302 FLOWER GARDEN. 



may be found in the Gardenerh Magazine vol. vi., 

 p. 664. 



Cfi'een-house |;?a/i^s. — This beautiful class of plants 

 has become so numerous that in a sketch like the pre- 

 sent it is impossible to give the names of even a limited 

 selection. We may once more refer to Mr. Loudon's 

 tables in his Encyclopsedia of Horticulture^ or to his still 

 more copious lists in the Hortus Britannicus, from both 

 of which works much valuable information on the sub- 

 ject may be obtained. The recent increase of species 

 makes the task of selection at once more necessary and 

 more difficult ; and it is one which, it must be con- 

 fessed, is often negligently performed. Many of the 

 finer sorts of woody plants are not propagated without 

 difficulty, and, consequently, being high-priced in the 

 nurseries, are found in requisite abundance only where 

 there is great liberality on the part of the proprietor. 

 On the other hand, the species which strike easily are 

 circulated by gardeners themselves, many of whom, by 

 their own interest and resources, more than half fill 

 their green-houses without calling for the pecuniary aid 

 of J;heir employers. To this cause may be ascribed the 

 perpetuation of many mean-looking plants, which, if 

 hardy, would scarcely be tolerated in well-kept shrub- 

 beries, and certainly ought not to encumber the green- 

 house. 



Light mould produced by the rotting of turf taken 

 from pastures, and mixed with sand, if necessary, or 

 enriched by the addition of leaf-mould, is well adapted 

 for most gjeen-house plants. Some require a mixture 

 of peat-earth ; others thrive only in pure sandy peat. 

 If more specific directions be wished, we would recom- 

 mend the reader to have recourse to Cashing' s Exotic 



