178 General Notices. 



not be out of place to point out a few of the most choice and useful varieties, 

 concerning the culture of which we shall treat in the Calendar of Operations 

 as the proper times come round. 



Amongst plants for the stove and warm conservatory, do not omit Thun- 

 bergia alata and its varieties, Ipomcea bona-nox, I. rubro-cserulea, and 

 I. Quamoclit, Hibiscus insignis, H. Manihot, Momordica sp., Gomphrena 

 globosa, Balsams, Cockscombs, and other general favorites. 



Amongst useful plants for the greenhouse and cool conser\'atory are 

 Schizanthus, Primula sinensis, and Rliodanthe Manglesii. A very nice lot 

 of Calceolarias and Cinerarias may generally be obtained by procuring a 

 packet of seed from any respectable dealer, or well-known grower of these 

 flowers ; of course, show varieties must not be expected, but, for conserva- 

 tory or drawing-room decorations, they will save more expensive varieties. 

 One of the most beautiful creepers for the cool conservatory is Tacsonia 

 mollissima ; it is of a delicate rose color, and very graceful in habit, beau- 

 tifully adapted for hanging in natural festoons from the roof of a lofty house ; 

 its fniit is also interesting, especially when it bursts, and displays its wax- 

 like seeds. It will flourish in a very cool greenhouse, and, as it generally 

 seeds under good management, it may be procured by this means. 



In the way of biennials or perennials for partial protection, or entire ex- 

 posure in the flower garden, we may particularly instance the following, 

 which may be raised from seeds. First and foremost, we place tlie Humea 

 elegans, which requires growing one year as a frame plant, to prepare it for 

 planting the next year ; it is by far the most graceful and ornamental, half- 

 hardy plant which finds a place in the flower garden. Stachys, Pentstemons, 

 and Antirrhinums are pretty and useful plants, which require very little pro- 

 tection; and amongst those Avhich do not need any protection, the most 

 striking are Alstrosmerias, the Hollyhock, perennial Larkspurs, (Delphinium,) 

 Monkshood, (Aconitum,) and several species of Dianthus, Campanula, and 

 Papaver. 



Hardy and half-hardy annuals are so numerous that we shall only mention 

 a few of those which are deserving of a place in every garden, however 

 smalL Those which succeed better if raised under glass, and afterwards 

 transplanted, are Lobelia gracilis, L. erinus, L. ramosa, and their varieties ; 

 Phlox Drummondi, Saponaria calabrica, Calliopsis, and if room can be 

 aflforded them, German Stocks and German Asters. Those we select for 

 sowing in the open ground are the following : — Centaurea cyanus and de- 

 pressa, Bartonia aurea, Clarkias, Calendula, (Marigold,) Collinsias, Corydalis, 

 Delphinium Ajacis, Eschscholtzia, Gilia tricolor, and G. achilleaefolia, Gode- 

 tia, Iberis, (Candytuft,) red and white ; Lathyrus odoratus, and others ; Mal- 

 comia, (Virginian stock,) Nemophila, Tagetes, (French and African Marigold,) 

 with Marseilles, French, and other double Poppies. 



One or two of the above are worthy of particular attention : the first of 

 these is Delphiniun Ajacis, the branching Larkspur, than which nothing can 

 be more beautiful or useful ; it is equally appropriate for planting singly in 

 mixed beds, in straight lines, or in large masses, and these may be either 

 dwarf or tall, by simply pegging the plants down, or by tying them up. Cen- 



