288 GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



flowers are produced in great abundance during winter and 

 spring, the plants are of the utmost value for the decoration 

 of the conservatory or drawing-room, for, on account of their 

 hardy constitution and excellent habit, they continue in full 

 beauty for a long time ; they are, moreover, well adapted 

 for cutting for bouquets. The soil best suited for them is 

 a mixture of loam and peat, in about the proportions of 

 two parts of the former to one of the latter, mixing some 

 silver or sharp river sand with it. After flowering they 

 should be pruned back hard, cutting to within a short distance 

 of the old wood ; the plants should then be placed in a moist 

 atmosphere to facilitate growth, but when the growing 

 season is past they should be stood out in the open air, 

 to thoroughly mature their wood, and ensure an abundance 

 of bloom. 



They are readily increased from cuttings of the young 

 wood. 



G. Ererestidna. — This is a very fine-coloured variety, 

 producing its spikes of fragrant deep golden or orange yel- 

 low flowers in great abundance during the spring months. 

 It is a compact-growing plant, of great beauty. A garden 

 variety. 



G. fdipes. — A handsome plant, producing its pure white 

 sweet-scented flowers during winter and spring. It is some- 

 what pendulous in habit, and this we have frequently seen 

 turned to good advantage, by grafting it upon young straight 

 stems of the common Laburnum of different heights, in 

 which state it is very effective as a conservatory plant. It 

 is often found under the name of Vijtisus filipes. Native of 

 Madeira. 



G. racemosa. — A compact much-branched shrub, growing 

 two or more feet high, with trifoliate leaves, having oblong- 

 spathulate leaflets, and numerous terminal racemes of rich 



