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LIST OF GREENHOUSE SHRUBS. 
Pyms flovibunda. 
Prostanthera violacea. 
Roellia ciliata. 
Rliododendron arboreum. 
— • — albuiu. 
— — fimbriatum. 
Sphenogyne odorata. 
— pilifera. 
Salvia fulgens. 
SHORT NOTES ON THE PECULIAR TREATMENT OF EACH. 
AZALEA. 
For the successful culture of these plants^ see Vol. I. page 192, 126, and 127. 
ACACIA. 
A. DEALBATA is Very ornamental, the foliage is very delicate, the flowers 
lovely, and emit a very pleasant fragrance. A mixture of equal parts of loam and 
heath mould, with a small portion of very rotten dung, or leaf mould, suits it well. 
The best way of increasing it is by seeds, wdiich are produced pretty freely, and 
should be sown as soon as ripe ; it also grows readily from cuttings of the young 
and tender wood, planted in pots of fine sand, covered with glass and treated much 
after the manner of Ericas. — A. Iwiata. The flowers of this species are of a very 
brilliant yellow, and make a great show in the greenhouse all the spring months. 
It may be propagated by cuttings of the tender wood planted in pots of sand under 
bell-glasses, and plunged in a brisk heat ; but it is propagated most readily by 
cuttings of the roots planted in pots of heath mould, and plunged in a cucumber 
frame or bark bed. — A. prcensans is another lovely species, with singular but 
very handsome flowers ; it should be treated precisely in the same manner as 
A. dealhata. 
ANTHOCERCIS. 
A. viscosA. This beautiful white flowering plant ought to be in every collec- 
tion. It grows readily in equal parts of heath mould and light loam, and is pro- 
pagated by cuttings of half-ripened wood, planted in fine sand under a bell-glass. 
Great care is necessary during damp weather and winter not to overwater it, as 
perhaps more plants perish from this cause than any other ; give a good drainage, 
and only water when the soil in the pots appears dry. 
BOSSI^. 
B. MiCROPHYLLA. This plant always grows best when its roots have plenty 
of room ; it is therefore advisable, if convenient, to plant it out in the open border 
of the conservatory, where it will flourish and blossom in great profusion, but rarely 
produces seed ; and cuttings not growing very freely the plant remains scarce. If 
the plant be grown in a pot, it is necessary to give plenty of drainage with potsherds, 
as stagnant water is very injurious to it. B. lietevophylla is another beautiful 
species; it also is very shy of propagation by cuttings, but seeds are occasionally 
produced, which should be sown in fine heath mould as soon as ripe. 
BOUVARDTA. 
B. VERSICOLOR. This species is very rarely met with in collections, and yet 
scarcely any plant is more beautiful when in full flower. It is usually propagated 
Salvia splendens. 
Stenanthera pinifolia. 
Stenochilus maculatus. 
Senecio elegans pleno. 
Styphelia tubiflora. 
Templetonia retusa. 
— glauca. 
