MANUAL OF GARDENING 



these temperatures will be allowable without any injurious 

 effects; even more may be borne, but not without more or less 

 check to the plants. In bright, sunny weather the day tempera- 

 ture may be higher than in cloudy and dark weather. 



Plants for an average night temperature of 60° (trade names). 



Upright flowering plants. — Abutilons, browallias, calceolaria " Lin 

 coin Park," begonias, bouvardias, euphorbias, scarlet sage, richardia 

 or calla, heliotropes, fuchsias, Chinese hibiscus, jasmines, single pe- 

 tunias, swainsona, billbergia, freesias, geraniums, cupheas. 



Upright foliage plants. — Muehlenbeckia, Cycas revoluta, Draccena 

 fragans and others, palms, cannas, Farfugium grande, achyranthes, 

 ferns, araucarias, epiphyllums, pandanus or screw pine," Pilea arborea, 

 Ficus elastica, Grevillea rohusta. 



Climbing plants. — Asparagus tenuissimus, A. pluniosus, Cobwa scan- 

 dens, smilax, Japanese hop, Madeira vine (Boussingaultia), Senecio 

 mikanioides and S. 7nacroglossus (parlor ivies). See also list below. 



Low-growing, trailing, or drooping plants. — These may be used for 

 baskets and edgings. Flowering kinds are : Sweet alyssum, lobelia. 

 Fuchsia prociimbens, mesembryanthemum, Oxalis pendula, 0. flori- 

 bunda and others, Russelia juncea, Mahernia odorata or honey-bell. 



Foliage plants of drooping habit. — Vincas," Saxifraga sarmentosa, 

 Kenilworth ivy, tradescantia or wandering jew, Festuca glauca,^ 

 othonna, holepsis gracilis,'* English ivy, Selaginella denticulata, and 

 others. Some of these plants flower quite freely, but the flowers are 

 small and bf secondary consideration. Those with an asterisk (*) 

 droop but slightly. 



Plants for an average night temperature of 50°. 



U])right flowering plants. — Azaleas, cyclamens, carnations, chrys- 

 anthemums, geraniums, Chinese primroses, stevias, marguerite or Paris 

 daisy, single petunias, Anthemis coronaria, camellias, ardisia (berries), 

 cinerarias, violets, hyacinths, narcissus, tulips, the Easter lily when in 

 bloom, and others. 



Upright foliage plants. — Pittosporums, palms, aucuba, euonymus 

 (golden and silvery variegated), araucarias, pandanus, dusty millers. 



