AND FLOWERS. 



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Likewise the pinery is very convenient to 

 bring forward many sorts of hardy plants and 

 flowering shrubs for early blooming, such as 

 roses, honeysuckles, azalias, kalniias, rhododen- 

 drons, and various other varieties of American 

 plants, also Persian and Siberian lilacs, pinks, 

 dwarf tulips^ hyacinths, narcissus, jonquils, 

 anefnones, ranunculuses, &c. 



The pinery is also of considerable use to for- 

 ward many useful culinary plants, such as kidney 

 beans, cucumbers, small salads, mint, tarragon s 

 &c. ; likewise strawberries in pots. The above 

 useful and ornamental plants may be introduced 

 into the pinery any time in winter, from Decem- 

 ber (or earlier if required) till April, introducing 

 a portion only at a time, in order to keep up a 

 succession, as circumstances may require. 



USEFUL REMARKS RELATIVE TO THE CHAPTER 

 ON HOTHOUSE BUILDING, ETC. 



Par. 24. — The foregoing paragraphs contain- 

 ed in this chapter will be found to embrace much 

 useful information, which may be considered 

 applicable to many cases connected with hot- 



