J 



THE 



GREEN-HOUSE COMPANION; 



COMPRISING A 



GENERAL COURSE OF GREEN-HOUSE AND CONSERVATORY 

 PRACTICE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR; 



A NATURAL ARRANGEMENT OV THE 



PRINCIPAL GREEN-HOUSE PLANTS 



IN CULTIVATION : 



WITH A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



OP THE 



MOST DESIRABLE TO FORM A COLLECTION, 

 C^cir ^Proper 

 MODES OF PROPAGATION, MANAGEMENT, 



AND 



REFERENCES TO BOTANICAL WORKS IN WHICH THEY ARE FIGURED. 



ALSO, 



THE PROPER TREATMENT OF FLOWERS IN ROOMS, 



AND BULBS IN WATER GLASSES. 



(/ THE THIRD EDITION. 



LONDON: 



WHITTAKER, TREACHER, AND CO., AVE-MARIA-LANK 



MDCCCXXXII. 



