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THE GREEN-HOUSE, 



it is very desirable to have it in a collection, more 

 especially as by judicious treatment it can be made 

 to flower in December, January, and February. 

 Being a low shrub, it may be kept in a flued pit 

 or in a cucumber-frame, in a moist heat and near 

 the glass, till it comes into flower, when it may be 

 removed to the green-house or drawing-room stage. 

 The great want of this plant is abundance of heat 

 and light ; it prefers a rich loamy soil well di-ained, 

 and should be kept very clean by washing with 

 the sponge. It is propagated by cuttings, but not 

 very readily. 



Lotus jacohcd us, B. M. 79, 



L, hirsutus, B. M. 336. 



Purple pea-flowers, on glaucous pinnate leaves; 

 the plants continuing in bloom almost all the year. 

 They grow in sandy loam, and are readily increased 

 by seeds. 



Rosa Bdnksicd, B. M. 1954. 



M. sinica, 



M. semperfldrenSi B. M. 284. 

 R. odorata. 



Dwarf roses, which it is desirable to have in a 

 green-house ; the first is a fine evergreen and very 

 hardy, and the others are esteemed for their abun- 

 dance of flowers. 



ElichriJ^sum speciosissimiim, A. R. 51. 



E.fulgidum, B. M. 414. 



E, proliferum, B. R. 21. 



E, canescens, B. M. 420. 



