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ous double yellow blossoms, of the size of dahlias, in early fall. 

 Grows about four feet high. 



26. Violet, Poetic or Single Purple, Double Purple, Double 

 Blue, or Neapolitan, Viola odorata in vars. All delightfully 

 fragrant. The Double Blue requires winter protection, and the 

 Double Purple is liable to suffer if entirely unsheltered. Either 

 of the latter may be bloomed in pots in the house. 



GREEN-HOUSE PLANTS. 



Scientific cultivators divide what are commonly called 

 " Green-house Plants" into two classes : " Stove Plants," 

 that is, intertropical plants, which require a higher tempera- 

 ture or a longer continuance of heat than even our New York 

 summers afford, in order to their healthful growth ; and Green- 

 house Plants proper, or such as, being natives of the warmer 

 portions of the temperate zones, require only protection through 

 the winters of the colder latitudes. 



There are many elaborate treatises on the construction of 

 green-houses, with the various modes of heating, and the prop- 

 er cultivation of plants in them, of which those who desire to 

 obtain detailed and precise instructions in this department may 

 avail themselves. The limits of this work will permit only a 

 reference to the more familiar varieties, and the simplest ar- 

 rangements for their winter protection or culture. 



SHRUBS FOR THE GREEN-HOUSE. 



EIGHTEEN KINDS. 



1. Abutilon Striatum, Strijxd Almtilon. One of the 

 most elegant and free-blooming of green-house shrubs. It is 

 increased from cuttings almost as readily as the willow. There 

 are larger flowering varieties not so p)retty. 



2. Azalea Indica, Phoenicia, &c. The pretty wild vari- 

 eties of Azalea are known as the May-apple, Honeysuckle, &c. ; 

 but there are many fine varieties for green-house culture, of 

 which the Phoenicia is perhaps the most generally admired. 

 It is a purple. They are increased by layers, or by cuttings in 

 sand, with heat under them, as immediately over the flue or 

 pipes, &c., in the green- house, or in a light hot bed, and cov- 



