ORNAMENTAL WINTER AND SPRING FLOWERING PLANTS. 93 



plants of various sizes ; all the plants should be shifted into 

 larger pots as fast as they need it. Old plants should be grown 

 entire to form large specimens, unless in the case of the double 

 varieties, which it is desirable to increase by division. As these 

 plants are very liable to damp off in autumn and winter, they 

 require perfect drainage, very porous soil, and careful watering. 

 Chrysanthemums and Cinerarias are of such easy cultivation that 

 it seems unnecessary to make any special reference to them. 



List 2. 



Plants, suitable for Conservatory and Drawing-room decoration, which 

 flower naturally during winter and spring, and which may be induced to 

 flower somewbat earlier by a slight forcing, or, in the case of hardy spring- 

 flowering Plants, by simple protection under glass : — 



Cytisus filipes 1 



Eranthemum pulchellum . . 1 

 Euphorbia fulgens .... 1 



Francisceas ...... 1 



Helleborus niger (in pots) . . 1 

 Poinsettia pulcherrima . . 1 



Amaryllis 1 



Veltheimia viridiflora . . .1 

 Abutilon -venosum . . . .1,2 

 Camellia japonica . . . . 1, 2 

 Collinsia bicolor . . . . 1, 2 



Epacris 1, 2 



Epiphyllum Russellianum . . 1, 2 

 Gesnera Cooperi and Douglasii 1 , 2 



Gloxinias 1, 2 



Jasminum hirsutum . . .1,2 



Mimulus moschatus (Musk) .1,2 

 Nemophila insignis . • . 1, 2 



Pelargonium 1, 2 



Pyrus japonica 1, 2 



Reseda odorata 1, 2 



Richardia sethiopica . . . 1, 2 



Roses 1, 2 



Violets 1, 2 



Acacia armata 2 



Caprifolium (Honeysuckle) . 2 



Cistus 2 



Cytisus Laburnum .... 2 



purpureum .... 2 



Kalmia 2 



Magnolia (several handsome sps.) 2 



Viscaria oculata .... 2 



Weigela rosea 2 



Dendrobium nobile ... 2 



Jasminum nudiflorum ... 2 



For the treatment of Cytisus filipes and Acacia armata, I 

 must refer to remarks concerning plants of the same genera in 

 List 1. Eranthemum pulchellum, Euphorbia, and Poinsettia 

 should be treated as the Codonophora and similar stove plants. 

 The Euphorbia does not like too much water, and therefore the 

 soil must be very open and well drained ; and to prevent ex- 

 tremes of drought or moisture they should, if possible, be always 

 plunged. The soil for these plants should be loamy and rich. 

 Abutilon venosum is a beautiful plant, which, though not gene- 

 rally known, should find a place in every collection. It is easy 

 of cultivation, requires very liberal treatment, and the temperature 

 of a warm greenhouse. Jasminum hirsutum is without doubt one 

 of the most charming plants for this season ; it may be propagated 

 by cuttings of the half-ripened shoots or by pieces of the roots. 

 As it preserves all its foliage, none of the shoots should be 

 stopped ; but by frequent repotting, open moderately rich soil. 



