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GUIDE TO THE CONSERVATORY. 



situation when in the greenhouse must be as near 

 the glass as possible. 



Water. — They require to be kept rather moist 

 at all seasons, and to be abundantly watered when 

 blooming, if the plants are in good health, other- 

 wise be cautious of too much water. 



Soil.— Equal parts of brown loam, leaf soil, and 

 dung, with about one-fourth rough sand. The 

 delicate varieties do better with cally sand. 



LIST OF CINERARIA. 



1. Prince of Wales. o. Magnet. 



.2. Splendida. 6. Unique. 



3. Madonna. 7. Hendersonia* 



4. GrandifTora. 



IPOMCEA LEARII. 

 CoNVOLVULACEjE. 



This is a plant of great beauty ; the flowers on 

 their first expansion are of a beautiful blue colour, 

 which are produced in great profusion. 



It delights in a strong heat, but it will grow and 

 flower in a heat of 55°. 



I grow it in pots and train it over trellises, which 

 it quickly covers : train in about six shoots to each 

 plant ; cut all the lateral ones away : these will 

 continue growing and blooming without producing 

 that confusion as when all the shoots and laterals 

 are retained. 



