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Grreen-house mid Hot-house Plants 



Art. XVI. List of certain Green-house and Hot-house Plants 

 ixihich have stood out during one or more Winters, in the open Air, 

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

 Dublin. Communicated by Mr. Mallet, Jun. 



Sir, 

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

 at Drumcondra, near Dublin. Those marked with an asterisk 

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



Aquatics. 



In Aponogeton distachyon. In a vase, 

 monostachyon. In a vase. 

 *Sagittaria lanceolata. In an open 

 pond ; flowers every year. 



*Richardzfl (Calla) asthiopica, 



water, 2 ft. deep ; out three years ; 



flowers every year. 

 *Jussieua' speciosa. A hot-house 



perennial, in an open pond; has 



not shown flower. 



Plants not on the Wall ; that 



Yucca serrulata. 

 aloifolia. 



*_Melia Azedarach. 



*Fuchsfa. All the species, except 

 arborescens, which I have tried 

 several times, and have never 

 been able to get to stand : I had 

 one large specimen killed by even 

 the last mild winter. 



Mesembryanthemum. 97 species, 

 on rockwork, with some species 

 of Crassula, Agave, Cotyledon, 

 &c. 



(S'empervivum arboreum. On rock- 

 work, 



*5blanum bonariense. 



*Opuntia .Ficus fndica. On rock- 

 work. 



is, Standards or Herbaceous. 



Bambusa arundinacea. Growing in 

 peat and pond mud, 7 ft. high. 



*Psedma Moutan, var. jpapaveracea. 



Acacia lophantha. 



Lycopodium densum. On rock- 

 work. 



*Tradescantz'« crassifolia. 



*Agapanthus umbellatus. 



# ischium candicans. 

 formosum. 



Brugmansia suaveolens. Vigor- 

 ous ; watered with dung water 

 occasionally. 



Justicz'a Adhatoda. 



~*Verbnica decussata. 



Davalh'a canadensis. On rock- 

 work ; the soil peat ; grows vi- 

 gorously. 



*Corrse v a alba. 



Camellia japoniea var. wzyrtifolia. 

 Sickly; the situation damp. 



*#chinus Mblle. 



.Poly gala latifdlia. 



Melianthus coccineus. A new spe- 

 cies from the Cape. 



.<4sclepias [Gomphocarpus] arbores- 

 cens. 



Acacia salicifolia. 



*decurrens (var. glauca.) 

 lophantha. 



*Lagerstrce v m/« indica. 



Tax us elongata. 



Sophbra tomentosa. 



*O v lea europae x a. With Ciiscuta 

 nipale"nsis on it, which flowered 

 abundantly last July and August. 



On a Southern Aspect. 



*Z)aphne oddra. 

 Piiscus androgynus. 

 *Punica Granatum, &c. 

 *Eriobotrja japoniea. 

 Maurandya Bar clay ana, 

 cntirrhiniflora. 



semperfldrens. These mauran- 



dyas require a dry situation, and 



to be covered with sand, or turf 



mould, in winter. 



Lophospermum erubescens. 



*iliyrtus romana, and most of the 



common varieties. 

 *Passiflora caerulea. Covers above 

 1200 sq. ft. 

 *caerulea racemosa. 

 *caerulea alata, 

 •Colvflli. 



