118 THE GREEN-HOUSE. 



diameter even to flower one shoot freely, and there- 

 fore only a very few can be admitted into a small 

 green-house. These few may be the following, or 

 some of the endless sub-varieties which belong to 

 them. 



Of the fertile-rayed {Georgina superflua), the 

 purple, rose, pale, white, sulphur, yellow, tawny, 

 copper, brick-red, dark red, pomegranate-coloured, 

 dark purple. Add a few of the double and semi- 

 double sorts for variety, though single flowers are 

 preferred. 



Of the barren-rayed {Georgina frustranea) , the 

 scarlet, orange, and saffron : of this species the double 

 varieties are the most beautiful ; whereas of the fer- 

 tile-rayed species, the single flowers are considered 

 more beautiful than the double. 



Sect. V. Selection of Plants proper for a Con- 

 servatory, or Green-house, in which the plants are 

 not grown in pots, hut in beds and borders. 



The next point to consider is the stock proper for 

 a conservatory or green-house, in which the plants 

 m'e not grown in pots, but in beds and borders. 



The first observation we have to make here is, 

 that in such a green-house, unless of very great ex- 

 tent, the collection must be very limited, because the 

 species cannot be kept in such small compass as when 

 in pots ; nor will they flower unless allowed to acquire 

 a considerable size. Hence it is, that the stock pro- 



