Chap. XV.] 



WINTER GAEDENS. 



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Heaths of the sub-alpine region ; and it is at this height that the 

 magnificent Alsophilas spring up. 



More than thirty kinds of Palm now flourish in our cool houses. 

 A great number grow in the cold regions of tropical mountains, 

 such as the Ceroxylon andicola, which is found at 10,000 feet and 

 upwards. Oreodoxa frigida, and several kinds of Chamsedorea, 

 reach as high as the Pine region ; Areca humilis reaches to 8,000 

 feet in Java ; Chamaerops Martiana to 7,800 feet in Nepal ; 

 Phoenix humilis to 6,000 feet; without reckoning Chamserops 

 excelsa of China, Ehapis flabelliformis of Japan, Corypha 

 australis, and others. 



Let us now proceed to plant a cool house on the plan already 

 used in the case of a winter-garden. By the aid of the same series 

 of numbers on the plan, we can at once show the different types of 

 vegetation that may be used in each case. We will first give a list 

 of climbing-plants, without which no such structure can be 

 properly adorned : — 



1. Ehynchospenniim jas- 



minoides 



4. Plumbago scandens 



7. Passiflora cssrulea 



9. Mikania scandens 



12, 13. Solanum jasmin- 



oides 

 17. Cobsea scandens varie- 



gata 

 21. Thunbergia laurifolia 

 2.8. Kennedya yiolaoea 



It must here be observed that, for a conservatory of the size 

 named, the number of plants given would be too extensive, and 

 would darken the house too much during winter. We only give 

 the list entire for the use of a conservatory large enough to 

 contain them ; for example, from 100 to 150 feet in length, with 

 a proportionate width and height. 



The following is a list of plants with noble leaves, and of stately 

 port, that thrive well in a cool house :— 



67. Cbamserops staura- 



cantba 

 15. Chamserops excelsa 

 32. Corypha australis 

 56. Juba3a speotabilis 

 102. Sabal palmetto 



25. Mandevilla suaveolens 

 27, 28, 30, 31. Senecio 



mikanioldes 

 33. Tropseolum Spitfire 

 36. Passiflora edulis 

 38. Abebia quinata 

 41. Aristolochia semper- 



virens 

 44. Clianthus puniceus 

 46. Fuchsia coccinea 

 49. Lapageria rosea 



53,54,58. Aristolochia ciliosa 

 60. Kennedya Maryattie 



62. Tropseolum speciosura 



63. Tropseolum pentaphyl- 



lum 

 65. Bignonia Cherere 

 68, 71, 72. Tacsonia Van 



VoL-iemii 

 74. Lapageria alba 

 77. Hoya carnosa 

 80. Clianthus Dampieri 



105. Phcenix reclinata 



95. Rhapis flabelliformis 



93. Livistona sinensis 



84. Seaforthia robusta 



90. Oreodoxa frigida 



173. Phcenix tenuis 



168. Cooos Romaiizofiii 

 159. Areoa sapida 

 166. Glaziova elegantis- 



sima 

 154. Ceroxylon andicola 

 156. Calyptiogyne elata 



