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SELECTION OF CHOICE GREENHOUSE SHRUBS. 
water and air in summer ; but in winter a very limited supply, and a light and airy 
situation in the greenhouse. Propagation is easily effected by cuttings. 
Of Fuchsias, the macrantha and spectabilis, but especially the latter, recently 
introduced from Peru by Messrs. Veitch, is not to be surpassed by any kind known ; 
the flowers are very large, of a most brilliant colour, and are produced in vast 
profusion. 
Oxyramphis macrostyla. — A very pretty deciduous shrub, flowering in the 
autumn months. It should be potted in sandy loam and peat, and may be increased 
by cuttings of the half-ripened wood. 
Thibaudia pulcherrima. — Perhaps a more beautiful thing than this can 
scarcely be conceived. The flowers are abundantly produced on the old wood, and 
are of the richest rose colour, variegated with a deeper red. 
With Purple Flowers. 
Burtonia conferta, pulchella, and villosa are all three very fine kinds, but 
perhaps B. pulchella is the handsomest in colour. 
G ompholob lum venustum. — A slender and very graceful growing species, with 
flowers of the richest purple. 
Solan um lycioides is a charming Peruvian shrub, with a neat, stiff habit, and 
flowers of the richest purple, with a yellow eye. It thrives in sandy loam and rough 
peat, and requires to be placed out of doors in summer, and brought in again in 
September, when it will flower freely during the winter. Increase is effected by 
cuttings. 
Pronaya elegans. — A very free flowerer, and ought to be in every collection. 
Tetratheca hirsuta and verticillata. — Very gay plants, requiring in summer 
plenty of air and water, and in winter to stand in a dry, airy place. Sandy loam and 
rough peat, with a few potsherds mixed, and with good drainage, are amongst the 
chief requirements. 
Swainsonia c oronilLjE folta . — An old but very gay plant, almost always in 
flower, and very easily grown, and propagated by cuttings. 
With White Flowers. 
Gardenia Fortuni ought by all means to be added to every collection of green- 
house plants. The leaves are like those of G. fiorida, and the flowers are as large 
as those of a Camellia, and exceedingly fragrant. 
With Blue Flowers. 
Alona coslestis bears flowers like those of Nolana paradoxa, the foliage is like 
that of an Erica, and the cultivation is easy. 
Hovea linearis and other species recommend themselves by their neat growth 
and bright blue flowers. The culture is the same as other New Holland plants. 
Hydrolea spinosa is little known, but more easily cultivated than many other 
greenhouse plants. The flowers are of the most brilliant cobalt blue. Propagation 
is effected by cuttings. 
