47U AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. 



PLANTS OF SMALLER GROWTH FOR THE GREEN-HOUSE. 



TAVENTr KINDS. 



1. Alotzia Critiodora, Lemon Plant. A well-known old 

 favorite. The lemon fragi-ance of its foliage has given it a 

 name. Its flower is simple, but pretty. Increased by layers ; 

 or cuttings of the last year's growth root freely, with or with- 

 out glass, particularly if taken before they start in the spring 

 from plants that have rested from growth through winter. 



2. Amaryllis Formosissima, Jacobean Lily. A fine deep 

 scarlet lily, blooming freely potted in compost No. 3 ; bulbous. 



3. BEGONLi. Sanguinea,&c., Crimson-leaved Begonia. A 

 peculiar soft-stemmed plant, with red leaves or leaf-veins, and 

 delicate pink or flesh-colored wax -like flowers. Increased by 

 offshoots or cuttings. 



4. Calceolaria, Purse Floiver. There are many varieties 

 of this plant, some of which are herbaceous, others woody. 

 They all bear flowers of a peculiar bag form, and in general are 

 finely colored or spotted. Pretty in green-house or garden, but 

 do not Ijear exposui-e to a strong sun. Increased by seeds or 

 cuttings. 



5. Calla Ethiopica, Lily of the Nile. The well-known 

 piu'e white fmmel-formed Ethiopian Lily. Increased freely by 

 offshoots if kept moist. 



6. Cineraria. A numerous family of very showy house 

 plants, which bear profusely their star-like flowers, generally 

 edged with various shades of crimson, and pm'ple, and lilac 

 around a white centre. Increased hj cuttings, and in some 

 varieties freely by offshoots. 



7. Dielytra Spectabilis, Beautiful Dielytra. A hardy 

 plant, Imt making one of the finest ornaments of the gi-een- 

 house. See page 402. 



8. Eabiaxa Imbricata. A delicate heath-like plant, cover- 

 ing itself with small white tubular blossoms. Cuttings root 

 freely under bell-glass in the shade. 



9. Fuchsia, Ladies' Lar-drojj. Of this old and favorite 

 house-plant there is now a large number of new varieties, some 

 of them very beautiful, some only peculiar, and some coarse and 



