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HOUSE PLANTS THAT MAY BE IN BLOOM 
IN JUNE. 
From a press of matter, May has been passed; but 
the list given at p. VI) will suit that month as well as 
April; the plants blooming in either chiefly according 
to the treatment as respects temperature, &c., they had 
previously received. The following may be considered 
a fair list for June for those who have plenty of room. 
For those limited in space, Achimenes, Gloxinias, a few 
Begonias and Ferns, will make a fine blaze in a plant- 
stove ; and Pelargoniums, Calceolarias, and Fuchsias, 
will make a greenhouse gay. 
STOVE PLANTS. 
Achimenes, of sorts; Allamanda neriifolia, cathar- 
tica, Schottii; Begonia Martiana, Ingramii, cinnabarina, 
Prestoniensis,nitida; BurchelliaCapensis; Cinnamomum 
campbora; Caladium bicolor, &c.; Cissus discolor; 
Crinum amabile, amoena, angustifolia; Coleus Blumei; 
Cyrtoceras reflexum; Dipladenia crassinoda; Echites 
suberecta, atro-purpurea, longiflora; Franciscea, of sorts; 
Gloxinia, many varieties; Gesnera Douglasii; Hoya 
carnosa, bella, imperialis, campanulata; Hedychium 
aurantiacum, Gardnerianum; Impatiens latifolia, latifolia 
alba; Justicia carnea; Ipomsea Horsfallim, umbellata, 
campanulata; Ixora Javanica, cocciuea, &c.; Olden- 
landia Deppiana; Osssea purpurascens; Passiflora 
alata, quadrangularis, princeps, kermesina; Pourretia 
recurvata; Ithyncospermum jasminoides; lluellia for- 
mosa; Rondeletia speciosa; Stephanotis floribunda; 
Tabernsemontana alba, grandiflora ; Zingiber pandura* 
turn, chrysantlmm, officinale,—the last the ginger of the 
shops. 
GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 
Abelia floribunda; Acacia grandis, Drummondii, &c.; 
Adenandra fragrans, amoena, uniflora; Anthocercis vis- 
cosa; Anthyllis tragacanthoides; Azaleas; Aphelexis 
humilis, macrantha, rosea, purpurea, sesamoides; Beau- 
fortia latifolia; Banksia ericifolia, speciosa, serrata; 
Bossiaea heteropliylla, inopbylla, scolopendrium, cinerea; 
Boronia serrulata, latifolia, denticulata; Chorozema 
Henchmauni, macrophylla; Calceolarias, of kinds; 
Crowea saligna; Chironia decussata; Callistachys lan- 
ceolata, linariaefolia, longifolia, ovata; Cantua depen- 
dens ; Citrus, many; Coleonema alba; Callistemon 
lineare, lanceolatum; Cactus, many varieties; Calo- 
thamnus gracilis, Knightii; Correa speciosa, and others; 
Conospermum longifolium; Daviesia latifolia, virgata, 
&c.; Dillwynia floribunda; Diosma rubra; Dryandra 
1 formosa, nervosa, &c.; Erica ampullacea, Bergiana, Ca- 
i vendishii, depressa, denticulata, gemmifera, metulseflora, 
j &c.; Epacris miniata, grandiflora; Erythrinacristagalli; 
Eriostemon buxifolium; Grevillea acuminata; Gazania 
rigens, uniflora; Guidia radiata; Goodia latifolia; 
Gardenia grandiflora; Habrothamnus elegans; Hovea 
longifolia; Hakea acicularis, cinerea, saligna; Her- 
mannia incisa, tenuifolia; Impatiens balsamina (Bal¬ 
sams); Jacksouia grandiflora; Indigofera australis; 
Illicium Floridanum ; Kennedya nigricans; I.am- 
bertia echinata; Leptospermum grandiflorum; Lobe¬ 
lia, dwarf kinds ; Lissanthe Daplmoides, strigosa; 
Lachmea conglomerata, eriocepbala; Leschenaultia for¬ 
mosa, Baxterii; Maliernia grandiflora, bipinnata, in¬ 
cisa; Melaleuca, species; Mitraria coccinea; Mirbelia 
grandiflora, pungens, reticulata ; Maurandya, varieties; 
Neriiim oleander; Nivenia sceptrum; Oxylobium ob- 
tusifolium; Oxalis floribunda, elongata, pentaphylla; 
Podolyria sericea; Polygala bracteolata, cordifolia, lati¬ 
folia, speciosa, oppositifolia; Phsenocoma prolifera; 
Pimelea graciliflora, decussata, Ilendersonii, hispida, 
rosea, sylvestris; Pelargoniums; Persoonia latifolia, 
saliciua, piuifolia, &c.; Passerina grandiflora, &c.; 
Pultenaea stricta, aspera; Platylobium formosum, ova- 
tum, triangulare; Prostanthera lasianthos, violacea; 
Rochea versicolor ; Roellia ciliata ; Statice arborea, 
Dicksonii, suffruticosa; Scottia dentata; Stylidium 
fruticosum, fasciculatum ; Selago fasciculata ; Swainso- 
nia galegifolia; Stenochilus viscosus; Tetratlieca ver- 
ticillata, ericoides; Tristania neriifolia, macrophylla; 
Thomasia purpurea, tripbylla; Viminaria lateriflora. 
A few running comments must conclude this paper. 
Achimenes. —Supposing these to be now coming into 
bloom, they will do well in a closish greenhouse, such 
as where Vines are grown, as they are rather impatient 
of a very free current of air and unobstructed sunshine. 
In a cool stove, or an intermediate bouse, where the 
atmosphere is kept rather moist, the flowers come 
finest, and the foliage most healthy. In a draught of 
dry air the foliage has a tendency to curl, the precursor 
of insects. If a Green Fly appears, smoke at once with 
shag tobacco, taking care the tobacco does not burn, 
and that the smoking is done mildly, and repeated, if 
necessary, as a strong dose. If the tobacco flares it 
will be very apt to injure the plants. The whole tribe 
like plenty of water, and dearly relish repeated rich 
top-dressings, and weak manure-waterings of a cool 
nature, such as from old cow-dung. In potting, it 
is, therefore, advisable to have the bulbs an inch or 
an inch and a half from the top of the pots, to permit of i 
these extra-frequent surfacings. If grown in pits, guard j 
against steam, or the sun striking the plants with con¬ 
densed moisture on thorn, and a close atmosphere. A 
little air should be admitted night and day, if possible. 
Allamandas. — Complaints have been made that these 
plants are bad to flower in summer, and worse to keep 
over the winter. I can sympathise, for from economy 
having tried most stove plants on the cool system in 
winter, I next to lost Gathartioa and Schottii last winter; 
in fact, there is no great vitality in what is left of them. 
I find, if at all moist, they will not keep healthy long 
under 50°. From 55° to 00° ought to be their average 
temperature even in winter, with a rise from sunshine, 
and no more water given than just to prevent the leaves 
flagging, or the shoots shrivelling. Neriifolia is a shrub, 
is hardier, and almost ever-flowering, but the flowers 
are nothing to the others. In getting young plants of 
Catliartica and Schottii our friends must not despair at 
once. They must grow vigorously for two or three 
years before they expect large flowering plants. The 
principal thing then is to grow them in fibry loam and 
peat, with manure-water in the growing season ; expose 
them to as much sun as possible in the autumn. Keep 
them dryish, and from 50° to 55° and 60° in winter ; 
shorten back the shoots so as to remove all the softest 
ends in March, and when the wounds are healed after a 
few days, place them in a high temperature and a moist 
atmosphere, and slightly shaded at first, before the 
shoots are elongating freely ; then give more light, and 
the bunches of blossom will, ere long, reward you, if 
the plant is old enough, and the wood was ripened 
enough the previous autumn. 
Begonia Martiana, tujierosa, cinnabarina, and 
other tuberous kinds are very useful for summer 
decoration where there is little room in winter, as they 
require little more care if dry at that season than a 
Dahlia root, and come in when the others are past their 
best. Prestoniensis is a valuable orange-red summer 
bloomer, and a small plant in a four-inch pot, kept over 
the winter, may be grown into a fine large specimen by 
Midsummer. 
Cissus discolor and Coleus Blumei. —These are 
universal favourites for their fine foliage. Many who 
have no regular plant stove complain sadly of losing 
them. It is next to impossible to keep them if, for 
long periods, they are below 55°. We can hardly 
give the Cissus too much heat, and the hotter and 
