April 29. 
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN’S COMPANION. 
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group; Impatiens latifolia, and latifolia alba; Justicia 
carnea, &c.; Phaius grandifolius and Wallichii; Passi- 
flora alata and quadratigularis; Oldenlandia Deppiana; 
Ossaeapurpurascens; Plilogacanthus guttatus; Pourretia 
recurvata; Ruellia formosa; Rogiera amcena; Rhynco- 
spermum jasmiuoides; Renealmia grandiflora; Rho- 
dostoma gardenoides; Rondoletia speciosa; Sonerila 
stricta; Sprckelia formosissima; Stigmaphyllon ciliatum; 
Steplmnotisfloribunda; Taberneemontana alba, discolor, 
and grandiflora. 
GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 
Acacia, add to last month, Couferta, Dillwynifolia, 
juniperina, taxifolia, &c.; Antbocercis viscosa; Aotus 
incana; Arum crinitum; Atbanasia tomentosa; Azaleas, 
all the best kinds in great profusion; Boronia latifolia ; 
Bossisea, of species; Camellias; Cinerarias; Carnations; 
Cyclamens; Callistemon phoemceum; Chorozema Hencli- 
manii and macrophylla; Cytisus latifolius and filipes; 
Dielytra spectabilis; Daviesia angulata and juniperina; 
Dillwynia sericea ; Diplacus glutinosus; Diosma rubra; 
Epacris gradiflora, &c ; Erica Linnseoides, &c.; Eutaxia 
puugens ; Eucbilus obcordata; Gardoquia multiflora; 
Gastrolobium speciosum, obovatum; Gorapholobium 
angustifolium; Grevillea acuminata and longifolia; 
Habrotbamnus elegans; Hardenbergia Comptouiana, 
&c.; Hovea ilicifolia, elliptica; Jacksonia grandiflora; 
Keuuedya prostrata, Marryattm, nigricans; Lachenalia 
tricolor : Lasiopetalum macrophyllum ; Leptospermum 
sericeum ; Leucadendron floridum, grandiflorum, in- 
flexum; Leucopogon juniperoides; Mirbelia grandiflora; 
Oxalis rosea and Simsii, herbaceous; Oxalis having bulbs, 
cuneifoliaflava,glabra,sericea,tenella,&c.; OtopteraBur- 
chellii; Othonna abrotanifolia; Oxylobium obovatum; 
Pultemna obtusifolia ; Passerina grandiflora and ciliata ; 
Primula sinensis, single aud double; l’hylica plumosa ; 
Pimelia decussata; Pittosporum undulatum, variegatum, 
&c.; Platylobium Murrayanum ; Podalyria sericea aud 
olsefolia; Podolobium berberifolium, humifusum, trilo- 
batum ; Priestleya vestita; Protea formosa, ligulmfolia, 
obtusa, speciosa ; Psoralea arborca; Pultenasa argentea, 
biloba, linophylla, oxalidifolia, retusa; Rhododendron, 
arborea varieties; Rochea versicolor, jasminea; Sem- 
pervivum cruentum, rupifragum; Sparaxis and Ixia, 
many species; Sparmannia Africaua; Spheuostoma 
gracilis; Sprengeliaincarnata; Statice Dicksonii, pseudo- 
Armeria, puberula; Stenocliilus longifolius and macu- 
latus; Struthiola ovata, virgata; Symplocos sericea; 
Tetratheca hirsuta and verticillata; Teucrium abuti- 
loides; Trichonemacoelestinum; Tropoeolum tricolorum, 
Triomphe de Gand; Witsenia partita, ramosa, corym- 
bosa; Zichya coccinea, heterophylla. 
The Forcing Pit will nearly be at a discount now; 
only many tender bulbs will stand well in the green¬ 
house after being forced into bloom. Such things as 
Wallflowers will be in full bloom that have been pro¬ 
tected by glass; and such annuals as Nemophila insignis 
and maculata, and Collinsia bicolor, will be in fine bloom 
from plants sown in pots in September. Deutzias 
and Weigelas will also blow well without forcing if kept 
under glass. The Deutzia gracilis and Diehflra specta¬ 
bilis would be in bloom for six weeks past, merely with 
the protection of a cold frame or pit in winter. The 
Deutzia gracilis does not keep long after being cut; but 
it is a neat ornament for the greenhouse after Christmas. 
I have received several hints in the way of counsel 
and suggestion respecting these lists, aud for which, 
aud others that may come, I shall feel obliged, though 
1 may not find it possible to meet the wishes of all. 
For instance, one says, the lists are not select enough ; 
another, that they are too meagre, many line plants 
being left out; while a third complains that little is 
said of what should be dono with the plants when their 
beauty is gone; and a fourth suggests that the list is 
useless without a homely description, so that the un¬ 
initiated could form some idea what sort of looking 
things the plauts are; though this done in the shortest 
possible way would occupy much space, and, after all, 
be only a repetition of the Dictionary. 
I will now shortly allude to the third suggestion 
respecting plants that have finished blooming. 
Azaleas. —These should have all the old flowers re¬ 
moved, the plants bo well syringed, and be placed by 
themselves in a corner where they can be kept close, 
and a moist atmosphere about them. If they could be 
got under the shade of Vines that were merely grown 
up the rafters they would make wood very fast. Care 
must be taken they are quite free of Thrips aud other 
insects. When growing freely they should receive a 
fresh shift, if wanted, and be Kept a little shaded for a 
short time afterwards. By August, these forward plants 
will be setting their flower-buds, and after being gradu¬ 
ally hardened off, will stand in any place out-of-doors, 
not facing the south, aud the afternoon sun a little 
shaded from them. The pots should be shaded. Those 
plants thus assisted will come in early next season'of 
their own accord. 
Acacias —Many of these will be better of being pretty 
well pruned back, well syringed, aud kept close aud 
moist, to encourage fresh growth. When gradually 
hardened, by the middle of June they may he set in a 
sheltered place out-of-doors, and shifting may be done 
any time beforo September, though the tender kinds had 
better be looked to in August. 
Camellias. —If the wood is not very old, these will 
stand cutting and pruning freely, so as to keep the 
plants busby, and the shoots near home. They should 
be kept by themselves in the greenhouse, with little air, 
plenty of the syringe, and shaded from bright sun. The 
best place of all for them is a forcing-house beneath the 
shade of Vines, with an average night temperature of 
60°, and a rise of 10° to 15°, or more, during the day. 
This will encourage the young shoots to break freely. 
When two or three inches long, give more air and light, 
and that will arrest mere elongation of shoots, and cause 
the flower-buds to form at the points. The plants after 
that will stand in a sheltered place out of-doors. Plants 
thus forwarded will begin to open their buds in a green¬ 
house by the middle of November, and onwards The 
plants should be shifted, if they require it, before being 
brought out of the house; or in September, when the 
flower-buds are set, and getting prominent. 
Daphnes. —These should receive, as near as possible, 
similar treatment. R- Fish. 
{To be continued.) 
ALLOTMENT FARMING.— May. 
How pleasant and agreeable is the month of May; with 
its soft and balmy air vegetation is gently expanding its 
millions of buds in the woods and plantations, in the hedge¬ 
rows and the lanes;—each day in this delightful month 
gives increasing beauty to the landscape. How delightful 
to be situated in the country at this season, when every 
living thing seems to partake of the joyous influence of 
the sun. The birds, busy providing for the wants of their 
offspring; the beasts, partaking of the general joy, luxu¬ 
riating in the green pastures; and even that drudge, the 
poor man's ass, is happy, partaking of the bounty of Nature 
along the grass-grown roads and lanes. 
The cottager should now bo busy hoeing between his 
various crops of vegetables, such as Onions, Carrots, Leeks, 
Turnips, Parsnips, Spinach, Parsley, Ac., and destroying 
slugs and snails, by all means. It is advisable to thin the 
seed-beds of Cabbages, Cauliflowers, Savoys, Ac., where 
thickest, and to prick them out, in showery weather, three 
or four inches apart, into other beds, to acquire strength 
and a stocky habit for final transplanting in June and July. 
