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GUIDE TO THE CONSERVATORY. 



DENTZEA SCABRA. 

 Philadelphe^. 

 Native of Japan. — Propagation, cuttings, suck- 

 ers. 



This beautiful shrub forces well. Place it in the 

 flower-house in December, and it will bloom this 

 month. It grows well in common garden soil. 



DIANTHUS ARBOREUS. 

 Class, Decaxdria. Order, Digyxia. 



Caryophylle^:. 

 Native of Greece, 1820. — Propagation, layers, 

 and pipings. 



If potted in loam, leaf and vegetable soil, and 

 treated as a common greenhouse plant, it will 

 flower this month. 



ixiA, varieties of ; sparaxis, varieties of ; tri- 



TONIA, EUVAR1A, GLADIOLUS RECURVUS, UXDTJL AI~~ 8 



CARXEA, AXISAXTHUS cuxoxia, trichoxema bul- 



BOCADIUM. 



Class, Triaxdria. Order, Moxogyxia, 



Ixide^e. 



Natives chiefly of Cape of Good Hope ; first in- 

 troduced 1757. 



These beautiful bulbs will flower this month 

 with the following treatment : — 



Early in August, pot your bulbs in Nos. 60 and 

 48 size pots, according to their strength, using as 



