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plant-houses in winter, and what a very small use we make of it! None 
will deny, though few enjoy, the preciousness of winter flowers. The earth 
is barren where they should abound, for nature’s grim denial may be put to 
scorn by art, and we may walk through bowers of bloom when 
“ Dread winter spreads his latest glooms, 
And reigns tremendous o’er the conquered year,” 
A SELECTION OF FLOWERING PLANTS FOR THE ORDINARY 
GREENHOUSE. 
Spring .—Acacia armata , A. dealbata, A. Drummondi, A. grandis , A. 
pubescens, Blandfordia Cunninghami , B. nobilis grandiflora , Boronia Drum- 
mondi, Camellia alba plena, C. Chandleri elegans , C. Comtesse Lavinia Maggi, 
C. Mathotiana, Chorozemd cordata splendens, C. Laivrenciana, Correa Harrisi , 
Cyclamen persicum, Cytisus racemosus, Epacris Exquisite, E. impressa atro- 
coccinea , Kmghor?ii , E. miniata splendens, Erica Wilmoreana, Lmato- 
phyllum miniatum, Polygala oppositifolia, cordata , Tetratheca hirsuta, 
Camellia Auguste Delfosse, C. Countess of Orkney , C. Donkelaari, C. imbricata, 
C. Prince Albert , Boronia heterophylla , i>. megastigma , Hippeastriums in 
variety , Choisya ternata , Clivias of sorts , Coronilla glauca , Lilium Harrisi , 
Primula obconica , Richardia cethiopica , Hyacinths , Tulips, Narcissus , Cinerarias , 
Azalea indica , ^ 4 . mollis , Rhododendro 7 i Balsammflorum album , 4 ?. Countess of 
Haddington, R , Princess Royal , 4 ?. Prince Leopold. 
Summer .—Acrophyllum venosum , Adenandra fragrans , Aphelexis macrantha 
purpurea , Chorozema varia Chandleri\ Dracophyllum gracile , Epacris Eclipse , 
Erica Aitoniana , Candolleana , E. Cavendishi, E. depressa, E, elegans , 
E. jas miniflora alba , E. Massoni major , E. obbata , E. tricolor elegans , E. 
tricolor superba , E. ventricosa alba , ii. ventricosa coccinea , E. ventricosa rosea , 
E. vestita coccinea , Genetyllis fuchsioides , tulip if era, Kalosa?ithes coccinea, 
Leschenaultia formosa, Pimelea Hendersoni, P. decussata, P. spectabilis, Pleroma 
elegans, P. sarmentosa, Roella cilia fa, Rhynchospermum jasminoides, Statice 
Holfordi, S. profusa, Azalea A. Borsig, A. Charles Pynaert, A. Comte de 
Chambord, A. Deutsche Perle, A. Due de Nassau, A. Empress of India, 
A. Flag of Truce, A. Flambeau, A. imbricata, A. La Superba, A. Mademoiselle 
Marie Van Houtte, A. Sigismund Rucker, A. Souvenir de Prince Albert, 
Abutilons in variety, Tuberous Begonias, Zonal Pelargoniums, Ivy-leaved Pelar- 
