GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



jlHE previous portion of this book has been devoted 

 to those plants which are natives of tropical 

 countries, and consequently require artificial heat 

 to enable them to grow and display their beauty in a culti- 

 vated state. Now we have to treat of plants which, although 

 some of them come from tropical lands, are yet found growing 

 at considerable elevations, and consequently do not require 

 much more than protection from frost or cold piercing winds. 

 The beautiful flowering plants from all parts of Australia 

 (except the extreme north) all succeed well in an ordinary 

 greenhouse during winter, and enjoy exposure to the open air 

 throughout the summer. The Ericas and other fine plants, 

 coming from the Cape of Good Hope, are equally at home in 

 a similar situation. Indeed, the vegetation of these two 

 countries bears a considerable resemblance to each other, 

 though one genus so common to Australia — Eucalyptus — has 

 not been found in the Cape colony. 



Australia abounds in beautiful plants, which, in many in- 

 stances, are quite peculiar to that portion of the globe, and 



