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THE GREEN-HOUSE. 



on a wall or trellis, or by props, but in other respects 

 of easy culture, and propagated by cuttings or layers. 

 Heliotrdpium peruvianum, B. M. 141. 

 H. corymhosum, B. M. 1609. 



Purple and white flowers in bunches smelling like 

 new-made hay; the plants low shrubs, deciduous, 

 requiring little water when not in a growing state,' 

 and the warmest part of the green-house when in 

 flower ; they are readily increased by cuttings. 

 Buddlea salvifdlia. Round heads and bright yellow 

 flowers on a deciduous shrub with long narrow ru- 

 gose sage-like leaves ; soil, loam and peat, and 

 propagation by layers. 

 Platylohium formdsum, B. M. 469. Large orange 

 pea flowers on an elegant pinnate-leaved shrub of 

 easy culture and propagation. 



August. 



NSrimn Oleander, varieties alba and splendens. 

 N. odbruMy varieties flesh-coloured and double - 

 flowered. 



Splendid red and white flowers, which, when the 

 plant is large and has plenty of room, make a magni- 

 ficent show for two or three months together ; the 

 best soil is loam with a little sand and peat ; the plants 

 require to be abundantly watered when in flower, and 

 the leaves, which are apt to contract dust, should be 

 occasionally sponged over to clean and refresh them. 

 These plants grow eight or ten feet high where they 



