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THE GREEN-HOUSE. 



May. 



Melaleuca tomentdsa. 

 M. armilldris, A. R. 175. 



Fringy tufts of fine deep red and myrtle-like 

 leaves ; plants hardy and easily managed. 

 Pceonia Moutan, A. R. 100. 

 P. M. var Bdnksii, B. M. 1154. 



Splendid rose-coloured flowers on hardy low de- 

 ciduous shrubs, which will stand the winter in a cold 

 frame ; soil loam and peat, and propagation by divid- 

 ing at the roots or cuttings. 

 Poly' gala mixta, B. M. 1714. 

 P. stipuldcea, B. M. 1715. 

 P. alopecuToides, B. M. 1006. 

 P. specidsa, B. R. 150. 

 P. hracteoldta, B. M. 345. 



Purple and white pea-like flowers on elegant ever- 

 green shrubs, flowering often for two or three months 

 together; the soil peat and a little loam and sand, 

 and care must be taken neither to overwater nor neg- 

 lect watering ; they are best propagated by seeds. 

 Daphne oleifolia, B. M. 1917. Blue flowers on a 



handsome low shrub that will stand the open air in 



sheltered situations, and which in a green-house 



flowers the greater part of the year. 

 Diosma purpurea, purple flowers on an odoriferous 



heath-like shrub, which grows in peat soil and 



propagates by cuttings. 

 Bardsma serratifdlia, B. M. 273. 



