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THE GREEN-HOUSE. 



1. cytisoides, B. M. 742. Delicate purple flowers 

 on slender plants with light green glaucous leaves ; 

 the plants grow in sandy soil in very small pots, re- 

 quire but little water, and ripen seeds freely. 



GnaphaUum eocimium, A. R. 654. 



G. grandifldrum, A. R. 489. 



G.fruticans, B. M. 1802. ^ 



G. congestum, B. M. 243. 



G, patulum. Yellow heads of chaffy everlasting 

 flowers on white downy-leaved plants ; the flowers 

 odoriferous, and chiefly valued on account of their 

 duration as well on the plant as when gathered ; 

 soil peat and sand ; propagation by cuttings. 



jBrunia nodiflofa. 



B. alopecuroides. Elegant shrubs with fir or heath- 

 like leaves thickly covering their shoots and abun- 

 dance of yellow flowers : culture as in Erica. 



July. 



Beaufortia decussata, B. R. 13. Splendid red 

 flowers on a myrtle-leaved plant; hardy, grown in 

 loam and peat, and propagated by cuttings. 



Swainsdnia gale gif alia, B. M. 792. 



S. coroniUifdlia, B M. 1725. 



Red and purple pea flowers on pinnate leaves ; the 



plants hardy and of easy culture. 



Suthei^andia frut€scen.s, 'B. M. 181. Profusion of 

 scarlet pea flowers and fine glaucous compound 



