a* FAMILIAR GARDEX FLOWERS. 



some years, and to have at least one display of its flowers 

 annually, either has very much to learn in the way o£ 

 plant-growing, or is wanting in genuine love for plants. 

 There are many who say they " love flowers ;" there are 

 comparatively few who know what the expression should 

 imply. 



The glaucous eorouilla, like the golden greenhouse 

 broom, is a free-growing shrub that attains to eonsideraljle 

 dimensions if encouraged to grow and kept from harm in 

 the winter. Severe frost will certainly kill itj but a light 

 frost will do it no harm ; and it may be exposed to the 

 weather with advantage certainly during about eight 

 months of the year. To obtain young plants, cuttings 

 may be struck at almost any time, but with the greatest 

 certainty in the summer. Young shoots should be 

 selected, as the hard wood does not serve the purpose. 

 If dibbled into sandy soil and pressed firm, and covered 

 with a bell-glass, they soon form roots, and may then be 

 potted into small pots in any light loamy soil. When 

 the small pots are filled with roots, the plants should be 

 shifted into pots one size larger, and in these they should 

 remain for the winter, and the proper place for them then 

 is a light airy greenhouse. 



These shrubs are very accommodating. They will 

 thrive in peat or loam, but the soil should be substantial, 

 and there should be about a sixth part of sand added, and 

 there may be added also about a foiu-th or fifth part of 

 rotten hotbed manure. 



To make handsome specimens, they should be carefullv 

 pruned as soon as the flowering is over. This is intended 

 to keep them in shape, and to prevent them becoming 

 unreasonably large. But they will do as well without 



