ORNAMENTAL WINTER AND SPRING FLOWERING PLANTS. 91 



Primula sinensis . . . . 1, 2 



denticulata . . . .1,2 



Statice puberula . . . . I, 2 

 Acacia lini folia .... 2 



pulchella, & many others 2 



Begonia hydrocotylifolia . . 2 

 Centradenia rosea .... 2 

 Otaheitian orange .... 2 

 Brugmansia lutea .... 2 



bicolor ... 2 



Bilbergia iridifolia ... 2 

 Pitcairnia flammea ... 2 



2 



Clerodendron splendens . . I, 2 



Codonophora elongata . . . 1, 2 



Cytisus fragrans . . . .1,2 



Luculia gratissima . . . 1, 2 



Canarina Campanula . . . 1, 2 



iEchmea fulgens . . . .1,2 



Daphne indica rubra . . . 1, 2 



Dianthus perpetual . . . .1,2 



Erica hyemalis, &c. . . . 1, 2 



Genista aetnensis . . . .1,2 



canadensis . . . . 1, 2 



Linum trigynum . . . . 1, 2 



Manettia bicolor . . . .1,2 



Oldenlandia Deppeana. . .1,2 



Bilbergias, Pitcairnias, and Achmea are Bromeliaceous plants, and require 

 exactly such treatment as would suit the Pine-apple in pots. 



Angelonia, the species of Begonias, Codonophora, or Gesnera 

 elongata, Linum trigynum, Manettia, and Centradenia, should 

 be raised from cuttings as early in the spring as possible, and at 

 intervals during the summer ; besides which the healthiest and 

 handsomest of the old plants should be grown on again to form 

 very large specimens, so that there may be plants of all sizes to 

 suit the various decorative purposes for which they are required. 

 Linum trigynum, though an old plant, is not so well known as 

 it deserves ; it is of very easy cultivation, and when it attains a 

 large size nothing can be more beautiful. It may be trul} r 

 called the Allamanda cathartica of the winter months. 



Canarina is an elegant orange flowered greenhouse creeper of 

 easy cultivation. Brugmansia bicolor and lutea are plants of 

 easy growth, and are most ornamental when trained as stand- 

 ards. Luculia gratissima requires the temperature of a warm 

 greenhouse during the early part of the year, after which it 

 should be gradually hardened off to the temperature of the open 

 air, where it should remain till the end of August. The Cypri- 

 pediums are all beautiful, and easy to cultivate. The soil should 

 consist almost exclusively of loam and broken crocks. They 

 require to be confined in small pots to induce them to flower 

 freely. Amongst hard-wooded plants Cestrum aurantiacum is 

 a useful autumn flowering plant, and by picking the first crop 

 of flowers off a portion of the plants, they are induced to continue 

 in beauty till Christmas. Gesnera zebrina, if well grown, is 

 beautiful for autumn and early winter, both in foliage and 

 flowers ; the tubers require starting in April, and after making 

 their appearance above ground they should be potted at once into 

 their flowering size. They will not endure the slightest check, 

 and should therefore be grown steadily on in a brisk bottom 

 heat with a moderate top heat. Epiphyllum truncatum is one 

 of the most beautiful of our autumn plants, but it rather requires 



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