'ear. 

 *Jiissieu« spcciosa. A hot-house 



perennial, in an open pond ; lias 



not shown flower. 



Aponogeton distachyon. In a vase. 



inonostachyon. In a vase. 

 *8a<;ittaria lanceolata. In an open 

 pond ; flowers every year. 



Plants not on the Wall ; that is. Standards or Ilerhaceoits. 



Yucca serruliita. 

 ffloifolia. 



*-/l/elia Azcdardch. 



*Fuchsw. All the species, except 

 arborescens, which I have tried 

 several times, and have never 

 been a!)!e to get to stand : I had 

 one large F|)eciinen killed by even 

 the last mild winter. 



Mesembryi'iuthcmiuii. 97 species, 

 on rockwork, with some species 

 of Crassula, Agave, Cotyledon, 

 &c. 



iSempervivum arboreum. On rock- 

 work . 



♦iS'olauum bonariensc. 



*Oj)uutia i-'icus iuilita. On rock- 

 work. 



Bamlmsa r/rundinacea. Growing in 

 peat and pond mud, 7 ft. high. 



*Px6nia Mot'itau, var. 7;apaveracea. 



yfcacia lophautha. 



Lycopodium densum. On rock- 

 work. 



*Tradescant/« crassifolia. 



*Agai)anthus nmbellatus. 



*irchium candicans. 

 formosum. 



Brugmans/rt suaveolens. Vigor- 

 ous ; watered with dung water 

 occasionally. 



Justicirt Adhdtoda. 



* Veronica decussata. 



DavalhVz canariensis. On rock- 

 work ; the soil peat ; grows vi- 

 gorously. 



*Corr:cV/ alba. 



Camell'rt japonica var. /Hyrtifolia. 

 Sickly ; tlic situation damj). 



*.SVbimis Mollr. 



7'ol\'gahi latiiolia. 



Melianthus cocciuciis. A new spe- 

 cies from the ('ape. 



j4scl('|)ia.v [(lomphoi'urpus] arbores- 

 cens. 



y/cacia .?alicifulia. 



*decurrcns (var. glai'ica.) 

 lopliiiutlia. 



*Iiagerstr(e'm/V< ludica. 



7axus elongata. 



Sojiliora tomentosa. 



*OMca europ;e\i. With CiUrula 

 niliaU'nsis on it, which flowered 

 ai)iuulantlv last Jtdv and August. 



On a Southern Aspect. 



*/)aphne odora. 

 /^I'lscus audrcigyuus. 

 */'uuica O'rauatum, &c. 

 *lMiob(ttrya japiMiica. 

 Maura ndy// Jiarclay<~//;ff. 

 rtutiri'irniitlura. 



sem|)erHoreus. These maurau- 



dyas re(|uire a dry situation, and 



to l)e covered with sand, or turf 



mould, in winter. 



Lophospcrnuun erubesccns. 



*7l/vrtus romana, anil most of the 



couunon varieties. 

 *Passiflura ca;rulca. Covers above 

 Ir^OOsq. ft. 



*'c:crulea racemosa. 

 "c.'enilea alata. 

 *(!oIvlll/. 



