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FLOWER GARDEN. 



could not be if permanently planted out, nor 

 can the plants be individually seen to the same 

 advantage. The surface of the soil, whether the 

 plants are planted out or grown in a portable 

 state, may be covered with good effect with any 

 of the dense-growing species of Lycopodium. 



Having thus far spoken of arrangement, it 

 behoves us to refer to another equally import- 

 ant element in the proper management of a con- 

 servatory — namely, cleanliness. There is but 

 one step from the drawing-room to the conserva- 

 tory ; it is necessary, therefore, that the one be 

 maintained in as high keeping as the other. It 

 is important, also, that every operation be com- 

 pleted so early in the day that each may be 

 alike ready for the entrance of the owner. Nor 

 is this rule confined to the conservatory adjoin- 

 ing the house ; those that are isolated from it 

 require the same attention. 



Watering should be performed early in the 

 morning, and during winter it should be ad- 

 ministered in a tepid state. All plants derive 

 much benefit from their tops being supplied as 

 well as their roots, but this must always be done 

 with sufficient care that those in full bloom be 

 not injured thereby. The finest cap, therefore, 

 should be used on the syringe or engine, and 

 the water be let fall in the shape of a copious 

 dew rather than of a dashing rain. 



The temperature of the conservatory during 

 autumn, spring, and winter, can seldom be per- 

 mitted to fall so low as that of the greenhouse, 

 because the plants for the most part, in the for- 

 mer, are supposed to be in a state of pretty active 

 excitement ; whereas in the latter, at these 

 seasons, they are approaching to, or in a posi- 

 tive state of rest, or just emerging from that 

 state to one of progressive growth. A moderate 

 degree of heat is also useful in repelling damp, 

 admitting also of a greater supply of fresh air, 

 and enabling the plants to develop their flowers 

 with greater vigour. The temperature, there- 

 fore, should seldom fall below 40°, during these 

 seasons, at night, but with sunshine it may be 

 permitted occasonally to rise to 60°. During 

 summer it may range 10° or 15° higher, coun- 

 teracting excessive heat during bright sunshine 

 by partial shading, and keeping the floor moist 

 by frequent waterings. 



SELECT LIST OF CONSERVATORY PLANTS. 



Acacia armata, pubescens, juniperina, undu- 

 lsefolia, affinis, vestita, lunata, dealbata, verticil- 

 lata, longissima, longifolia, pulchella, grandia 

 (true), lineata ; Azalea, any of the Indian varie- 

 ties ; Abutilon insigne, venosum, striatum, 

 trained as climbers; Beaufortia decussata, sparsa, 

 carinata ; Bignonia picta, jasminoides ; Banksia, 

 most of the genus ; Billardiera ovalis (clim- 

 ber) ; Boronia, all the genus ; Bossisea, all the 

 genus ; Brugmansia suaveolens, Candida, lutea, 

 bicolor, eximia, Knightii; Brachyglottis re- 

 panda, for its remarkable foliage ; Brachysema 

 platyptera, latifolia (moderate climbers); Bur- 

 chellia capensis ; Callistachys lanceolata, ovata, 

 longifolia ; Callistemon salignus, speciosus, 

 lanceolatus, formosus; Calothamnus villosus, 

 macrocarpus, splendens, venustus ; Camellia, 



all _ the varieties ; Cantua bicolor, dependens, 

 trained as creepers ; Chorozema ovata, Lawi'en- 

 ciana, varia, spectabilis, Henchmanni; Clianthus 

 puniceus ; Citrus, the orange tribe, any of the 

 varieties (vide Orangery) ; Cornea Harrisii, 

 speciosa, pulchella, bicolor ; Crotalaria elegans ; 

 Crowea saligna, elliptica ; Cytisus racemosus, 

 elegans, rhodopnoeus ; Daphne, any of the 

 tender species ; Dryandra, most of the genus ; 

 Daviesia latifolia, corymbosa, or indeed any 

 of the genus ; Dillwynia, any of the genus ; 

 Dacrydium, any of the genus, on account 

 of their graceful habit; Doryanthes excelsa; 

 Enkianthus reticulatus; Epacris, most of the 

 species, or improved hybrids ; Eriostemon, 

 any of the genus ; Erythrina crista-galli, lauri- 

 folia ; Euchilus obcordatus ; Eutaxia, any of the 

 genus ; Gastrolobium, any of the genus ; Gen- 

 ista canadensis ; Glycine secunda ; Gompholo- 

 bium, any of the genus ; Goodia latifolia, pub- 

 escens; Habrothamnus magnificus; Hovea Celsii, 

 pungens ; Humea elegans ; Indigofera decora ; 

 Jasminum grandiflorum; Kennedya coccinea, 

 monophylla (climbers) ; Lagerstrsemia indica ; 

 Lambertia-.formosa ; Lilium Wallichianum, gig- 

 anteum, speciosum, punctatum; Luculia gra- 

 tissima, Pinciana ; Magnolia fuscata, pumila, fra- 

 grantissima ; Mandevilla suaveolans (climber) ; 

 Mimosa prostrata (slender climber) ; Mitraria 

 coccinea ; Mirbelia, any of the genus ; Oxy- 

 lobium, any of the genus; Passiflora kermesina, 

 Loudoni, Mayani, onychina, and various hybrids 

 (climbers); Phcenocoma prolifera; Phyllocladus, 

 any of the genus, on account of their singular 

 habit ; Pimelea, any of the genus ; Platylo- 

 bium, any of the genus ; Polygala, most of the 

 genus ; Prostanthera violacea, rotundifolia ; 

 Pultensea, all the genus ; Rhododendron 

 arborea, Arborea alba, and any of the new tender 

 hybrids, and all the larger-growing Sikkim sorts ; 

 Rhodochiton volubile (a slender climber) ; Rho- 

 doleia Championii ; Rhynchospermum jasmin- 

 oides (climber) ; Sollya, any of the genus (slen- 

 der climbers) ; Statice arborea, macrophylla; 

 Swainsonia galegifolia (trained as a climber) ; 

 Tacsonia, any of • the genus (climbers) ; Tem- 

 pletonia retusa, Tropceolum, any of the species 

 or varieties (creepers) ; Zichya pannosa, longira- 

 cemosa, inophylla, coccinea (climbers.) 



§ 10. — THE GREENHOUSE. 



The greenhouse differs from the conservatory, 

 not only in being a smaller structure, but also in 

 having its occupants of much smaller size, and 

 of a far greater variety as to genera and species. 

 Here, however, certain limits should be esta- 

 blished, for in a mixed greenhouse — that is, a 

 heterogeneous collection of plants — the best 

 results as to their culture cannot be accom- 

 plished, on account of the great dissimilarity 

 which exists in their habits and times of 

 flowering. Where a first-rate establishment is 

 to be maintained, it is necessary to divide 

 greenhouse plants, over and above the divisions 

 we have already described, into two more sec- 

 tions — namely, hard-wooded and soft-wooded. 

 The former is represented by the majority of 



