112 CATALOGUE OF GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



Dianthus. Under this name is embraced all the admira- 

 ble species of Carnations, Picotees, Pinks, Sweet Wil- 

 liams, &c, recorded in our catalogue of Perennials ; and 

 which are in universal esteem for their fragrance and beauty, 

 fron. May to August. They are all hardy, except the Car- 

 nation and Picotee tribes, which are well deserving green- 

 house or frame culture. 



Diisma. A dwarf genus of heath-leaved shrubs, producing 

 numerous small dowers of a while lilac or pink colour ; some 

 varieties of which are sweet-scented, from March to INI ay. 



Dnjandrus. To this genus belong several species, similar 

 to the Banhsias; they are delicate plants, producing orange 

 and straw-coloured thistle-like 11 wers it: abundance. 



Epacrh. This is a native of New South Wales, of which 

 there are several species, mostly erect growing plants, 

 varying from two to four feet ; the leaves are small, and the 

 blossejns which in the varieties are crimson, pink, purple 

 ancl vlme, are, under good cultivation, abundant from 

 January to June. 



Enca. Heath. Upwards of five hundred species and 

 varieties of ibis plant are cultivated in Great Britain, where 

 a continued succession of bloom is kept up from January to 

 December; the most prominent colours are white, scarlet, 

 purple, yellow and red. They are desirable plants to culti- 

 vate ia any country, as th^y furnish material for the bouquet 

 in Winter, but they must be screened from the noon-clay 

 Sun in Summer, and only moderately watered ; as extremes 

 of drought or moisture are destructive to this fapiily of plants. 



Erythrina. Coral Plant. There are several species of 

 this plant, chiefly adapted to the hot-house, producing long 

 spikes of crimson or scarlet flowers. Some keep them in 

 good condition in a greenhouse; they must, however, be 

 well attended to, and frequently repotted, which will some- 

 times induce them to bloom two or three times in a year. 



Euphorhia. There are several species of this plant 

 adapted to the greenhouse; some of which are beautiful, 



