CONSERVATORY PLANTS, 291 
culture requires a considerable ‘degree of attention and 
care. Cuttings of ‘the single red variety strike freely, and 
upon these, as stocks, the finer sorts are grafted by inarch- 
ing or side-grafting. The soil generally employed is a 
mixture of peat and light loam.. Care must be taken not 
to allow the: roots to become matted in the pots. The 
young plants should be shifted at least once a year; when 
old, and in large tubs, shifting once in two years will be 
sufficient, It is found beneficial to apply a certain in- 
creased degree of heat while the plants are growing, and 
till they form flower-buds for the following season. To 
have Camellias in perfection, a house with a span-roof 
should be: appropriated for their reception. There are 
some splendid collections of this noble plant, in appropriate 
houses, in the nursery gardens in the neighborhood of Lon- 
don, particularly at Hackney, Vauxhall, and Clapton. 
Conservatory Plants——These are composed of a selec- 
tion from the numerous inmates of the green-house. They 
should be naturally of an elegant form, capable in general 
of sustaining themselves without the support of stakes, and 
somewhat hardy in their constitution. Many of the Aus- 
tralian plants, particularly the Acacias and Banksias, are 
well adapted for this purpose. The ascending Proteas of 
the Cape, Clethra arbora of Madeira, and many others of 
a similar habit, may likewise take their place in this de- 
partment., To these: may be added a few of the hardier 
Heaths and .Camellias, together, with the broad-leaved 
Myrtle, double-flowering Pomegranate, Camphor-laurel, 
Tea-tree, and some of the varieties of the magnificent 
Rhoddodendron arboreum. Any. wall in the interior of the 
house may be-furnished with a trellis, and covered with 
such climbing plants as Lonicera Japonjca, Maurandia 
semperflorens, and Barclayana, and the trailing Pelargo- 
