USEFUL FLOWERING SUBJECTS 79 



winter plant, with blue flower, is Daedalacanthus nervosus^ 

 best known as Eranthemum pulchellum. D. macrophyllus 

 has violet-blue flowers. Persons fond of blue will 

 appreciate these plants, and those who desire winter 

 brilliancy under artificial light will let them alone. The 

 Eranthemum is an old favourite, and requires pinching 

 throughout the summer. Intermediate house in winter. 



CORYDALIS ThALICTRIFOLIA 



A good pot or basket plant, with fern-like foliage and 

 yellow flowers. A cool greenhouse is suitable. With 

 much heat the colour becomes much " washed out." 



Crassula Lactea 



A dwarf succulent, remarkable for its durable white 

 flowers. Treat as Senecio Galpini. 



Winter Daphnes 



(Z). indlca) has red fragrant flowers. There is a white 



variety. Treat as Camellia. Housed in the middle of 



August, they flower during January. Z). odora and Z). 

 0. Maxell are also good. 



Australian Heaths 



{Epacris). — The flowers of these are very brilliant, and, 

 as they are produced on long stalks, useful for cutting. 

 After flowering, those branches that have borne flowers 

 should be cut down and the plants placed in a warm 

 greenhouse for six weeks, then hardened off* in a cool 

 house, and plunged during summer in the open ground. 

 These beautiful greenhouse shrubs like peat soil. 



