GREEN-HOUSE PLANTS. 



£75, 



iToadly flaked witli salmon and carmine, blotched 

 with yellowish-green ; very fine. 



A. Madame Iris Lefehvre. — Very double, deep 

 orange-red, flaked with dull violet. 



A. Marqais of Lome. — Beautiful orange, blotched 

 with salmon ; fine flower 



A. Mdlle. Leonie van Soutte. — Pure white, 

 ■streaked with rose, nale yellow in centre ; fine flower. 



A. Mdlle. Marie van Houtte. — Semi-double, pure 

 white, flaked and dotted with salmon ; a beautiful form. 



A. Mdlle. Marie Lefebvre.—7xae white; flowers 

 very large ; form excellent. 



A. Magnet. — Bright rosy-salmon, blotched with a 

 darker shade ; very large ; excellent form. 



A. Mars. — Orange-crimson, weU spotted with vivid 

 red; very showy. 



A. Mont Blanc, — Eine double white of great sub- 

 stance. 



A. narcissiflora. — Pure white, double ; medium 

 size ; well adapted for early forcing. 



A. Ne Plus Ultra. — White, mottled with salmon ; 

 large and free. 



A. Ferryana. — ^Dark orange-scarlet ; good form and 

 substance. 



A. President Ambroise Verschaffelt. — -Bright orange- 

 scarlet, shaded with bluish-purple, and spotted with 

 maroon ; flowers large and good. 



A, President Ghellinck de Walle. — "Very double deep 

 rose, blotched with lake, and flaked with crimson ; 

 fine flower. 



A. President Vanden Seclce. — ^White, dotted and 

 striped with bright crimson, centre yellow. 



A. Prince of Orange. — Bright orange - scarlet, 

 heavily spotted with crimson ; good habit, very free. 



A. Princess Alexandra. — Flowers large; white, 

 streaked with rich crimson ; very handsome ; well 

 adapted for early forcing. 



A. Princess Alice. — Pure white ; fine form and 

 substance. 



A. Princess Tech. — White, flaked with rose and 

 salmon; fine shape and substance; very useful for 

 ■early forcing. 



A. Purity. — ^White ; large ; fine form and substance. 



A. rosceflora. — Flowers double, like a fine Balsam; 

 rich rosy-red ; exquisite form, very dwarf ; a most 

 desirable variety. Introduced from Japan. 



A. Boi des Beautes. — Double rose, bordered with 

 "white ; fine flower. , 



A.Roide Bolland. — ^Vivid scarlet ; large ; fine form. 



A. Roi des Doubles. — Rosy-carmine ; very double, 

 large; fine form ; profuse bloom. 



A. Souvenir de Prince Albert. — Beautiful soft 

 rosy-peach, bordered with white ; showy and fine 

 variety. 



A. Stanleyana. — Rosy-carmine, flaked with ama- 

 ranth ; large and handsome ; fine form. 



A. Stella. — Bright orange-crimson, blotched with 

 reddish-purple ; large and handsome. 



A. Vesuvius. — Bright orange-scarlet, upper petals 

 shaded purple ; very brilliant. 



A. virginalis. — Pure white, with wavy margins ; 

 fine flower. 



A. Fi'i'irf.— Splendid scarlet; petals of fine sub- 

 stance ; fine form, extra. 



Banksia. — This genus belongs to the natural 

 order Proteacece, and assuredly the various plants 

 which make up the order are of the most protean 

 forms. The late Dr. Lindley says, " Upon the whole 

 the order is the most useless to man, " nevertheless 

 many of them bear extremely ornamental flowers, 

 and others have equally beautiful foliage. The genus 

 Bamksia is named in honour of Sir Joseph Banks, 

 who did so much for botanical science, and natural 

 history in general, and it is rather discreditable 

 to the present generation of gardeners that his 

 memory is held in so little respect, for we hare no 

 hesitation in saying that one-half the plant culti- 

 vators of the present day have no knowledge of any 

 of the species. The early botanists did all in their 

 power to honour his name, and no less than three 

 authors have made a genus Banksia ; two of these, 

 however, have been suppressed, one being merged in 

 the genus Costus, and the other in Pimelia. The 

 present one established by the son of the immortal 

 Linnaeus remains, and therefore we introduce it here, 

 not'withstanding they have come to be looked upon 

 by many gardeners of the present age as old-world 

 plants, entirely beneath their notice. 



In the early part of the present century, Banksias, 

 and other members of the order, were much prized 

 by gardeners and amateurs, for their elegant leaves 

 and their beautiful and singular flowers. They are 

 plants of slow growth ; and in these days of steam 

 and electricity, they probably cannot be waited for, 

 gardeners preferring such plants as wiU make a 

 large specimen in a short time, to the exclusion of 

 many beautiful plants that formally were the delight 

 of all beholders. 



Banksias are, for the mcist part, low-growing 

 shrubs, although some few species do attain to the 

 dimensions of trees. As before mentioned, they are of 

 slow growth, and require considerable care to culti- 

 vate them successfully ; they are plants that dislike 

 frequent re-potting, and may remain in the same pot 

 for several years -with advantage. The soil best 

 adapted for their requirements is good yellow loam, 

 not too heavy, with a liberal addition of sharp sand ; 

 the drainage above all things must be kept open and 

 free, and great care must be exercised in watering. 



Cuttings do not strike freely, and propagation is 

 best efEected by seeds. 



